Paragliding Crash Accident at Annecy France - Raw Video
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- I start with saying I love paragliding and it is life to me. I can't wait to recover just so I fly again.
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Here is my review for the accident:
After having many great flights and building confidence and feeling with both my wings and the air, I took a risky decision over estimating my skills at landing. I knew I'm taking a risk but I don't know why I did it anyway. It was a big mistake that you can easily hear in my voice questioning if I want to go with this bad idea. The main issue is I focused too much on crossing the lake again and didn't think enough about if I miss my landing zone. I thought that at this point I can land anywhere after many good landings at landing zones. I had much more sink than I expected which forced me to land and it didn't go well. I hit a house downwind while doing my last loop (I Shouldn't do 360 but things happened very fast) and hit the wall at 60 km/hour.
I broke my right leg and did a lot of damage to my ankle (The biggest issue). Hurt my right shoulder from falling on it and left leg from the impact.
Good people took care of helping me until the ambulance arrived and did the surgery same day, stayed in hospital 5 days, and now recovering for the next 6 weeks then will learn how to walk and build strength again.
Lesson to learn: When something questionable and unknown it is fun to do but in this sport it is better to not do. My next flights I'll be more conservative and now I know how ugly is to crash so if I had a second chance I would of choose some trees or through my parachute. Flying is the most fun so enjoy it and don't let my mistake affect your flying negatively. It is safe sport if done safely.
*Please feel free to write honest comments below so we all learn from my mistake. Clearly I made a mistake! My next goal after recovering and gaining confidence again is to train on spot landing.
I'm a hang glider pilot with hundreds of hours so not just armchair opinion, but that guy passed a LOT of landing spots and kept going towards trees and houses. I was genuinely confused where he was trying to get to with his sink rate, esp with all the turbulence he was flying thru.
You know something, I have never hang glided or para sailed in my life and even I know what you are saying is absolutely correct. How could this guy succumb to hitting that house when he had so many other options and safe places to land. Total amateur move.
Hope the house owner insurance believed the owner when he filled the form, “cause of the damage: a Hawaiian tourist fell from the sky down on my house”
I know it's not funny but holy cow I laughed so freaking hard the noises he made..he went from laughing having fun to screaming I'm pain...glad he is ok
@@brunol-p_g8800 PG pilots are required to have an insurance for damages they might cause. There is a minimum coverage you need to have which may differ in different countries in Europe. I typically go for 1500000EUR insurance that covers the whole word.
Read the description he explains his thinking and reasoning and admits his mistakes
As a pilot, I know only too well how quickly things can go wrong. You lived to tell the tale and it sounds like you’re on the mend. Good news.
Tell him the truth, he is NOT bright enough to FLY even a paper air plane, stick with BASE JUMPING, that jump will be the thrill of your last life on earth, HAPPY KARMA.
I felt bad for him until he start referring to himself in the third person.
@@alanduncan1980 A lot of people seem to do that these days. A certain Mr Trump being the main culprit. A sign of pretentiousness and a very annoying habit.
Ouch, that hurts from just viewing it. Hope you're well now. As a volunteer firefighter it's good to hear someone crying out in pain, because who's crying is not dying 🙂
Geez, what an attitude
Fastest "WOO-HOO!!" to "OOOHHHHHH!!" transition
Loooooll
Nour, i totally get your reaction immediately after you crashed. It was very Human. One minute you are cruising through the skies in bliss and then as you turn above the shore you lose altitude and suddenly the trees, houses and cars look terrifyingly real. You try to maneuver as if you are still in control but now you are just a speeding lump of flesh heading straight for a wall. Now it seems so obvious THE DANGER IS REAL AND NOW SO IS THE PAIN and you feel so stupid you didn't realize it sooner.
Thank you for posting the entire video. It was good instruction for exactly how not to paraglide.
Now im flying good and swimming a lot. life is almost back to normal
Learn from your mistake, you could have died, don't fly again
@@chonch7441 I wish you safe flying deep from my heart. Fly with a smile and spread the ALOHA!
@@MoneyMan28 You don't know what you are talking about. I mean it. You just don't know what you are talking about!
