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Flying Culture

People, places and adventure

Antoine Girard paragliding in the Rockies

Watch: New Antoine Girard film on Rockies

Antoine Girard has released a teaser of his film about his epic 3,000km vol biv crossing of the US in 2025.
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Boon Favre himalaya vol biv

Watch: Boon Favre’s 1,000km vol biv

Boon Favre has released his long-awaited film Frozen about his 1,000km vol biv flight across Nepal from west to east.
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Sketchy launch on Artesonraju

Fight or Flight

“No one I know has launched a paraglider on belay before.” Christian Black pushes hard in Peru
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Flying the coast of Java

Bali High

“When it rains, it pours.” Ignoring advice Ole Dalen heads to the Indonesian islands in the rainy season
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Australian flatlands

Head in the clouds: Burning the Midnight Oil

Allen Weynberg flies – and sings – his heart out in New South Wales
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Hike-and-fly in the Lofoten Islands

Love and loss in the Lofoten Islands

“I did what any sane person would do.” Mymy Heissat tells Tarquin Cooper about learning to fly in the Arctic
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Paragliding in Bhutan

Land of the thunder dragon

My first real contact with Bhutan was about 25 years ago when my friend Sean White showed me his documentary, Into the Thunder Dragon.
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Íñigo Redín

My Flying Life: Íñigo Redín  

The Spanish pilot and competition organiser on what matters most
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Thomas Lone on the summit of Everest

On Launch With: Thomas Lone

“I thought I was hallucinating.” Thomas Lone recalls seeing Antoine Girard above him on Broad Peak
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Charlie King flies above the Écrins

Testivol de Pelvoux 2026

Held on the edge of the beautiful Écrins massif for a second year conditions for pilots were near perfect
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Cross Country 265:May / June 2026

From exploring the hidden Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to Island life in the far north and the tropics
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