Two brits four wheels

Speed-flying fatality

Well Switzerland might be the land of fondue, clocks and international bankers but it also has a stack of really great mountains to fly. One of the most-known places being Interlaken.
One of my main reasons to visit Interlaken was not simply to fly but to try a new wing as a potential progression for my [...]

October 2009
Following a tip to in Annecy to visit St-Gervais-les-Bains near Chamonix-Mont-Blanc we turned up to the opening evening of the second ‘4807 vol light’. For you non-flyers this translates as ‘Light[weight] flying [from] 4807 metres’. This event, organized by the St Gervais local FFVL flying club, comprises a hike each day, of around three [...]

Becoming a better paragliding pilot in Europe

Learning how to handle big problems when paragliding

Paragliding and thermaling course at Lake Annecy, France

The world’s biggest free flight fair, paragliding, hang gliding, balloons

Learn to paraglide well in the UK at Airsports Paragliding, Brighton

July 2009
A hilltop town with its own castle and very, very small streets. It is a medieval town after all designed for a horse and trap not big vans. If visiting from the south drive to the castle and then follow the ‘ring road’ through the outskirts of the town. ‘Ring road’ = 0.5 metres [...]

Why ground handle? Ground handling enables a pilot to become aware of the optimum ways, for that wing, to be launched and collapsed. Why are these important? Because pilots need to take off in a variety of wind conditions including light winds and strong winds. Your method for inflating the glider will differ in these [...]