r/freeflight
30k members
r/freeflight is a subreddit with 30k members. The community frequently discusses paragliding, flight, flying, thermal, and landing, and they frequently recommend/review gift recommendations, winter gloves, and action cam, and the most common flair used is discussion, gear, video, other, and tech.
Where pilots of all free flight persuasions mingle: paragliding, hang gliding, speedriding/speedflying, and others!
Popular Topics in r/freeflight
#1
Paragliding
105 posts
#2
Flight
43 posts
#3
Flying
10 posts
#4
Thermal
9 posts
#5
Landing
9 posts
#6
Mountain
8 posts
#7
Wing
5 posts
#8
Wind
4 posts
#9
Glider
4 posts
#10
Looking For
4 posts
Products Discussed in r/freeflight
Gift Recommendations
8 reviews
#1
Supair
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Kahoots
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Benchmade
5.0★ from 1 review
Winter Gloves
7 reviews
#1
Zanier
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Free the Powder
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Chiba
4.0★ from 1 review
Action Cam
5 reviews
#1
Insta360
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
GoPro
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
iVue
3.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/freeflight
#1
Discussion
: "When Paragliding Crash Analysis Became Clickbait: What Happened to Ari DeLashmutt reactions? — from his most reposted pilot"
47 posts
#2
Gear
: "Introducing the Leaf Vario! Open Source vario/GPS developed by the community"
42 posts
#3
Video
: "A sunny 100km flight yesterday near Cusco, Peru"
27 posts
#4
Other
: "Time requirement to learn paragliding for hike and fly"
18 posts
#5
Tech
: "Solar-powered FANET vario I built in my workshop in Slovenia — first ten are done"
14 posts
#6
Photo
: "1st time flyer at Grindelwald, Switzerland!"
11 posts
#7
H&F
: "Review Skywalk Tonic? (Looking for a Thermik Magazine Review of the Skywalk Tonic (2021/4)"
6 posts
#8
XC
: "Arriving at Oliana, Pyrenees. My first 50k flight"
4 posts
#9
Incident
: "Looking for people with incomplete praplagia who went back to Speedflying/skydiving"
3 posts
#10
Debrief
: "What happens if you ignore the weather. 125 km/h and -14m/s Just now at Ebenalp Switzerland. Looks like he survived!"
1 post
Member Growth in r/freeflight
Yearly
+4k members(15.8%)
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Last updated: August 11, 2026