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In these competitions, the parasail is towed to a specific height behind a vehicle, and the driver and/or the parasailor releases the tow line to land in a specific target area. The first international competitions for land-based parasailing were held in the mid-1980s and have continued annually since then.
The first, from 76,400 feet (23,300 m) in November 1959 was a near tragedy when an equipment malfunction caused him to lose consciousness, but the automatic parachute saved him (he went into a flat spin at a rotational velocity of 120 rpm; the g-force at his extremities was calculated to be over 22 times that of gravity, setting another record ...
Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. [1]
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The arrests occur amid a number of reported drone sightings in the Northeast, including New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
Ann Welch (10 December 1977), "Hang-gliding review" (pdf), Flight International Ann Welch (14 June 1973), "LIKE A BIRD ON THE BREEZE" (pdf) , Flight International : 921– 923 Paul Dees (September 2010), Hang Glider Design and Performance (PDF) , American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2017
A Texas woman is charged with murder after police say she fatally shot her husband, lit his truck on fire and fled the scene in a kayak. That same day, deputies in Calhoun County responded to a ...