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February 22nd 07, 03:12 AM
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Paraglider survives after soaring to 32,000 feet
Peter Harvey wrote:
http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y25...4_02_07/?actio n=view¤t=IMG_1059.jpg Is the extended URL from Ozreport.com With a max paraspeed of about 50kph, I'd say dumbass is a pretty fair description for these nutters! At first I thought I had dirt specks on my monitor, then I realized it was paragliders! Yikes. Maybe "dumbass" isn't wrong. That is one scary looking cloud. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA * Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly * "Transponders in Sailplanes" http://tinyurl.com/y739x4 * "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" at www.motorglider.org 
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