Several times world paramotor champion, Spaniard Ramon Morillas has broken his own altitude record in Pakistan, flying his Advance Sigma 7 / PAP motor to the top of Himalayan giant Masherbrum, 7,821 m. The claim has been submitted to the FAI for ratification. This breaks the record Ramon set in September, when he reached the [...]

South Africa’s Flying Unlimited have created a wireless PTT for hang glider, paraglider and paramotor pilots. Originally developed for their own needs for formation flying, it will be appreciated by anyone who likes the idea of communication without dropping the brake lines, and of not having the pallaver of feeding wires down sleeves and into [...]

Following the growing success over the past four years of the annual British National Paramotor Championships, the 2010 competition scene has adopted a new approach. In a quest to keep pilots flying year round and to also bring new talent and depth to the prospective British Squad, the Competition Committee have introduced a 3-leg league [...]

Andrew Hall has created a Java application which maps all UK Notams, making planning cross country hang glider and paraglider flights in Britain much easier. Notam Map uses Preflight Information Bulletins (PIBs) published by the UK Aeronautical Information Service of the National Air Traffic Service (NATS) and presents them in a user-friendly way. The software is available free [...]

Ex World Paramotor Champion Mathieu Rouanet and Polish female paramotor star Emilia Plak are competing in the Ultimate Thailand Explorer video competition Teams of two are invited to upload a one minute video clip explaining why they should be amongst the five teams chosen to win a free trip around Thailand worth $ 10,000. The [...]