An experienced paraglider died after hitting turbulence while traveling 350 feet in the air above the Peak District. Timothy Ogden, 53, went into an ‘unrecoverable spin’ and started to freefall at 200 feet when his chute ‘collapsed’ during a sudden change in wind direction above Windy Knoll near Castleton, Derbyshire. Chesterfield Coroner’s Court heard he … Read more
An experienced paraglider died after hitting turbulence while traveling 350 feet in the air above the Peak District. Timothy Ogden, 53, went into an ‘unrecoverable spin’ and started to freefall at 200 feet when his chute ‘collapsed’ during a sudden change in wind direction above Windy Knoll near Castleton, Derbyshire. Chesterfield Coroner’s Court heard he … Read more
Paraglider dies after hitting 11,000-volt power cables in horror accident near his Cotswolds home A paraglider has died after hitting high voltage power cables during a solo flight Wayne Seeley, from Eastington, Gloucs, was named as the man who lost his life A number of fires broke out as the cables came down while power was … Read more
Heart-stopping moment paraglider cheats death when his chute collapses and tangles around him thousands of feet above a Swiss valley A paraglider escaped a fatal fall above Les Pleiades mountain in Switzerland A video from March 6 shows the chute become tangled around the French glider The 32-year-old had to pull his emergency chute thousands … Read more