Hang Gliding And Paragliding
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Classic Routes The World S Best Hang Gliding And Paragliding Cross Country Routes
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Author : Bob Drury
language : en
Publisher: Cross Country International
Release Date : 2014-07-01
Classic Routes The World S Best Hang Gliding And Paragliding Cross Country Routes written by Bob Drury and has been published by Cross Country International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Described as the new "bible" for pilots Classic Routes is the ultimate guidebook to the world's ultimate free flight destinations. Whether you fly a lightweight paraglider or a topless hang glider, there is something in this book for you. Published by the makers of Cross Country Magazine, the international paragliding and hang gliding magazine, and edited by Bob Drury, Classic Routes is a unique tour through 20 of the world's premier free flight destinations. From the classic 90km Bingara Run in Manilla, Australia, to flying the convergence line in Piedrahita, Spain, to the Grand Tour of Annecy to chasing miles in Governador Valadares, Brazil, many of the world's best-known sites are all in here. Each chapter is written by a pilot who has flown the route and is familiar with the territory. They explain how you can fly it too, and what to look for along the way. House thermals are pointed out, secret glide lines explained, intricate meteorology unravelled and local rules unveiled. However, you don't have to be embarking on a world tour to get full advantage of Classic Routes. The book stands alone as a unique teaching and learning aid, explaining better than any textbook how to fly cross country. It lets you see inside the heads of pilots like Will Gadd or Jocky Sanderson as they reveal the tricks of their trade and share their secrets. The print version of Classic Routes is a classic coffee table book, with beautiful photography laid out over 200 pages. This digital version has been reformatted specifically for the Kindle, and features all the articles and chapters just as they are in the book, but without all the gorgeous photos available in the print version. You don't have to be an adventure sports enthusiast or an extreme sports addict to enjoy this book, or even a paraglider pilot or hang glider pilot – armchair travellers and sofa adventurers will enjoy the well written tales, which are written by some of the best writers in the sport. The list of places featured and who wrote them includes: Americas Will Gadd steps into the Rocky Mountain Trench for a 100km classic in Golden, Canada Nate Scales tip-toes 75km through Idaho’s Sun Valley, USA Mitch McAleer rides the ridges of California’s Lake Elsinore Jocky Sanderson goes 100km dot-to-dot from Governador Valadares, Brazil Europe Simon Coe and Arne Kristian Boiesen go troll hunting in Norway’s mountains Bob Drury shrugs off the rain for a classic tour of Snowdonia, Wales Hugh Miller dodges airspace and chases cloudbase as he boots it downwind across the flats from Combe Gibbet in England Matthew Whittall swaps his office BlackBerry for a vario on a 100km tour of King Ludwig’s castles in Bavaria Kelly Farina flies an FAI triangle in Austria’s ‘racing valley’, the Zillertal Felix Wolk top-lands Marmolada on his hang glider Roland Mader dares to ride the giant for a 200km FAI triangle starting from Fiesch, Switzerland J C Skiera surfs the limestone cliffs around Annecy’s Grand Tour du Lac Marcus King goes into the freezer on a 100km blast through the Ecrins in France Bob Drury rides wild horses on the 100km Dormillouse Run in southern France Bob Drury flies a blinder using the classic convergence in Piedrahita, Spain Rest of the world Greg Hamerton goes for 133km in Porterville, South Africa’s most popular site Adam Hill takes us by the hand around the Korchon Circuit in Pokhara, Nepal Jim Mallinson flies along the mountains from Bir to Dharamsala on an Indian Himalayan classic Download your copy now – reading means learning, and learning helps you fly better. Blue Skies! The Classic Routes Team
Hang Gliding And Paragliding
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Author : Kelli Hicks
language : en
Publisher: Britannica Digital Learning
Release Date : 2020-10-01
Hang Gliding And Paragliding written by Kelli Hicks and has been published by Britannica Digital Learning this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Updated for 2020. Explore the exciting sport of hang gliding and paragliding with close-up pictures and examine necessary safety equipment.
Hang Gliding And Paragliding
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Author : Hicks
language : en
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Release Date : 2009-08-01
Hang Gliding And Paragliding written by Hicks and has been published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Explore The Exciting Sport Of Hang Gliding And Paragliding With Close Up Pictures And Examine Necessary Safety Equipment.
Hang Gliding Paragliding
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Author : Noel Whittall
language : en
Publisher: TickTock Books
Release Date : 2009-10-01
Hang Gliding Paragliding written by Noel Whittall and has been published by TickTock Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-01 with Hang gliding categories.
Read about the facts, thrills and challenges of hand gliding and paragliding. Discover the history, techniques, real-life stories and outstanding achievements behind these sports.
Final Glide Chasing World Records In Hang Gliding And Paragliding
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Author : Ed Ewing
language : en
Publisher: Cross Country International
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Final Glide Chasing World Records In Hang Gliding And Paragliding written by Ed Ewing and has been published by Cross Country International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Sports & Recreation categories.
