It can sometimes feel a bit lonely on launch being a female paraglider pilot, because it is still mainly men who participate in this sport. The Female Flying Festival in Lenk in 2020 once again completely reversed this situation.

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Tip #14 might come in handy, especially if the flying season 2020 didn't go exactely as you've planned.

Excellent pilots who have extraordinary stories to tell - the NOVA Pilots Team includes some of the best paragliders in the world. By and by we would like to introduce them to you.

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Tip #13 is about having a very powerful supporter on your side.

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Tip #12 tells about deepening your meteorology knowledge.

“High five! It’s the weekend!”, writes Toni Edelmayr in an email in response to our question how his phenomenal 60 km flight in the Austrian Tennen Mountains came about. You can tell right away that he is someone who is enthusiastic about mountaineering and paragliding. In the subsequent conversation, this first impression is readily confirmed.

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Tip #11 is about how to successfully connect the "easy" parts along your flight route.

Some of the worlds best cross-country pilots are in the NOVA Pilots Team - along with people like you & me. Together we have collected the 30 most important tips for successful cross-country flying. Tip #10 in short says: Fly high before you fly fast.

Since 2013 there have been annual autumnal NOVA Hike & Fly Days - a relaxed, friendly three-day paragliding event. The brains behind the operation is NOVA team pilot Vera Polaschegg, who plans and organises the event. We asked Vera about this project, which is so close to her heart.