Hang Gliding Training Manual
by Denis Pagen

The IHPA requires all hang gliding students
to have a copy of this book.

This is the acknowledged de facto standard in hang gliding training. World's top instructors were consulted to make this book the most complete manual on the market with the newest teaching techniques. It takes the student from ground zero to soaring. It includes step-by-step training, history of the sport, equipment, weather for pilots, troubleshooting mistakes, learning to soar, test study guides, soaring certificate.

Performance Flying: Hang Gliding Techniques for Intermediate and Advanced Levels
by Denis Pagen

This best seller provides a complete knowledge on how to become an expert pilot. Quotes from the world's best pilots were used to give you the secrets of efficient and successful flying. It offers detailed information on effective thermaling, cross-country, towing, competition, speed-to-fly, modern design, aeromedical... and more. This book will be a great asset to your flying.

Paragliding: From Beginner to Cross-Country
by David Sollom and Matthew Cook

An introduction to paragliding, providing tuition on thermalling, instrumentation and tandem flying. Other topics include: the theory of gliding; practical instruction of basic, intermediate and advanced techniques; instruction on flying cross-country in the UK; and advice on equipment and air law.

Flying with Condors
by Judy Leden

Judy Leden has been three times champion of the world - twice in hang gliding and once in paragliding - and six times British Women's Champion. In Patagonia, she realized her dream of flying wing-tip to wing-tip with Andean condors. This is her autobiography.

Paragliding: The Complete Guide (Revised and Updated)
by Noel Whittall

A guide to paragliding which introduces the basic techniques and then provides information about training schools, equipment, the rules, weather, soaring, competition flying, and how to derive enjoyment from the sport.

Paramotoring
by Noel Whittall

Flying a paramotor is achievable by anyone who has reasonable physical co-ordination and the patience to learn properly. This work reveals many of the things which will help you to become a safe paramotor pilot. It should also help you to avoid the many pitfalls along the route.

Understanding the Sky - A sport Pilot's Guide to Flying Conditions
by Dennis Pagen

This book is a store of knowledge from 20 years of flying sport aircraft. If you've ever wondered why the air behaves as it does, this book is for you. The greatest emphasis is on small-scale effects--exactly where we fly. Details are provided on everything from turbulence to thunderstorms. The chapters on lift sources and flying efficiency alone are worth the price of this book. Understanding the Sky is your key to complete comfort in the air.

Meteorology for Pilots
by Mike Wickson

A second, extended edition of a comprehensive manual for all aeronautical students. It features full descriptions of weather systems across the world, with emphasis on upper winds in the climatology section, and including high-level wind details.

Understanding Flying Weather
by Derek Piggott

This book explains how to recognize good and hazardous flying weather by looking at the causes and effects of atmospheric phenomena. These include air masses, high and low pressure areas, cloud formations, fronts, thermals, inversions and anti-cyclones.

Skywings Magazine
by BHPA

Skywings, the official magazine of the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association, is the only magazine dedicated to free flying in Great Britain. It has been published monthly since 1975 to inform, educate and entertain those in the sport. The magazine is distributed by mail to around 8,500 BHPA members and by subscription to hundreds of other pilots and organisations around the world.

Cross Country Magazine

Free flying is all about the search. Scouring weather forecasts for any glimmer of hope of flyable weather, racing to flying sites to be at the perfect launch at the right time, hunting for the elusive thermal, gliding off into the unknown for bigger distances, faster competition times or wilder adventures... 

Since 1988, Cross Country has been the leading voice for the worldwide band of 100,000+ pilots who wake up every day thinking about this search. Six times a year, our magazine content reflects our obsession with flying, and we express it by packing each bimonthly issue with the most imaginative, inspirational photography and writing we can lay our hands on.

Hang Glidine & Paragliding Magazine
by USHPA

This is the official publication of the US Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association. It is mailed directly to members of the USHPA but it may be possible to take out a subscription to the magazine without becoming a USHPA member.

Paramotor Magazine

Gathering the voices of the PPG world together we bring you the best stories, the hottest tips, the breaking news and the cutting edge technology from across the globe. Experts talk openly about how they do it, stars speak candidly about the whys and wherefores of what they do, and the best photographers in the world display the crème de la crème of their work to make us drool and dream of adventures to come.

Flying In Ireland Magazine