There are plenty of stories to tell about cross-country flying. One person who does this in great detail is Dmitry Balabanov. He reaches a large audience with his elaborately produced videos, which he uploads to YouTube. But it's not just his stories of cross-country flying, often from Roldanillo or Bassano, that he has to tell, there are also other aspects of his flying life that make him an interesting interview partner.
Where can you fly 100 or even 200 XC kilometres? What should I bear in mind? What equipment should you have with you? What skills should you have to fly such distances? How can I plan routes? What tools will help me to find the next thermal in flight? Questions upon questions, which I get to the bottom of in an interview with Ulrich Scheller, an experienced cross-country pilot.
Biwaktours, very few of us do it. For the majority of us standard Ottonormal pilots, bivouacking is too strenuous, too dependent on the weather and too dangerous, the list goes on and on, but there are a few pilots who are not deterred by any of this. One of these intrepid pilots is Ben Spengler. In this interview, he shares the experiences he has had in recent years and many tips and tricks for bivouac flying.
The 2nd attempt to fly the Mölltal triangle. Would I succeed this time?
You always have to expect everything when paragliding.
