From hot air balloon to hang-gliding operators, plenty of airborne adventure outfits promise to let you “soar with the birds.” Few, however, deliver on the claim quite as literally or dramatically as ...

Who doesn’t want to fly like a bird? Whether you do it in your dreams or would choose it as your superhero power, it’s an experience unlike any other. Now what about flying like a bird while also ...

Carpooling with an Egyptian vulture was not something I had ever considered - much less a bird named Kevin Neophron Percnopterus. My feathered ride-share partner is perched on the arm of Scott Mason, ...

Nepal's Parahawking Project offers paragliding with a twist -- fliers are joined by a trained Egyptian vulture. The birds guide the paragliders to pockets of thermal air. In exchange, they're rewarded ...

For a very long time, humans believed flying was reserved to things lighter than air, things with wings, and Gods. Then those crazy kids called Wilbur and Orville Wright came along and forever changed ...

I had the opportunity to try "parahawking," the unique experience that combines paragliding and falconry. Dave Metzgar is my paraglider pilot as we soar along the cliffs after taking off from the ...

more and started the Himalayan Raptor Rescue Project. He declared that all birds he trained for parahawking would be rescued, not plucked from the wild. Brad, also a black kite, was discovered by ...

Jini Reddy takes to the air in a unique experience that combines the excitement of paragliding with the skills of falconry. Hitching a ride: Jini acquaints herself with Freddy the hawk while Mark ...