Gliding

Official dons wingsuit every day to get home

An official working at a cable car facility in Fethiye's Mount Babadağ flies his way to his house in his wingsuit every day after work.

Cengiz Koçak began parachuting in 1991 by jumping off from airplanes when he was a cadet and became a free-type paratrooper while serving as a non-commissioned officer in the Kayseri 1st Commando Brigade.

Rescue Teams Help Two Injured Paragliders near Dupnitsa

Mountain Rescue Service teams have helped two injured paragliders, the Mountain Rescue Service told Focus News Agency. The two men were injured in paragliding accidents near Dupnitsa. The rescuers have conducted two operations. One of the men is a Japanese. Both were taken to hospital in good condition.

Ride like the wind

A hang glider participates in the 32nd Panhellenic Hang Gliding Championship, which started on Saturday in Old Kastania, in the Municipality of Servia-Velvento, northern Greece. Around 40 of Greece's best hang gliders are competing daily. The championship is co-organized by the Hellenic Aeronautical & Airsports Federation and the Municipality of Servia-Velvento.

Spanish paraglider ‘dances’ with Aurora Borealis in Norway (pics+vid)

Spanish paraglider Horacio Llorens has fullfilled his lifetime ambition to paraglide through the Aurora Borealis.

He is one of the top acro-paragliders in the world and for many years he had been trying to make his dream true and flight through the elusive northern lights.

Ölüdeniz air games take off

Turkey’s biggest air sports festival kicked off in the Mediterranean town of Fethiye’s Ölüdeniz with paragliders from around the world participating in the event.

Around 500 air sports enthusiasts from 40 countries are competing in various disciplines at the 15th Ölüdeniz Air Games Festival, which is held every October.