Cross country travel

Imagine you had nothing else to do for the next twelve months but fly. Your bank
balance is overflowing, your new wing is winking seductively at you from the
corner of the room and the family are all up for a round-the-world adventure.
Now what? All you need to do now is choose your destinations and off you go.
To help you decide where best to spend your time we’ve put together the Cross
Country Magazine Travel Guide to create the ultimate free flying year.
Ok, so it will cost you tens of thousands and your carbon footprint will be the size
of a small African nation, but hey, this is the ultimate guide to the ‘perfect year’ and
who lets reality get in the way of our dreams.
The Cross Country Magazine Travel Guide traverses six continents, immersing
itself in cu-peppered skies over the world’s greatest flatlands, erupting skywards
high above the finest mountains on the planet and leaves us gasping for drinks in the
best bars and restaurants. When your body and soul is fried by the hours of amazing
flying you’ve had, you can head to the beach and soar seductive sand dunes looking
out over warm lapping oceans.
So, throw caution and your gliders to the wind and dive into the 2010-2011
season’s best locations and fly your socks off. And if you can’t get away this year, sit
back and revel in the finest photography we can find for each site and dream of the
future.
Enjoy the 2010-2011 Cross Country Magazine Travel Guide.
Blue skies.
Bob Drury
Executive Editor – Cross Country magazine
CROSS COUNTRY THANKS
Creating a global travel guide like the one you have in your hands is a massive and
time-consuming job, and not one we could possibly undertake without the help and
support of a huge pool of people. The extensive roll call of those who dedicated their
time to produce the information and photos includes:
Adam Hill (Pokhara), Ary Carlos Pradi (Quixada), Bruce Goldsmith (Peru & Bassano),
David Owen and Rachael Evans (Laragne), Godfrey Wenness (Manilla), Jan Minaar
(Wilderness, SA), Jérôme Maupoint (Chamonix & Annecy), Jim Mallinson (Bir),
Jocky Sanderson (Governador Valadares and Olu Deniz), Kelly Farina (Bassano),
Kari Eisenhut (Interlaken), Linda Willemse (South Africa), Mark Taggart (St Andre),
Micky Von Wachter (Bassano), Nick Greece (Owens, Valle de Bravo, Jackson Hole
& Chelan), Olivier Laugero (Chamonix), Richard Gallon (Kössen), Richard Pethigal
(Peru), Rob Manzoni (Porterville, SA), Russell Ogden (Valle de Bravo & St Andre),
Shawn Kitchen (Quixada), Steve Ham (Piedrahita) & Stuart Belbas (Verbier)