Mt Borah / Manilla, Australia

Stylized landscape portrait of Mt Borah / Manilla near Manilla, New South Wales

Paragliding Flight Atlas · New South Wales

Mt Borah / Manilla

A purpose-shaped flying mountain rising from New South Wales flatlands, built around the serious Australian idea that almost every wind direction deserves its own launch.

Atlas take

Four launches reduce the excuses; the flatlands restore them at kilometre 150

Mt Borah / Manilla is a multi-aspect inland mountain launch near Manilla, New South Wales. Pilots know it for four large launch aspects above Australian big-sky country, hosting the 2007 Paragliding World Championships, and long-standing cross-country and training culture.

Flying characterFlatland thermal, Cross-country, and Training and competition flying
Best fitCurrent SAFA and Manilla SkySailors requirements apply; pilots should obtain a site briefing and match the day's inland conditions to their experience. Managed flying facility requiring current national and local club membership.
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