The Pan American hang gliding Championships take place in Jalisco, Mexico, from 15 – 21 May 2011.

Bräuniger have released a firmware upgrade, version 1.3.02, for their IQ-Basic/GPS flight instrument.

What sort of pilot are your? Cross Country’s psychology department looks at different paragliding and hang gliding personalities and questions why we fly the way we fly

Italian company Icaro 2000′s top-of-the-range 4Fight paragliding and hang gliding helmets are now available with a brushed aluminium finish.

A roundup of the top 10 most popular stories from XCmag.com during 2010.

A new app lets you receive XCmag updates on your Nokia smartphone

The 6th Ghana Paragliding festival is now an important part of the Easter celebrations in Nkawkaw, Ghana. Planning is iunderway for this year’s event, which takes place from 22 – 25 April 2011.

Tirante A – Adventure Instruments from Brazil have just released their first altimeter-vario unit, the TAV-1000.

Women with Wings II is a skills clinic for women hang glider and paraglider pilots of all experience levels. It will be held in Bright, Victoria from 7 – 11 March 2011.

The United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association have two wall calendars for 2011, one featuring hang gliding images, and the other paragliding.

Organisers Moyes have made some late changes to the format of the Forbes Flatlands hang gliding championships, which take place in January 2011. Details are below, and entries should be received by this Friday, 10 December 2010.

Australia’s Gulgong Classic hang gliding competition finished on 27th November, and it was Jonny Durand jnr who lifted the cup again after a nail-biting six-task competition.

Planning for the 2011 Flight Festival, which will take place at Germany’s Tegelberg from 1 – 3 October 2011, is already underway.

A new firmware upgrade is available for the Go Pro HD Hero camera, that amongst other things enables upside-down mode and one button mode.

Finsterwalder & Charly have brought back their heatable neoprene speedbar fairings for hang glider pilots.

Austrian firm Flugsportservice have invented a keel hinge, to help stabilise a hang glider while you prepare it for flight on uneven ground or in strong winds.

This year the Kendal Mountain Festival in England’s Lake District is to have a dedicated free-flight evening, so come along to socialise and enjoy the flying-related films and lectures.

The second edition of the hang gliding Atlantique Delta Race takes place near Naujac sur Mer in France on Saturday 13 November 2010.

Cross Country is at the Coupe Icare in St Hilaire du Touvet, France. We’ll be blogging on this page so check back over the weekend for updates. If you’re heading to the festival, come and visit us on stand B21

Come along and see Cross Country and Paramotor magazines at the Coupe Icare this weekend at St Hilaire du Touvet, France.