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Cross Country Magazine To Launch Portuguese Version
Desloque-se para o texto português Cross Country is getting set to launch a Portuguese-language version of the magazine – especially for Brazil. It’s the result of a collaboration between the Brazilian Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (the ABVL) and Cross Country. Soon, as part of their membership package, all pilots in the ABVL will receive […] …read more
Touch: Jean-Baptiste Chandelier interview
Jean-Baptiste Chandelier is the filmmaker behind Light Line, Urban Side and Hey! His latest film, Touch! is a spectacular tour of Santorini in Greece, the Aiguille di Midi above Chamonix and the Col du Galibier in France. We featured the film in the Gallery spreads in Cross Country 151 and took the opportunity to ask […] …read more
Tuesday Tip: Avoiding power lines on landing
This tip is from Dennis Pagen’s classic book, Performance Flying Too many pilots have had power line tangles. Examples include: An expert pilot in the USA who was electrocuted when his glider blew up onto a wire A pilot who survived the pyrotechnics of a power line landing only to drop two stories onto a […] …read more
10th anniversary
10th anniversary …read more
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Cross Country Prize Draw: Who won the wing?
The winner of the Cross Country Prize Draw 2014 is… JEAN PAUL RIJNSBERGER, FROM THE NETHERLANDS! Congratulations to Jean Paul who has won a free paraglider simply for being subscribed to Cross Country magazine. He gets to choose a free solo wing from one of these companies: Aircross BGD Gin Gradient Little Cloud Nova Ozone […] …read more
Welcome to 24,000ft: What’s in issue 151
• Get Cross Country 151 now! Don’t look down… Trapped by low cloud base and poor weather at the famous flying site of Bir in India in October, Olivier Laugero and Oriol Fernandez headed north to remote and high Zanskar. This high altitude region, where peaks rise to 7,000m and even the valleys sit at […] …read more
Royal Aero Club grants of up to £1,000 for young pilots in the UK
Under 21 and based in the UK? Then apply for a Royal Aero Club Trust grant for up to £1,000 to help you realise your flying ambitions. The Royal Aero Club Trust has been offering bursaries for 14 years for air sports including hang gliding and paragliding. Last year 37 grants were made to qualified […] …read more
Tuesday Tip: Wing loading and ballast
This tip comes from 50 Ways to Fly Better by Bruce Goldsmith and friends, and is about wing loading People often ask how heavy they should be relative to the weight range on their wing. The aerodynamic effects of wing loading are fairly simple, but the choice of loading depends on where you fly, how […] …read more
Hang Gliding Europeans 2014: CIVL on why the comp was cancelled
‘Budget and cooperation’ – CIVL president Agust Gudmundsson reveals the thinking behind the decision to cancel the 2014 European Hang Gliding Championships The decision to try to run the 2014 European Hang Gliding Championships on a low budget and a clash with the organiser over cooperation were the two main reasons the Hang Gliding Euros […] …read more