The ParagliderMadeira may not be the best know flying destination in Europe, but pilots who go there often seem to go back time and again.
On my first trip in October last year, it started scoring points as soon as I stepped out of the airport. There’s nothing quite like the feel of sunshine just a few hours after being stood on a rainy English train platform.
A combination of tandem flying and flying sites with limited landing options has meant that pushing for even short XC flights hasn’t been much of an option for me recently. But over the last few weeks I’ve had a bit more of a chance to explore the skies, as well as being able to bomb out properly in a number of different ways!
Love is in the air… getting hooked on flying
Remember those first few hops, when your feet first left the ground? Sweaty palms, beating heart, loss of appetite, feeling queasy? And then you couldn’t talk to anyone about anything else? You checked the weather obsessively?
