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byAlanObject ( 3603453 ) writes:
Paragliders are much easier to learn to fly and carry between sites. That's why they are more popular than hang gliders.
The issue is that they present risks that other flying wings do not. The wing collapses through turbulence or mismanagement. Or a botched stunt.
They very fact that paragliders are "easy" makes them more dangerous. There is more opportunity for an inexperienced pilot to get into situations where they don't even understand the risk they are taking. One death I observed was simply d
byceoyoyo ( 59147 ) writes:
Paragliders: the only aircraft that you assemble while you're taking off.
This guy was an adrenaline junkie. The very kind of guy who is attracted to aviation and the last kind of guy who should be practicing it.
Lots of assumptions. He completed a lot of flights, many of them more carefully planned than anything most of us have ever done, flying or otherwise. He died on what sounds like a pleasure flight and "fell ill while flying" might be Italian police speculation for "had a heart attack."
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