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2. Paragliding - Wikipedia

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   2013. Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. [ 1 ] The pilot sits in a harness or in a cocoon-like 'pod' suspended below a fabric wing. Wing shape is maintained by the suspension lines, the pressure of air ...

3. Powered paragliding - Wikipedia

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   Powered paraglider at a Kanagawa beach in Japan, 2022. Powered paragliding, also known as paramotoring or PPG, is a form of ultralight aviation where the pilot wears a back-pack motor (a paramotor) which provides enough thrust to take off using a paraglider. It can be launched in still air, and on level ground, by the pilot alone—no ...

4. Powered parachute - Wikipedia

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   A powered parachute, often abbreviated PPC, and also called a motorized parachute or paraplane, is a type of aircraft that consists of a parafoil with a motor and wheels. The FAA defines a powered parachute as a powered aircraft comprised of a flexible or semi-rigid wing connected to a fuselage so that the wing is not in position for flight ...

5. Red Bull X-Alps - Wikipedia

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   The Red Bull X-Alps is a paragliding race in which athletes must hike or fly 1,200 km across the Alps. It first launched in 2003 and has since taken place every other year. Around 30 athletes take part and must navigate their way via a predetermined set of turn points that vary with each race. Every kilometer must be covered either on foot or ...

6. I Survived Getting Sucked Into Storm While Paragliding ... - AOL

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   All my equipment was covered in ice. I had to scratch it over and over to get the ice off of my GPS and finally saw that my altitude was around 22,966 feet. I later learned that I had reached over ...

7. Speed flying and speed riding - Wikipedia

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   Speed flying/riding is a hybrid sport that combines elements of paragliding, parachuting and freeriding to create a new sport. Like paragliding, speed flying is done by launching from a slope with the wing overhead, already inflated by the incoming air. The main difference between speed flying and paragliding, is that speed flying is meant to ...