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.

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 #9 is about feeling more like yea or nay.

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 #8 has the importance of drinking enough and the resulting body needs for a theme.

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. Today we present to you tip #7, which is always good to remember.