Arrested US paraglider pilots to be released on bail but no court date set

Brad Sander and Eric Reed, the two adventure paraglider pilots arrested in India, will face a local court on Saturday 19 March.

US paraglider pilots Brad Sander and Eric Reed have been arrested in Sikkim, India, after flying in from Nepal without permits.

New trips and new operator at Himalayan paragliding site of Bir

Paragliding in India has been banned until 20 October 2010, dealing another blow to the sport in the country…

In July 2010 India’s paragliding community came together to form a National Association for the sport, the Paragliding Association of India.

The body of Alexey Ashurov, the Russian paraglider pilot who went missing in Bir, India, nine months ago, has been found.

Indian paragliding school and club, Nirvana Adventures, have won a contract to teach over 100 airmen from various bases in the Indian Air Force, to fly paragliders.

New procedures for paragliding at the Indian site of Billing have been announced. From 15 February paraglider pilots will have to show a licence and proof of insurance…

The Himalayan Open in India has been cancelled following the death of a Russian pilot in the area, according to local news reports. Another pilot has been missing for a week…

Spring paragliding in India has seen some great conditions. In April, Debu Choudhury achieved a site record flight of 211 km from Billing…

A new paragliding record in India puts Debu Choudhury in the XC hotseat

There will provisionally be a pre-PWC (FAI Cat 2) event in Bir-Billing, Himachal Pradesh, from 14 – 20 October 2008. A 5-man technical team has been named to run the event with Vijay Soni as meet director, backed by Himachal Tourism. Entries are being taken now until the end of September. The entry fee of [...]

The third International Paragliding festival at Vagamon in the Western Ghats in Kerala, Southern India, takes place from 6-11 April 2008

Bob Drury continues his search for paragliding nirvana in the Indian Himalayas

Ian Blackmore goes flying in Billing, India one of the wildest paragliding sites in the world

In April 1999, paraglider pilot John Silvester arrived in western Nepal with cameraman Al Hughes to attempt the first-ever paragliding crossing of western Nepal…

I had expected the new sports paraglider from Edel to be a replacement for the Saber – a solid DHV 2 wing. I was looking for bombproof, twitchless characteristics for paragliding…

My paragliding harness creaks like an old saddle under the force of the thermal I’m riding. The ferocity of the thermals as they blast us upward through the rarefied air above 20,000ft is phenomenal.