r/freeflight
31k members
r/freeflight is a subreddit with 31k 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, video, gear, 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"
58 posts
#2
Video
: "From Niederhorn to Eiger, first time flying above 4000m 😍"
39 posts
#3
Gear
: "Introducing the Leaf Vario! Open Source vario/GPS developed by the community"
33 posts
#4
Other
: "Paraglide.Cloud - Paraglide with your friends online"
20 posts
#5
Tech
: "Recent Update to Glider Sim: Progressive Time & Planetary Day/Night Cycle"
19 posts
#6
Photo
: "Paraglider in front of eclipse (taken from Zollikon, Allmend)"
14 posts
#7
XC
: "Arriving at Oliana, Pyrenees. My first 50k flight"
7 posts
#8
H&F
: "X-Pyr 2026 Links"
5 posts
#9
Incident
: "Rémi Bourdelle dies in accident during Dolomiti Super Fly"
4 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(16.4%)
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Last updated: September 1, 2026