r/freeflight

32k members
r/freeflight is a subreddit with 32k 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 video, discussion, gear, other, and photo.
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

#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
Video
: "Real physics based Free Flight simulator"
27 posts
#2
Discussion
: "PILOT'S GUIDE: LIJAK | Paragliding in Slovenia 🇸🇮"
25 posts
#3
Gear
: "Help my identify this gear and era"
17 posts
#4
Other
: "I made an arcade paragliding game"
15 posts
#5
Photo
: "A long sunset flight at Palo Buque, Chile"
5 posts
#6
Incident
: "A Plague Upon Paragliding"
3 posts
#7
Tech
: "Weekly thread for new and updated apps?"
3 posts
#8
Classified ads
: "Join r/AirmassWx, and what has changed since the last post here"
2 posts
#9
H&F
: "Red Bull X-Alps Line-up for 2027 revealed"
1 post

Member Growth in r/freeflight

Yearly
+5k members(17.7%)

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Last updated: November 5, 2026