US Hawks Hang Gliding Association

The Internet is littered with absolutely ridiculous headlines about flying from clueless reporters.
On this blog, everyone is invited to post
1) The Headline
2) A link to the article http://the_link
3) Your humorous comment.

Have fun!

July 21, 2015
Dramatic moment man left dangling 300 feet in the sky after paraglider runs out of fuel
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/dramatic-moment-man-left-dangling-6111585
"Anybody got a 300-foot ladder?"
"Johnny, don't stand under the dangling man."
Helpless dangling human.
"How about we send some gas up on a balloon?"
"Stop kicking. It's not helping."
"Why didn't they tell me this could happen?"
"I can see Russia from here!"
"Haa-lop!"

July 23, 2015
Paraglider has mid-air meltdown before plunging into a lake
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/virals/11757402/Paraglider-has-mid-air-meltdown-before-plunging-into-a-lake.html

"Call me Icarus."
"Oh, no. Not my ice cream bar, too!"
"Oh, no! Not my Niviuk Icepeak 6!"
"Oh, no! It's the deadly Paraglider China Syndrome (PCS)!"*
"Waddya mean, it's a safety feature?"
"Haa-lop!"
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*The technical terms Paraglider China Syndrome (PCS) and Soaring Parachutist Losing Altitude Tremor (SPLAT) were introduced into the paragliding lexicon on July 31, 2015 by Rick Masters.
The PCS occurs within the PDMC and invariably ends in in a SPLAT, a minor seismic event.


Seismic trace from the 2011 PWC. (Use ctl- to view.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Syndrome
China Syndrome

Hmm......is the lesson that people who can't hold their temper shouldn't fly paragliders?

FC

fcolver wrote:Hmm......is the lesson that people who can't hold their temper shouldn't fly paragliders?

That would certainly disqualify Gabriel Jebb:

Hawks,
Imagine Andy Rooney speaking the next question.
[ Did you ever see a newspaper article that says something like, Child Molester Caught by Police Officer,” and either right above or below is the picture of the police officer that is from your church group?]

[Don’t you find it a little irksome that readers will get the idea that the child molester is the one in the picture and particularly irksome if the picture shows you smiling and shaking hands with the officer?]

Now let me direct your attention to the inside cover and facing page of the latest Paragliding magazine, November 2015.

On the inside cover we see a beautiful Ozone XC paraglider high in the clear blue and puffy cloud scattered heavens.

Now switch gears and look at the facing page to the right of the inside cover and tell me --- is it just me or am I being overly sensitive about the "hand" gliding picture with the next thought, “WARNING” written in what I would describe as blood spatter red, with Hang gliding and danger most closely associated?

A Nigerian newspaper provides a photo of what they think a powered paraglider looks like.

Near miss! A motorised paraglider misses an EasyJet passenger plane by only 150ft
http://www.onigeria.com/news/14849.html

Claims man used paragliding skills to injure himself
A man denied assaulting his daughter’s ex-husband, claiming the injuries were self-inflicted and that the man used paragliding skills to throw himself into shrubbery outside his ex’s house.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/claims-man-used-paragliding-skills-to-injure-himself-409783.html

Thank goodness he wasn't a hang glider pilot!