With Glider technology advancing year after year, paraglider efficiency and speed is increasing rather quickly.   Already there are paragliders out there producing glide ratios in excess of 12:1 (Sky Paragliders EOS, Ozone Mantra R11, Gin Boomerang 8 )  These new competition gliders have very wide speed ranges in excess of 30km/h or 19mph+!   [...]