Ever since Icarus and Daedalus flew across the sea with wings made of feathers and wax people have imagined flying like the birds. Some people do – glider pilots, hang glider pilots, paraglider pilots, wingsuit pilots… all these and many others pursue the dream of human flight. But what does it take to really fly far? To fly further than any human has before, powered only by the sun, wind, thermals and your own skill? In this collection of four true real-life short stories, an elite band of hang glider and paraglider pilots reveal what it takes to set a world record in hang gliding and paragliding distance flying. They include: 1. Dragon Slaying, with Nevil Hulett South African pilot Nevil Hulett goes big-game hunting in the South African outback and comes back with a 500km record. "I could have died up there," he said. 2. Final Glide, with Jonny Durand and Dustin Martin Possibly one of the greatest sporting battles of all time – and all played out in the hot, dry, high skies of Deep South Texas. Jonny and Dustin go head-to-head over 11 hours and 760km. 3. Heroes of the Brazilian Heartland, with Frank Brown, Donizete Lemos, Marcelo Prieto and Rafael Saladini Three Brazilian heroes plan and execute the perfect raid – flying 514km in an 11-hour racing epic that saw the world record brought home to Brazil. 4. The Dream Team, with Donizete Lemos, Rafael Saladini and Samuel Nascimento Almost a year to the day of their 514km record, the Brazilians were back – smashing the paragliding world record to 564km. This short collection of world record stories from Cross Country Magazine has been specially brought together in an ebook, with an introduction by Cross Country Magazine editor Ed Ewing. To fly far, fly fast!
Hang Gliding And Paragliding
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Author : Noel Whittall
language : en
Publisher: TickTock Books
Release Date : 2008
Hang Gliding And Paragliding written by Noel Whittall and has been published by TickTock Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Hang gliding categories.
An introduction to the facts, the thrills and the challenges of hang gliding and paragliding. Inside this book: history, techniques, equipment, clothing and fashion, the science behind the sport, the pros, future stars, real-life stories, milestones, records and outstanding achievements.
Hang Gliding And Paragliding
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Author : Kelli L. Hicks
language : en
Publisher: Rourke Educational Media
Release Date : 2009-08
Hang Gliding And Paragliding written by Kelli L. Hicks and has been published by Rourke Educational Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08 with Hang gliding categories.
Explore The Exciting Sport Of Hang Gliding And Paragliding With Close Up Pictures And Examine Necessary Safety Equipment.
A History Of The New Aviation
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Author : Brian Milton
language : en
Publisher: Air World
Release Date : 2024-07-11
A History Of The New Aviation written by Brian Milton and has been published by Air World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-11 with Transportation categories.
An in-depth narrative that stitches together the history and evolution of hang gliding, a pastime enjoyed by hundreds of thousands around the world. The New Aviation began with a hang-gliding meeting on a sand-dune in southern California on 23 May 1971. The longest flight that day was 196 feet, the longest time in the air just 11 seconds. But it was a start – the start of a movement that has grown exponentially world-wide with every passing year. The essence of the New Aviation is to stand on a hill, spread your wings, and climb into the sky by your own skill. It is the fundamentals of flight as it is meant to be, and this is the story of the development of this exhilarating sport, and of its largely unknown pioneers. The first of these was German pioneer aviator, Otto Lilienthal. Despite dozens of deaths before him, Lilienthal was the first to establish that manned flight was actually possible; before him, flight was just a dream. His tragic death in 1896 inspired the American Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, to their own experiments on a wind-swept beach in Kittyhawk, North Carolina, where the first powered flight there on 17 December 1903. The book begins and ends with two significant tales, opening with the life and death of Englishman Alvin Russell, and ending with the fabled Swiss flyer Didier Favre, who traversed the length of the Alps ‘by foot or by flight’. It is full of terrific stories, often repeating exploits of the mainstream aviators but flying just a kite and a trapeze bar, flying with eagles and teaching orphaned geese to migrate. It has exclusive accounts of record-breaking distances, on adding engines to ‘rag wings’, on how women broke into the machismo world and an English girl led a team in which every other competitor was a man, and beat them all. A History of the New Aviation is the first in-depth ‘narrative’ to stitch together the history and evolution of a pastime which is enjoyed by hundreds of thousands around the world. It is told by Brian Milton, the man who formed the British Hang Gliding League and led the first two British teams to beat the mighty Americans, for which he won the Prince of Wales Cup from Prince Charles, now King Charles III. Brian went on to make the first flight around the world by a powered hang glider. Two men set off on this flight; Brian returned alone.
Touching Cloudbase
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Author : Ian Currer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-06-01
Touching Cloudbase written by Ian Currer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06-01 with Paragliding categories.
Hang Gliding And Paragliding
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Author : John Allan
language : en
Publisher: Hungry Tomato ®
Release Date : 2022
Hang Gliding And Paragliding written by John Allan and has been published by Hungry Tomato ® this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Have you ever wanted to float through the air like a bird? Well, hang-gliding and paragliding are about the closest you can get! Aimed at reluctant readers between 10 and 14, with a reading age of 7-8, this book takes a dive into these extreme sports. Discover the basics of gliding, from launch to landing. Take a look at the specialist clothing and gear needed to go pro, and meet gliding legends, pushing limits and breaking records. Combining stunning photography with clear and simple text, this book is sure to keep even the most reluctant readers turning the pages.