Paragliding

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Paragliders[edit]

  • Paraglider in Gdynia above the Baltic Sea in Poland)

  • Paraglider in South Tyrol (Vinschgau)

  • flying paraglider

  • Starting paraglider

  • Paraglider

  • Parapentistes sur le Puy de Dôme

  • Parapentistes sur le Puy de Dôme

  • Parapentistes sur le Puy de Dôme

  • Parapentistes sur le Puy de Dôme

  • Paraglider with motor

  • Paraglider at Stubaital

  • St. Ouen's Bay, Jersey

  • Paragliding start at Hohe Salve Tyrol 1

  • Paragliding start at Hohe Salve Tyrol 2

  • Paragliding start at Hohe Salve Tyrol 3

  • Paraglider

  • Paraglider on winch launch

  • Austria

  • landing paraglider at Red Bull Vertigo

  • TegelbergParaglider gobeirne.jpg
  • Paraglider in Winter, Brevant, Chamonix, France.JPG

  • Paraglinding in the "chaîne des Puys" (Auvergne, France)

  • Paraglider tandem on winch launch (near Wrocław, Poland)

  • Paraglider towed launch, Mirosławice near Wrocław, Poland)

  • Just started Paraglider in front of the Wetterstein mountain range, Bavaria

  • Starting paraglider on the Wank mountain, Bavaria

  • Paraglider in front of the Wetterstein mountain range, Bavaria

  • Learning Paraglading

  • A historical paraglider from 1988

  • Landung in Malcesine (Gardasee Italien)

Equipment[edit]

  • Starting paraglider pilot with harness

  • a simple variometer

  • a GPS variometer

  • Two helmets which can be used for paragliding

  • Carabiner

  • Part of RipStop tissue

  • The motor of a powered paraglider.

  • WikipediaParamotor.jpg

Pictures taken from Paraglider[edit]

Asia[edit]

Thailand[edit]

  • Paraglider. Phuket, Thailand

  • Paraglider. Phuket, Thailand

India[edit]

  • Paramotorglider.Thrissur, Kerala, India

  • Paramotorglider.Thrissur, Kerala, India

  • Paramotorglider.Thrissur, Kerala, India

  • Paramotorglider.Thrissur, Kerala, India

Nepal[edit]

  • Paraglider, Pokhara, Nepal

Europe[edit]

Austria[edit]

  • Cumulus cloud above Lechtaler Alps

  • Paraglider after off-field landing near Mittewald an der Drau, Austria

Czech Republic[edit]

  • Zvičina

  • Zvičina

  • Zvičina

  • Zvičina

  • Zvičina

  • Zvičina

  • Zvičina

  • Zvičina

France[edit]

  • Mont-blanc-brevant-glider.JPG

    Mont Blanc

Germany[edit]

  • Aschau im Chiemgau

  • Cumulus clouds above Bavarian Alps

  • Paraglider starting from Wank mountain

  • Paraglider in front of Wetterstein mountain range

  • Paraglider Training at the Uetersen Airport

  • Paraglider Training at the Uetersen Airport

Italy[edit]

  • Mals

  • Glurns

  • Center of Schluderns

  • Burgeis

  • Group of Langkofel

Slovakia[edit]

  • Flying in thermal flow, Straník hill

  • Straník hill near Žilina

  • Paragliders over Plavecký hrad

  • Paragliders over Plavecký hrad

Switzerland[edit]

  • Davos in Winter

  • The "Eisstadion" in Davos

  • Davos in Summer

  • Lake of Davos

  • Aletsch Glacier

  • Fiesch Glacer

  • Finsteraarhorn

  • Mythen

  • Fiesch

  • Fiescheralp

  • Goms (upper part of Valais)

  • Spiez

  • From Walenstadt towards Sargans

  • Säntis-Nord-Panorama

  • Säntis-Nord-Panorama with description

  • Ebenalp by air

North America[edit]

  • Point Of The Mountain

South America[edit]

  • Chachapoyas

  • Copacabana

  • Potosi

  • Colca

Middle East[edit]

Israel[edit]

Turkey[edit]

    Drawings[edit]

    • French airspace

    • French VMC and VFR

    • Comparison of the lines length paraglider vs. rescue parachute

    • Proper use of a rescue parachute

    • Mirror effect

    • Forces when flying in a straight line

    • U landing

    • S landing

    • 8 landing

    • Paraglider schema (A, B, C and D lines)

    • Schema of a paraglider

    • Schema of a paraglider

    • Speedsystem

    • Diagram of a speedsystem

    • A circle centered at the center of gravity shows the curvature of the wing

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