Hangglider collapses during high speed dive

A hangglider collapses during a show. See also video footage from the ground.

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+3 1. Judge-Jake commented 8 years ago

Proof if proof were needed that in the air no one can hear you scream:'(
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+6 2. Burimi commented 8 years ago

Why this video is in Awesome category?
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+4 3. Jos (admin) commented 8 years ago

#2 changed to Sports category.
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+2 4. thundersnow commented 8 years ago

Was very worried watching this, so glad the guy made it okay...did he?:squirrel:
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+5 5. PownMeister commented 8 years ago

This happened in Voss Norway, the hanglider collapsed. Below is a link to the article with a video with another view of the accident. you can also right click and select translate to english if you have chrome to read the article.
http://www.ba.no/nyheter/voss/ekstremsport/hangglideren-til-jon-kollapset-i-luften/s/5-8-384850
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0 6. thundersnow commented 8 years ago

#5 Thanks for the info :) this could have ended really bad for this guy. According to the article it sounds though that he will be okay after his recovery...
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+1 7. snotraddict commented 8 years ago

#4 and #6 Looks like he had a backup chute deployed at 1:06.

He must have put too many G's into it!

Wow, the ground video really shows him being whipped around, surprised he was able to deploy the backup chute. Professional.
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0 8. Malakyte commented 8 years ago

Luckily for him he landed in the lake and not on land. It would have been bad luck to break his legs back on the ground if unconscious.

If I may, this new player looks nice but is not as good as before:
- it took me 3 "page refresh" to be able to play the video until the end (buffering problem?) and my Internet is fast enough (Gigabit up/down)
- we cannot double-click on the video to make it full-screen
- controls (especially timeline) are too small for high-resolution screen to be easily grabbed with the mouse (or finger for touch-screens)
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-2 9. TitvsCaivs commented 8 years ago

off topic, this has to be the worst player yet on snotr.
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+1 10. ringmaster commented 8 years ago

I think I glimpsed my school there.
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0 11. thundersnow commented 8 years ago

#10 That's too cool...where?
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+1 12. edz commented 8 years ago

New under pants please