Gordon Mucklow
| Disciplines | Cross competition |
|---|---|
| nationality | British |
| city | Newport, UK |
| Birth date | 1975 |
| Gin team since | 2026 |
Know more about Gordon
Biography
Gordon has the spirit of an adventurer, with a curious mind and is always keen to learn and do more. Flying since 1995 the sport has enabled extensive travel and work, never far from some of the best flying sites!
Interview
What’s your job or profession?:
Delivery Manager for an Engineering Company (Marine business)
Delivery Manager for an Engineering Company (Marine business)
Do you have any hobbies besides paragliding?:
Anything on two wheels - cycle touring, mountain biking and motorcycling, but also a keen photographer.
Anything on two wheels - cycle touring, mountain biking and motorcycling, but also a keen photographer.
When and what inspired you to start paragliding?:
Watching the hang gliders testing on the IoW in the early days when I was out walking the hills & cliffs at home with my parents. (Airwave used to be based here.)
Watching the hang gliders testing on the IoW in the early days when I was out walking the hills & cliffs at home with my parents. (Airwave used to be based here.)
What are your favorite flying spots?:
Corryong in Victoria, Australia - it is just such an ancient landscape. Piedrahita, Spain - always feels like coming home when I go there - it was where I did my first foreign trip, and I’ve been visiting ever since.
Corryong in Victoria, Australia - it is just such an ancient landscape. Piedrahita, Spain - always feels like coming home when I go there - it was where I did my first foreign trip, and I’ve been visiting ever since.
What is your best flight or adventure?
Manilla to Bowman 2003 (Australia), approx 200km - in the days we measured distances in straight lines!
Manilla to Bowman 2003 (Australia), approx 200km - in the days we measured distances in straight lines!
What do you like most about flying?:
It’s such a great excuse to travel to new places, meet new people and share the sky.
It’s such a great excuse to travel to new places, meet new people and share the sky.
Why do you want to be part of the GIN team?:
Gin offered such support and friendliness to everyone at the competitions in 2025, I want to show my appreciation, as well as fly the best equipment! I’ve been flying with Luke in teams organised by him for years, and like the style, engagement and mentoring which being part of that team entails. There is such great spirit and camaraderie.
Gin offered such support and friendliness to everyone at the competitions in 2025, I want to show my appreciation, as well as fly the best equipment! I’ve been flying with Luke in teams organised by him for years, and like the style, engagement and mentoring which being part of that team entails. There is such great spirit and camaraderie.
What are your objectives for the next two years?:
Keep improving and placing well in the SRS, flying with friends, pushing my own boundaries and helping to keep the sport as safe as possible for everyone in it. I’d love to help develop new products and techniques to improve the sport. (I am an engineer, after all!)
Keep improving and placing well in the SRS, flying with friends, pushing my own boundaries and helping to keep the sport as safe as possible for everyone in it. I’d love to help develop new products and techniques to improve the sport. (I am an engineer, after all!)
What advice would you give to new pilots?
Don’t rush the learning, there will always be other days - it is a sport you can grow with, and it will reward in ways you never knew possible.
Don’t rush the learning, there will always be other days - it is a sport you can grow with, and it will reward in ways you never knew possible.
Achievements
4th
SRS League
2023
Overall
13th
SRS League
2025
Overall
23rd
SRS League
2024
Overall
