[Rick Masters]

May 12, 1995, San Bernardino County Sun, Page 86

[Bob Kuczewski]

Every time there's a paragliding accident at Torrey, the press reports it as a "hang gliding" accident.

I always wonder where they get their mis-information. Do you think they might be getting it from the concessionaire?

[Rick Masters]

Do you think they might be getting it from the concessionaire?

I've seen it happen where players think they can lower the heat by blaming another type of aircraft but usually the press doesn't need any help.



For example, this crash in Taos on June 18 was reported by SIX regional newspapers as a paraglider crash.
It looks like the cops, who were on the scene, gave bad information to the press in a release.
The press really doesn't know the difference. They work under deadlines and are forced to run with the information they have.
But when I explained to Taos News that North Wing only made hang gliders and trikes, they called North Wing, then corrected their headline and story.
Still, despite no deliberate attempt to mislead, five other articles went into the historic Internet record describing a paraglider crash in Taos.
So if you're doing research, you really have to be careful.

[Rick Masters]

July 23, 2015










Issaquah hang glider gets tangled in trees

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — A hang-glider became stuck in the air when his parachute got caught in trees Wednesday morning, says the King County Sheriff’s Department. The man was in the middle of a tandem jump from the top of Poo Poo Point when he hit a patch of trees, leaving him dangling a few hundred yards from his jumping point. Eastside Fire was called to the scene, and the man was able to be rescued.
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/issaquah-hang-glider-gets-tangled-trees/nm5mK/
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I got stuck in the air, once, so I know what it's like. I did spiral dives for an hour at 11,000 feet under a White Mountain wave cloud without being able to lose any altitude. God, was I sore! My hang glider had aluminium tubing in it, tho... -- RM

[Rick Masters]

http://globalnews.ca/news/2161661/bizarre-low-speed-chase-as-l-a-police-pursue-man-in-motorized-glider/
Bizarre low-speed chase as L.A. police pursue man in motorized glider
Los Angeles County sheriff deputies in helicopters pursued a man in a motorized hang glider they believed dropped contraband into the yard at Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center.
The hang glider pilot, identified as 62-year-old Ron Nagin, hadn’t dropped any contraband and said he was merely blown off course by high winds.

http://scvnews.com/2015/08/11/hang-glider-guy-says-he-didnt-mean-to-fly-near-jail/
Hang Glider Guy Says He Didn’t Mean to Fly Near Jail
A motorized hang glider was spotted by Santa Clarita Valley sheriff’s deputies flying southbound over the 5 freeway and what initially appeared to be over a jail in Castaic Monday at about 5:30 p.m. Deputies radioed to a sheriff’s helicopter crew who soon began following the aircraft.

[Rick Masters]

Dramatic rescue: hang-glider saved after hitting cliff

VIDEO
http://cf.c.ooyala.com/NweWdhczpEjnnAy68k0xISWJoQm5JY_I/DOcJ-FxaFrRg4gtDEwOjEzYzowazumG4

A hang-glider was rescued in Sydney on Wednesday after she crashed into a cliff on the city's north coast.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/11405844/Dramatic-rescue-hang-glider-saved-after-hitting-cliff.html

[Rick Masters]

FAIL! Moment a man collides with tree while flying a friend's hang-glider


Holding for dear life: A man flying a hang-glider had to be rescued after crashing into a tree in Long Island.

    A man out hang-gliding in Long Island Sunday afternoon got stuck in a tree 70 to 100 feet above ground and had to be rescued. Suffolk County police say the incident happened in a densely wooded area near an inlet off Conklin Avenue and Swan River Street in Patchogue at around 4pm.
    When firefighters were called to the scene, they saw a man in a New York Giants jersey strapped into a motorized glider holding onto a tree in the brush. ...First responders placed air bags under the tree as a precaution, but were ultimately able to bring the hang-gliding crash victim down the ladder to safety.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2640590/FAIL-Moment-man-collides-tree-flying-friends-hang-glider.html

[Rick Masters]

Hang gliding 3PL insurance rates go up again.

Report: Hang glider hurt in Golden accident
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/report-hang-glider-hurt-in-golden-accident
Hang-glider pilot injured in crash on Lookout Mountain
http://www.canyoncourier.com/content/hang-glider-pilot-injured-crash-lookout-mountain
Breaking: Hang glider in serious condition after Lookout Mountain crash
http://goldentranscript.net/stories/Hang-glider-in-serious-condition-after-Lookout-Mountain-crash,201073
Hang glider pilot seriously injured on Lookout Mountain
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29042705/hang-glider-pilot-seriously-injured-lookout-mountain


Only one reporter corrected his story to reflect it was a paraglider, not a hang glider, that crashed.

[Rick Masters]

Hang glider injured on Blackstone Edge
Rochdale Online, UK
Date published: 29 March 2016
A hang glider was injured on Blackstone Edge Halifax Road, Littleborough about 11.00am on Good Friday (25 March).

NHS Ambulance spokesperson said: “We were called at 12.11pm to an incident involving a male with a head injury. He was taken to the Royal Preston Hospital."

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: “Fire crews from Littleborough attended Blackstone Edge, Halifax road, Littleborough for an incident involving a paraglider that had crashed.

“The fire service assisted the mountain rescue and the ambulance with the transportation of the casualty to the air ambulance.

“The crews were at the scene for around 90 minutes.”

A spokesperson for the Pennine Soaring Club said: “There was an incident involving a solo paraglider on Blackstone Edge on Good Friday.

“Emergency services attended, including police and ambulance and the casualty was airlifted to hospital.

“A report on the incident is being prepared by Mr David Thompson, Technical Officer of the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (BHPA).

“There has been a long history of paragliding and hang gliding at this location, but it is not currently listed in the Sites Guide of either the Pennine Soaring Club or the Dales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club.”

To contact the Rochdale Online news desk, email news@rochdaleonline.co.uk or visit our news submission page.
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Don't be too hard on the press. The BHPGA told them hang gliders and paragliders are the same.

[Bob Kuczewski]

I posted this earlier in another topic from today (technically yesterday since I'm posting after midnight):

Channel_8_HG.jpeg (74.84 KiB) Viewed 20844 times

Does anyone see a hang-glider in that picture?