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Paraglider spiral dive, throws chute and ends up in the trees



 
 
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Old March 1st 05, 10:04 PM
Mark
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Incidentally Joe is flying again now that his broken rib has healed.

Mark Andrews

Iwo Mergler wrote:
wrote:
For anyone interested in this incident, there is quite a bit of
discussion on paraglidingforum.com:

http://paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=1405

The consensus seems to be that the pilot applied and held brakes

when
entering a thermal and this caused the wing to stall and deflate

which
resulted in a cravat (tip stuck in the lines). The wing was

spinning so
the pilot tossed the reserve chute. The pilot landed in a tall tree
with the wing draped over the tree and, while hanging there and

picking
twigs out of the lines, he then fell to the ground basically

unhurt.
His lucky day I suppose!

Steve


That is the exact oposite of my guess. I'll go and
watch the video again. Thanks for the link.

Iwo


 




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