Tandem hang gliding fail

[bubbiesdad]

Note, no serious injuries, scary though.

 

 

[KahrMan]

Damn

[bersaguy]

Yea and the guy says he plans on doing it again when he gets well.............

[GlockSpock]

I thought about posting this yesterday. 

 

Epic video. 

[gregintenn]

Dude has a promising future as a stunt man.

[Erik88]

Adrenaline is a hell of a drug. I'm impressed he was able to hang on that long. I'm blown away neither thought to check if he was strapped in before taking off.

[bersaguy]

18 minutes ago, gregintenn said:

Dude has a promising future as a stunt man.

Promising possibly! Future only if he survives the learning part...........

[gregintenn]

2 minutes ago, bersaguy said:

Promising possibly! Future only if he survives the learning part...........

He surely passed the first test.

[bersaguy]

16 minutes ago, gregintenn said:

He surely passed the first test.

Barely but yea, I guess you might call that a successful first landing. It didn't kill him..............

[GlockSpock]

It was obviously the instructor’s fault to be in the situation in the first place, but I feel as if his actions during the flight did indeed save the man’s life. 

The mere fact the guy’s weight kept pulling the glider left was worrisome enough. 

 

Usually the harness seems to keep the weight centered on the thing. 

Edited November 28, 2018 by GlockSpock

[bersaguy]

Well I'm as far off the ground is I plan on getting so no plans on being a stunt man for sure. I love my house because it has 7 foot ceilings and makes it great for changing lightbulbs........................

[peejman]

There's so much going wrong there...  no final harness check by anyone. The instant the pilot discovered the problem he should've put that thing on the ground immediately. Turn around and descend, drop it in one of those yards, anything but continue down the hill.

I'd call a broken wrist and torn bicep pretty serious injuries, he can't use either arm for 6-8 weeks and they'll take months to fully heal. 

[Omega]

11 minutes ago, peejman said:

There's so much going wrong there...  no final harness check by anyone. The instant the pilot discovered the problem he should've put that thing on the ground immediately. Turn around and descend, drop it in one of those yards, anything but continue down the hill.

I'd call a broken wrist and torn bicep pretty serious injuries, he can't use either arm for 6-8 weeks and they'll take months to fully heal. 

I was surprised he hung a left over the trees when some significant green space was to the right.  But, maybe, he couldn't go right due to the extra weight on the left.