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Free Flight Film Festival coming to Magic Lantern tonight

Free Flight Film Fest features paragliders, hang gliders and other non-motorized flight adventures.
Free Flight Film Fest features paragliders, hang gliders and other non-motorized flight adventures.

FREE FLIGHT -- Meet the men and women who are re-writing the definition of "hang time" in a collection of films coming to Spokane to celebrate man's lofty dreams to soar with the eagles.

The Free Flight Film Festival will screen on Feb. 15 (Presidents Day) with shows at 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Magic Lantern Theater, 25 W. Main Ave., in Spokane.  The show includes an assortment of short films featuring hang gliding, paragliding, and mini-wing flying from the perspective of the ground and in the air.

The festival is supported in Spokane by the area hang gliding and paragliding group, Center of Lift.

Tickets: $5.

See the film festival trailer here.



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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