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January 2012 Skywings:

regular columns

News
Hangie XC League to insist on 3D GPS
New products
Ozone speed wing, new book of routes
Safety matters
The Club Coach course
Dead centre
League round-ups, squad training
Comp lines
2011s excellent XC League year
Hang points
Tactics, tactics, tactics!
Pilot Profile
Ollie Chitty - new kid on the block with a big future
Caption Comp
A pedant walks into a bar. Well, it's a restaurant with a bar. Well, technically it's a brewpub… Our jokes are worse!
Airmail
Financial tips, good nags to back, and the odd (odd) letter

reviews

Flight test: Bautek Kite
Weird but wonderful - a hang glider not designed to go faster

features

the life-saving emergency parachute
an idiot’s guide to how they work
from CP to XC
How I got here from there
be a better pilot
part 2 of the new series
PB at GV
flying down to Rio
the dangers of para-dreaming
flying from the summit of Mont Blanc

Deadlines for the February edition:
Bookings close this coming Thursday 12th January. Copy deadline: Tuesday 17th January.

what's in the current issue

December 2011

regular columns

attitude: Paul Mahony
E for Eventualities?
news
Paramotor speed race, Antoine Montant found dead, BHPA AGM and the big wave day in the Peaks
safety maters
coaching courses, Repack course dates and MOD airspace changes
new products
Ozone claim new class breakthrough, Ozone emergency parachute and speed wing, plus Aspen 4 and new EN B from AirDesign
comp lines
British Paragliding Championship 2012 and new comps panel
hang points
motivation to win!
propellerhead
Long distance flying
airmail
wheels or no wheels - that is the question
dead centre
accuracy World Cup and National Championships
national XC league tables
final tables for 2011
pilot profile
John Ellison
caption competition
laugh? we nearly bought a round
BHPA contacts and calendar

reviews

flight test: Icaro Laminar
speed and superb handling - at a price!
flight test: Aska One-Seven
small and perfectly formed - great for the windy days
book review: Stolen Moments #2
a photo album that is a work of genius

features

living the dream!
travellin’ man touches down in Cham… en route for Delhi!
be a better pilot
part 1 of a new series
Olu Air Games
our man says it’s a worthy rival to St Hilaire