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Source paper The clip is from the Tuesday edition of Lodi News-Sentinel - Nov 12, 1991. Rick Masters in our forum had listed: Tandem HG fatality – Jan Jefferson, 35, female passenger November 10, 1991 Montague, California ================================================= Jonathan Dietch noted: "That Teddy bear on a parachute fatality is the kind of accident that has killed many good people who just weren't cognizant of the risks." ================================================= Phil S. noted, "... a woman was killed during her tandem ride when the ‘instructor’ launched a teddy bear with a parachute attached and proceeded to buzz it. As the passenger’s 10 year old son watched, the glider plummeted to the ground after becoming entangled with the teddy bear." ================================================= tag: David Thomason ====================== ============================
In 1990, Dan Johnson noted: "Candi and David Thomason's Silent Flight will host NoCal's first aerobatic clinic on March 17 & 18"
=============== Concern with what could go awry with chutes. Study: ============== How many different ways could a drag chute possibly cause a problem?
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RickMasters wrote:Yeah. I yelled three times for him to get down. Then I knocked him over.
Been there done that. I knocked a cowboy off a 5ft ledge into a huge prickly pear cactus. He didn't get down enough to clear the right flying wire. I got distracted watching him and let the glider continue in a rt turn. I ended up stalling into the only scrub oak on the face of the canyon, unharmed and no glider damage.
Just ruined a good day of perfect conditions.
Southwest Texas Hang Gliders US Hawks Hang Gliding Assn. Chapter #4
Soaring Society of America (SSA) enfolds a vast pocket of literature and experience. Mining the SSA for what it holds for safe recreational hang gliding (RHG) is ever an option. In such light, the following page seems to have some gems for RHG: HERE
========================================== Thomas L. Knauff
Spectators often stand too close to takeoff. When a pilot asks them to stand back, they step back then inch forward again when he isn't looking. In this video, a hang gliding novice uses the time-honored but newly renamed "Disappearing RRG Technique" to reduce the number of pesky spectators. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1224528.html
On further examination, it appears that the "spectators" are actually soaring parachutists. Hmmm... Perhaps this is an advanced hang gliding technique that I am not familiar with. I shall call it the "Nesting Raptor Strike" top landing.
RickMasters wrote:In this video, a hang gliding novice uses the time-honored but newly renamed "Disappearing RRG Technique" ...
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No mention of foot launch ballooning. That sport is too small to gain recognition, I guess.
I had one injury landing during the years I was doing that but injuries did not require treatment other than cleaning up wounds and discarding the badly torn flannel shirt.
by JoeF » Wed Jun 17, 2015 6:22 pm 
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