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Pilot plummets after hang glider collapses mid air

Postby pilotwin7 » Wed Jul 06, 2016 8:30 pm

Pilot plummets after hang glider collapses mid air during performance

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A hang glider has collapsed during an aerobatic performance, sending its pilot tumbling towards the ground.
Week festival in Voss, Norway early last week for parachute show Extreme Voss when the accident occurred, Norwegian publication Bregensavisen reports.
Video from a GoPro camera attached to Mr Gjerde’s glider shows the framework giving way, leading to the pilot’s downward spin.
Mr Gjerde described in a Facebook post how his “eyesight disappeared” as he “fought hard against the g-force [unit of acceleration] to salvage the situation”.
Mr Gjerde eventually managed to deploy a parachute, landing safely in a lake below.
He was then escorted by boat to a waiting ambulance.
He escaped the mishap with only facial bruising, swelling and burst capillaries in his eyes.
The pilot’s symptoms are believed to have been caused by the intense gravitational forces placed on his body after the broken hang glider began to rotate rapidly.
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Re: Pilot plummets after hang glider collapses mid air

Postby Anthindelahunt » Thu Jul 07, 2016 1:54 am

Scary!At least lady luck was with him and a shute.

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Re: Pilot plummets after hang glider collapses mid air

Postby Fozzer » Thu Jul 07, 2016 2:49 am

Hee-bee, flippin' jeebies!..... :shock: ...!

He kept his wits about him, and deployed his parachute to safety....

Me?

...I would have just closed my eyes, trusted to fate, and thought furiously of England!.... :pray: ...!

Well-done, him!

Paul.... ;) ...!
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Re: Pilot plummets after hang glider collapses mid air

Postby Tonydb » Thu Jul 07, 2016 11:00 pm

Now he can join the exclusive Caterpillar Club and wear the coveted badge

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