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RE: Paragliding Tips and Tricks #5
I think it is interesting how paragliding principles are what pilots focus on during emergency descents. Ive always been a believer that fixed wing pilots should fly fixed wing gliders, trikes, and paragliders. They can truly learn to feel the air and it would make them a better avuator
I agree. Paragliding is no joke. There is no room for foolishness. When I first started, a guy got jacked up at a site about 45 minutes from my house. It made the local news. I found out who it was later on. The guy went on a day when there were going to be gusts of wind up to 30 mph. He was told by a few other pilots not to fly close to the ridge. He was from the EU. Didn't want to take direction. Last I heard he was in a coma and his parents came from Europe and got him to take him back. Sad story.