The British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (BHPA), based in Leicester, is the governing body in the UK for hang gliding and paragliding. The...
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paragliding and hang gliding Fédération Française de Vol Libre (FFVL) – France Association of Paragliding Pilots and Instructors (APPI) Hang Gliding and...
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Powered Paragliding Association (USPPA). In the United Kingdom, the sport is represented by the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association. A powered...
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Flyability (category Hang gliding)
fly hang gliders and paragliders. It is the disability initiative of the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association, the governing body of hang gliding...
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activities: there is now a greater variety of similar sports such as hang gliding and paragliding that may attract potential glider pilots. Lack of publicity:...
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Hang gliding is an air sport employing a foot-launchable aircraft. Typically, a modern hang glider is constructed of an aluminium alloy or composite-framed...
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if there is an oncoming breeze and no obstacles. While powered microlights (ultralights) developed from hang gliding in the late 1970s, they were also...
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Airways Airsports (category Hang gliding)
offering hang gliding, paragliding, paramotoring, and microlight training and flying. It is a British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association and British Microlight...
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George Cayley (category Use British English from December 2016)
Yorkshire-based free flight club, affiliated to the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association, which has borne his name since its founding in 1975...
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Leicestershire (category Use British English from July 2014)
Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association, the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association, the British Judo Association, the British Parachute...
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Ann Welch (category Gliding in England)
her contributions to the development of four air sports - gliding, hang gliding, paragliding and microlight flying. She flew as a ferry pilot in the Air...
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2024 in air sports (section Hang gliding)
1st Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championships 2024 in Forbes Results: here January 25 – February 3: 46th New Zealand Hang Gliding Open Championship in...
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Adrian Thomas (zoologist) (category British bioengineers)
was a British champion in paragliding in 2006 and 2009. He is an executive board member of the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association. He was...
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Parachuting Gliding Ballooning Paragliding Hang gliding This center in Selçuk, İzmir offers courses in: Piloting Gliding Parachuting Microlight training...
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Rogallo wing (category Hang gliding)
the Wayback Machine Article by Mark Woodhams, British Columbia Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association: "Cloudstreet May 2004". Archived from the original...
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Offpiste Discovery (category Hang gliders)
British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association certified. The series have been frequently used in conjunction with a powered harness, as powered hang gliders...
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2006-11-19. Fédération Aéronautique Internationale - FAI "FAI Hang Gliding and Paragliding Commission – CIVL". Archived from the original on 2006-11-20. Retrieved...
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Gliding Club is a British gliding club near the village of Chipping, Lancashire. It was formed as the Blackpool and Fylde Gliding Club in 1930, and is...
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Judy Leden (category Hang gliding)
1959) is a British hang glider and paraglider pilot. She has held three world champion titles, twice in hang gliding, once in paragliding. Judy Leden's...
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1997 World Air Games (category Aviation competitions and awards)
Denizli - Pamukkale, 699 flights were completed in hang gliding. 1st World Air Games Paragliding Championships Held in Aydın, with 28 hours of flight...
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Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (category Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations)
GAC) Gliding through the FAI Gliding Commission (International Gliding Commission – IGC) Hang gliding & Paragliding through the FAI Hang Gliding & Paragliding...
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Wingsuit flying (redirect from Wingsuit gliding)
to add webbed area to the diver's body and generate increased lift, which allows extended air time by gliding flight rather than just free falling. The...
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the latter "ultralight". During the late 1970s and early 1980s, mostly stimulated by the hang gliding movement, many people sought affordable powered...
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Brian Milton (category Use British English from December 2013)
outstanding services to British hang gliding in its first 10 years. The BHGA is now known as the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association. 1987 - At the...
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Avian Cheetah (category Hang gliders)
a car top. Cheetah 150 Current production version. British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association certified. Cheetah 160 Version offered circa 2003 with...
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Avian Java (category Hang gliders)
All Java models are British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association certified. The Java 155 model is typical of the line and is made from aluminum...
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foot-launched gliders) are governed by the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association. Under CAA and EASA rules, all aircraft are required to meet certain...
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title (link) Ski Wing Article by Mark Woodhams, British Columbia Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association: "Cloudstreet May 2004". Archived from the original...
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Variometer (redirect from Rate of Climb and Descent Indicator)
ICAO recommendations on use of the International System of Units Hang gliding Paragliding Speed to fly Federal Aviation Administration, Glider Flying Handbook...
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Aeros Stalker (category Hang gliders)
in 1991. With over 100 flying, the design received British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (BHPA) certification in 1994. Production ended when...
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