@@NourLababidi this accident wouldn't have happened if you just stayed home, watch tv or youtube, play fortnite
Nour Lababidi I’m sorry for being such a crab. Have you made a full recovery ?
I have been hanggliding for 10 years, in the French Alps, and also had to improvise sometimes in finding a landing spot due to an unexpected sink area.
Once almost hit the roof of a bungalow, had to steer my left wingtip just over the chimney, and landed in their back garden. That could have gone terribly wrong. Safety first always.
Flying is unforgiving.
I quit hanggliding when my son was born but never regret my hours in the sky, soaring like a bird.
I should add some guitar and make the "Why did I do that" a song :D Pretty sure at 24:15 if you go hands up and straight, the clear massive green landing strip with no wires or obstacles wouldn't have been an issue, plenty of height...
:) True.
Aloha Nour,
You started to say you wouldn't make it halfway across, and I thought you would turn around, but you continued on the speed bar "Death Glide", then when you let off bar, you stopped sinking. Your choice of landing was as good as it was going to get. I thought to myself I would choose the same three houses. Power lines along the road. Then you got bumped around and panic set in. The worst possible thing was the downwind turn which increased your speed and with the tailwind you lost steering. If, you had just continued into the wind you would dropped right into those front yards. Maybe have landed on our arse, but at least it would been into the wind.
Now, where's my hat?
Speedy recovery brother.
Ahui ho,
Reaper
Aloha Pete, that is exactly what happened and you actually read the situation the best. I admit i messed up and the hat is yours now :) I will bring it to you in 2 month. Yup if i continued into the wind life would of be wonderful. by the way i feel the 360 was done by mistake while i was doing figure 8. probably panic mad me do it as well. Mahalo brother. thank you recovery is going well
Also: trees tend to be softer than brick walls. They can be a good alternative to houses, powerlines, water, rocks and other nasty things to land in :) H ope you have a good recovery.
I totally agree. The MAIN ISSUE is I thought I have the skills to land there so I didn't think I'm crashing. I would of absolutely choose the trees if I thought I'm crashing. That is what I called over confidence with my skills which is bad. I'm recovering well Thank you for the input :) After this I'll always look at tree as a safety net to catch falling bugs from the sky :)
I wish you a very quick recovery so you can get back to normal again! Thank you very much for posting this video! It's very educational. Unlike when we are in school, with flying (any type of flying) we get the test first, and then the lesson. I hope you are back to flying again soon! Be strong and thank you again for the great video.
I used to think jumping out of a plane was the dumbest thing ever until I watched this.
I am glad you survived. That was brutal man. I don't fly but I have to believe this video is being used constructively to show others how fast things can get stupid up there.
Flying in itself is not inherently dangerous. It’s just tremendously intolerant of any carelessness, disrespect or neglect.
Those may not be the exact words written on the wall of my flight school, but it’s memorized from 35 years ago so allow me a little slack. I’ve never forgotten it.
Glad it was just a broken leg. Safe travels my friend.
in the vid after it became clear that your positioning is bad and going to crash my main take aways (as someone relatively inexperienced) would be:
-its better to crash into anything upwind then downwind
-seems that youre steering away from the tree in the last second: tree is one of the best things to crash into i think, downwind it can be dangerous but better than any walls, cars or similar.
-probably should have realised this is gonna end bad anyways and land on trees upwind.
- if youre barely going forward, reminding yourself its gonna be a really bad idea to turn downwind :D
- when you realised you missed your spot, it looks like you still could have turn back for water landing near the shore, if you didnt like taking glider off trees.
Wish you a speedy recovery! I do believe you have the best description i have read in years. We all fail somewhere in life, both in air and on foot. Get up on the horse as quick as possible and train spotlandings where it doesn't matter if you fly to far or don't reach it (like on a field for example)
Best of luck 🤞 👍
Thank you brother. Yup recovery is going well. Everyday is better. I hope soon I'll be back on the horse and yes first thing will be spot landing in a safe area. Cheers!
You should write for Hallmark cards
Nour, I'm so glad you got back to trail running, flying, and swimming, after learning that really hard lesson.
