Cross Country is the world’s leading voice for hang gliding, paragliding and paramotoring pilots. Ten times a year, our magazine content reflects our obsession with flying, and we express it by packing each issue with the most imaginative, inspirational photography and writing we can lay our hands on.

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NEED TO KNOW • News and insight from around the free-flying world

PWCA 2021 CALENDAR

THE NAKED PILOT TIMO LEONETTI

INSIDER’S GUIDE: TENERIFE • Done Four Europe perfect fly

DREAMING OF ESCAPIING

WHY CELL OPENINGS ARE SHRINKING

BACK IN THE DAY

FLYING IQ • Helping you fly better with expert advice and know-how

LEARNING TO FORECAST PART II

HOW DOES G-FORCE AFFECT HOW WE THROW A RESERVE? • You re spiralling you … happens In study paraglider reserves safety Dr Matt Wilkes asked 88 pilots to climb aboard the G-Force Trainer and try to throw. The results are eye-opening

SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS

THANKS TO

THE ICING ON THE CAKE

FORECASTING WHEN THERMALS START

SATELLITE EYE • Looking down at the Earth below from above

WHAT IS SKILL DECAY?

THE STRENGTH OF INTUITION

City Break • Adi Geisegger and Michael Maurer paint the town red as they do a midnight takeover of some of Munich’s most famous sites.

PACIFIC WIND • Vitek Ludvik planned to sail across the Pacific Ocean with Olivier Laugero and family, and fly some of French Polynesia’s spectacular sites. But when the pandemic hit they found themselves in a lockdown of quite a different kind.

Destino Nordeste • Jake Holland spent a month in the northeast of Brazil, exploring the inland XC sites of Quixadá and Assu and hanging out at the beach at Canoa Quebrada. He shares some of his best shots

FINDING KIWI • When James ‘Kiwi’ Johnston went missing mid-flight in Nevada, USA in August last year it was as if he had vanished from the face of the Earth. His disappearance sparked a month-long search that drew people in from across the world, all with one hope: to find Kiwi. Andy Pag followed the search from the start and talked to some of the friends and family involved

KITLIST • All the latest reviews, gear and technology for free flying

New Products

IN BRIEF

OZONE SPEEDSTER 3 • Lawrie Noctor flies this full reflex wing designed for intermediate to advanced pilots

MANUFACTURER’S SPECIFICATIONS

UP KANGRI (EN B+) • It looks racy on paper, but in the air it flies just as a sporty B should, says Brian Steele

MANUFACTURER’S SPECIFICATIONS

WOODY VALLEY GTO LIGHT 2 • Marcus King fl new, updated popular lightweight pod

MANUFACTURER’S SPECIFICATIONS

FLYMASTER GPS LS • This 'light and simple' instrument is for new and intermediate pilots. Charlie King tries it out

THE BOOX NOVA 2 • Don't ghost me... Laurent Boninfante tries out this new e-ink tablet for flying

IN BRIEF

CHRIS WARNER MATT WARREN ‘AN ORDINARY DAY’