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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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