Thang God You only broke bone(or bones) because a downwind approach to land can be fatal easily...60mph...40mph head on collision into a structure or tree, a rocky cliff, just flat gound is very bad....so You had an angel on your shoulder that day...wind direction...know it when you are at 2500 ft...1500...1000...and what I was taught was to not make last second radical maneuvers when under 100 ft. ...no 90* or 180* turns...I really used to get set up onto the wind even at 200 ft and just make little minor adjustments until you touch down...it don't look all flashy but in activities of flight its always best to be on the safe side...I appreciate your courage in posting and I hope you have made a full recovery...this post is a great teaching experience..when things go bad..they go bad really fast and really bad...
Thank you for sharing and not cutting away the 'screaming' part - shows, just how serious the pain can be. Glad you are not paralysed. I am not a pilot myself, yet interested. A lot of the times I don't understand the 'over-excitment' people have while doing this stuff. I understand the joy of flying, yet the 'shaka-brah' symbol and overall attitude of some pilots seems harmful. Yes, please do have fun, but what you are doing is dangerous and should be considered accordingly. Once again, thank you for sharing. Would love to know your opinion about the 'recklesness' a lot of young pilots (and you in this particular video?) seem to have. Safe flights!
shut up... just shut up
24:56 thinking just shut up, where was the landing spot.
Ouch, very painful. I’m glad you’re ok now. I never did work out where exactly you were trying to land.
hey mate, that looked and sounded painful indeed! glad this did not end worse. thanks, very nice of you to share your mistakes openly like this. i did the same error as you not long ago, turning out of wind when i was already too low to turn back into it again and without enough space downwind. luckily in my case there was only a fence. it was a good lesson, will never do that again and plan ahead better. safe and happy flying!
Update:
I'm running trails again and flying almost every day.
If you crash and break bones be optimistic regardless what others say even doctors because with positive mindset and training you can do the impossible!
i hope youve improved your skill set. you are a shockingly incompetent pilot.
May it serve you as a lesson, and above all that it can increase your awareness. Certainly that atrocious pain experienced in the lower limbs will be the most authoritative basis for building your Experience.
I am sure you will never forget it and it will always be on your "mental checklist" of operations to avoid".
Big Embrace.
G.
You're lucky...you flew against the wind, back...because the wind always blows in the other direction. You disregarded your vario when it was telling you you were flying in a rotor, and when you finally had the chance to land, you decide to downwind.....WTF?
My advice to all pilots: Annecy is a great place to fly, and in general it's pretty user friendly, but there is absolutely no excuse to forget everything you've learned in flight school.
I'm really sorry this happened to you, but you took stupid risks which you didn't need to take. You had an easy option to fly two La forclaz, or Dossard landing and you chose to flying against the wind into a highly populated area. Next time spend a little time, ask locals, or at least do some research before you fly in a new place. Again, I'm really sorry this happened to you, but you could have easily died. Everyone can make a bad decision, everyone including me, but you made multiple bad decisions.
And, one more thing...the lake drops off within a few meters off the shore in this area. The fact that you took the risk of crossing when in doubt, could have also killed you...
Think ahead...way ahead
You are right ✅️
Annecy is very beautiful that I almost felt it is designed for pilots as if it is a Disneyland! I got lucky and so I'm giving health back to the whole world 🌎
Since that accident I started telemedicx.com
@@NourLababidi afaik in france you don't need any piloting license to paraglide, and i think we can see the results here quite good :D
@@NourLababidi It's okay, Nour. $hit happens, at least you're still alive and feeling better. I hope you decide to fly again eventually. Cheers!
I was looking at that return journey and thinking I don't see any good landing options. It was too tight a space to land in. But I totally get the desire to push and do something amazing. Good learning and glad you shared. Very glad to hear you are recovering.
Leisure flying without motor is a continious "what if" game, accepting no risk and on-the fly honestly admitting mistakes and reevaluating situation to adapt for them. The more options you leave yourself, the better your chances are to cope with mistakes. The most difficult part is proper assessment of ones skill, thus always assume that you do not understand something and that something will surprise you. Paragliders are so slow and vunerable. that having a backup plan for the case of not advancing enough due to strong wind or sink is a must. In this situation you decided to cross in the direction where there were simply no options for 100 % safe landing in case of strong wind/sink.
