Supair have released an accessible sub-style harness for ambitious xc pilots who want the glide ratio but not the difficulty ...

Is flying the secret to a long marriage? That’s the question CJ Sturtevant and her husband George ask as they reflect on decades flying hang gliders and paragliders and travelling the world together.

Neo have identified localised wear on certain webbing straps on a limited number of Bikini tandem harnesses that have been subjected to particularly intensive use, typically exceeding 800 launches.

Some days, flying feels almost effortless. The mind is calm, the decisions flow smoothly and the lift appears almost naturally. Then there are the days when our thoughts go round and round in circles, ...

Experienced XC and competition pilot Andrew Rayhill threw his steerable reserve during a competition in Chelan, USA this year. “In 20 years of flying, this is the first time I have had to deploy my ...

Half in Yongin in Korea near the Gin Gliders factory and half in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains at the foot of Mont Blanc. How and when did you get into flying? 1990! It was a crazy period for paragliding.

Climbing out from launch I watched the ground drop below me. That definitely never gets old. I circled up to a hang glider pilot at base – if there was a base, it was a blue day, let’s call it the top ...

I’m from the British Virgin Islands, this little territory in the Caribbean. My mother’s French and when I was a kid and living in the South of France, I remember going to Gourdon, and seeing a ...

The AeroRemote, from the Swiss company Aufwind, is a remote control for your vario, flight computer app, and action camera that mounts neatly on your riser so you don’t need to take your hands off the ...

Skywalk have released the Chili 6. The latest evolution of their high EN-B paraglider, they describe it as “an exceptionally balanced wing for ambitious cross-country pilots seeking the perfect ...

The Dolomiti SuperFly 2026 hike-and-fly race was cancelled on Tuesday 25 August following a fatal accident involving the French pilot Rémi Bourdelle. Rémi, 34, died after hitting a cable in flight at ...

Swing have launched the Sonic RS, an all-round parakite developed from the reflex profile of their Scorpio RS paramotor wing. Aimed at a wide range of use from “strong-wind soaring at the coast” to ...