Tuesday Tip: Water landing in a hang glider
This tip is from Fred Wilson in Canada and is about water landing in a hang glider If you have to land on water then treat the surface of the water like the ground. Land into wind unzipped and as “out”...
View ArticleTuesday Tip: Planning comes first
This tip comes from Greg Knudson, who recently broke a paragliding world record for out-and-return To set a record or fly a personal best you need to: Know where you are going Know what you want to...
View ArticleWhat happened next? Collapse analysis
Bruce Goldsmith explains how to deal with an asymmetric collapse on a paraglider Manilla in Australia this year has been hot and strong. The region saw drought conditions, which means stronger...
View ArticleJon Chambers: Flying mountain passes
Jon Chambers is an expert mountain pilot and has competed in the Red Bull X-Alps twice. In issue 152 (March / April 2014) of Cross Country Magazine he draws on that extensive experience to explain how...
View ArticleHow to fly miniwings
We interview Little Cloud miniwing designer Tom Bordeau in Cross Country issue 152 (March / April 2014) to find out about the micro-sized revolution that’s happened in wing design. He talks us...
View Article21 Tips for Getting to Goal for new Competition Pilots
For Cross Country 153 we wanted to write the definitive guide for pilots new to the competition game. And if there is one piece of advice that all our experts came back with – and we asked National...
View ArticleBruce Goldsmith’s Icaristics: Gliding Better
Bruce Goldsmith has been writing for Cross Country magazine for over 20 years. A former World Champion and multiple national champion, he has experience in flying and designing hang gliders and...
View ArticleHonza Rejmanek: ‘Let’s go to the beach this year’
You want to go flying but your significant other wants a ‘normal’ holiday this year – like the beach. What to do? Meteorologist and Red Bull X-Alps pilot Honza Rejmanek has the answer. Pick an island...
View ArticleBernhard Pessl’s top five tips for flying defined XC
What does defined flying mean to you? For some it will be a ridge run – there and back to top land where they started; for others it will be a 20km out-and-return XC to complete a task for a pilot...
View ArticleIt’s an El Nino year – What’s going to happen Dad?
It’s an El Nino year, so what does that mean for free flight sites around the world? Hotter in Brazil or wetter? Dryer in Australia or windier? Where’s the best place to go to take advantage of the...
View ArticleBruce Goldsmith’s Icaristics: There’s an app for that
The tech scene is bubbling over with new ideas for paragliding and hang gliding. Pilots have choice like never before – do you go for an all-in instrument for a wallet’s worth of beer tokens, or do you...
View ArticleIcaristics: Brakes and Efficiency
In Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec 2014) former paragliding world champion Bruce Goldsmith looks at how much brake we should fly with. Some pilots fly with a little brake the whole time, whether climbing,...
View ArticleMeteorology: What is cold air advection?
In Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec 2014) Honza Rejmanek answers the question, ‘What is cold air advection?’ As a recreational soaring pilot you probably do not have the luxury of flying any day you fancy....
View ArticleJon Chambers: Training for the Red Bull X-Alps
Jon Chambers has competed twice in the Red Bull X-Alps and got to Monaco once – finishing fourth in the 2013 race. In Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec 2014) he explains how any pilot can take the techniques...
View ArticleSpeeding Points: Learning to Speedride
With winter on the horizon in the Alps in Cross Country 156 (Nov/Dec 2014) we take an in-depth look at how to learn to speedride. It’s not as simple as borrowing your mate’s 8m speed wing! Arnaud Baumy...
View ArticlePlanning your alpine season with Jon Chambers
Regular columnist Jon Chambers, who lives and flies in the Alps, takes us through the ideal alpine season in Cross Country 157. It is winter in the Alps – the off-season for flying. But, there is a...
View ArticleGordon Rigg on flying wave
Gordon Rigg, nine times British hang gliding champion, kick off our new hang gliding column with a look at flying wave. Alpine pilots turn away from the launch site when they see those smooth...
View ArticleToolbox: Starting your motor on the ground
“In our overly guarded world it’s increasingly popular to see ‘Caution’ or ‘Danger’ signs on everyday products. ‘Don’t dry your cat in the microwave,’ ‘Don’t eat the iPod Shuffle,’ etc. The strange...
View ArticleUnderstanding fire thermals, pyrocumulus and pyroCb
The practice task at the Paragliding World Championships in Colombia has already thrown up an interesting point of contention: flying in fire thermals. As we report on the Airtribune blog: The land...
View ArticleLearning to fly pylons: Curved Ball
In Cross Country 158 (April 2015) we talk to some of the sport’s top pilots about the art of learning – and getting good at – flying pylons. Pylon flying has taken the paramotoring world by storm in...
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