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World champ's narrow escape as hang glider breaks mid-air
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 10:48 am
by John.com
Lucky escape for hang glider pilot after mid-air breakup at world champs . . . having an emergency parachute and being over water!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hhnWkCJQ1s
What's the lesson for us trike pilots?
Re: World champ's narrow escape as hang glider breaks mid-ai
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 7:11 am
by Bundy
Lesson for us?
Ummm...don't do that?
In any Aerobatics in any aircraft...the boundaries are being pushed by highly experienced pilots?
Inevitably on occasion they will exceed them... and if they lucky, like this guy, they will survive?
Amazing he could release his chute under that severe rotation...hitting water from 1000ft up is pretty much the same as concrete I recon.
Looks like the trapeze bar or flying cable snapped?
Lucky guy indeed.
Re: World champ's narrow escape as hang glider breaks mid-ai
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 7:19 am
by Madman
Lesson...do not loop your trike
Clearly exceeded the VNE of that glider
Re: World champ's narrow escape as hang glider breaks mid-ai
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:30 am
by Rover03
He was using non standard, racing flying wires and it couldn't handle the g-force.