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.
Plusmax have created sunglasses for the extreme sportsperson, with a modern style. The new Vortex glasses come with a range of antifog polycarbonate lenses and a lifetime warranty.
The Turkish paragliding festival known to most as the Oludeniz Air Games is to be re-named the Oludeniz Air fest. It takes place in the Turkish resort from 13 – 17 october 2010.
VOTE NOW! We’ve a had a great response to our Facebook paragliding and hang gliding short film competition – thanks to everyone who entered. The winner will be the one who gets the most votes in this poll.
Free download to the best paragliding and hang gliding sites in the world.  Cross Country magazine’s Global Travel Guide for hang gliding and paragliding is now available online as a free pdf download – perfect for the iPad, your laptop or printing off. Published in April 2010 the print edition of the guide was [...]
Readers of Cross Country’s digital version of the magazine may like to know that Zinio Reader 4 is availble now
Flight international festival for paragliders, hang gliders and microlights takes place at the Tegelberg, Germany, over the weekend of 25 – 26 September.
Version 1.22a of LK8000′s touch screen flight computer, which runs on PDAs and car navigators (PNAs), is now officially stable and available to users.
Following four tasks, Manfred Ruhmer (AT) has won the hang gliding pre-Worlds in Monte Cucco, Italy.
Austrian Tom Weissenberger has put in a prelimanary record claim for a 345.4km triangle flight on his Moyes Litespeed RS3.5.
Slovenian Primox Gricar (Aeros) won the Spanish International Open in Ager, Spain, which finished on 10 July
Grab your UP 3D glasses that were free with Cross Country 130, and watch this amazing hang gliding video from Youtube user NMERider.
German company Skyline Flightgear have a new hang glider harness, the Zero Drag Speed, with two integrated aerodynamically-positioned reserve containers.
Sup’Air’s new technical T-shirts are made from high-performing, comfortable and easy-care Meryl fabric, created from recycled materials.
Skytraxx Control software for PCs communicates with your Skytraxx’ GPS-vario to display your flights and to up- and download airspace and waypoint information.
Icaro 2000′s World Champion Hang Glider T-shirts are available from their online shop, retailing at 15 Euros plus postage.
For those fans of multi-day adventures and vol-bivouac flying, Primus’ new lightweight and wind-resistant stove, the EtaSolo, may be of interest.
Gin Gliders have created two pieces of luggage for those trips when you need some luggage space apart from that left in your paraglider bag, or for those trips without your wing.
