Month: June 2022

A Magical Flight Through North Cumbrian Skies

The Flyability Handivol in the Lake District with a passenger waiting to fly

By Samantha Dryden-Sillars On a clear Thursday in June, I had the opportunity to go paragliding with Flyability (http://www.flyability.org.uk/). Flyability is a branch of the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association dedicated to supporting people with disabilities to go paragliding…

Adam clipped in after his flight at GBAR 2022

This Spring Flyability was invited by organisers Tony Smith and Steve Blackler to run hang gliding tandems for disabled people during the warm up days of the Great British Aerotow Revival competition. Judy Leden MBE from Airways Airsports travelled down to help with…