I feel you bro....i fell off a flying fox when the rope snapped...broke my arm...was dangling by the skin.....with excersize including swimming I got back to normal...the human body is a miracle bro and knows how to heal itself.
Scary to watch. Wish you a speedy recovery
I truly am sorry considering you suffered when you crashed but I really laughed the way you acted after that, I almost thought it was a prank
I've learned through multiple traumas that we can be put back together, but we're never "good as new". These joys can bring huge costs that we can't foresee.
Thank you for sharing and i wish you well recovering (even that carefully.)
You gave us a beautiful voyage. That was epic. I hope you are good. Thank you for sharing. ❤️🩹🤗
@@calgon8013 we pilots help each other enjoy and stay safe 🙏
Paragliding is our sport
Such a beautiful flight, but such a bad ending. I'm glad you are okay and are flying again. Thank you for sharing this so we can all learn from it.
With the mistakes you made the one you most wanted to avoid is not selecting the best place to land/crash. You had a house or trees (actually between the two trees) and you went for the side of the tree closest to the house????? You're lucky to be alive!!
Oh man!!! So sorry you went through that. Even watching it is traumatizing to see how quickly things can go south! No pun intended!!! Hope you’re doing better and so glad it could’ve been so much worse!!!
Landing on small cramped spaces like the ones you had available, is definately doable. I do it all the time, but it requires a great deal of awareness and planning in the air, and some finesse in the execution. Especially in thermal conditions. Such landings are seldom perfect (with the glider hanging in an appletree and such) but as long as the pilot is standing on the ground, it is a good landing!
You had better options in the neighboring gardens (possibly they were your intended spot?)
Tips: Be very careful to establish the wind-direction from above! Lose altitude with S-turns right over the downwind edge of your intended landing. Fly in over the landing in the last possible moment, and as slow as possible! it is much better to stall out at a few meters hight and land hard, than to overfly your available space at higher speed and hit something! Be mentally prepared beforehand to do just that, if needed! Happy landings : )
Ранее я встречал на Ютубе, только отрывок с падением. Теперь я увидел, полностью всё видео. Спасибо,это хорошая школа,как не надо делать. Вам здоровья и безопасных полётов! 🪂👍
Good learning. Thanks for posting!. I did something similar. Spiral fractured my leg. Separated the bone in half. Hurt like hell. I too screamed like a baby. Next time I will remember to go for the trees ;-)
I knew it was over when you did the downwind leg in sink. Glad you survived to fly another day.
God, that howl after he hit the ground.... Ouch. I was hoping he wouldn't turn downwind when he realized he was too high. S turns could have probably helped eat altitude to hit those bigger, more open spots to land. Hopefully he healed up (this was 5 years ago lol) and is flying again.
He seemed to aim for the trees for goodness sake and passed numerous good landing sights 😱
Ouch! We live and learn though,
wishing you a Speedy and full recovery 👍
Just realised this isn't a new video 🤦♂️
I'm hoping you will have fully recovered by now! 😂
As a fixed wing pilot, I find it completely insane that you glider guys deliberately put yourself in this situation every time you fly. I only get that when my engine quits. I understand it's considered a basic skill in your neck of the woods to be able to land in this scenario, but testing your skill routinely under the pressure of being dead or severely injured seems like a lot.
True. You should try to understand my friend
Well to be fair the rule of thumb is to have big landing zones available at all times when paragliding
Even as a fixed wing glider (sailplane) pilot paragliding looks completely insane, but very fun!
Thanks for sharing your story. Hope you’re all better now.
These are very very nice people to help you
It hurt so much bro started rapping and singing 😂😂 “yo yo yo, why did I do this”
Here's what I noticed!
At 22.16 above the water you said that you need to worry were to land , while there was plenty of height to land at camping Nubliéri or even at Doussard with that wind in the back. That's a litte funny to me. Didn't you knew those places?
At the end you made a very bad decision to turn downwind which gave you speed increased by the right turn. At this point it became Russian roulette and I think you were on the brakes to much and that's why you couldn't steer or flair anymore the last 5 meters.
At 24.43 your height wasn't enough , and instead of turning you better had forgotten your spot , but better focussed on keeping the upwind direction to land. You should have gone for the pool in front and after the pool there was grass and even the road ahead, but you would have stayed upwind that way. Anyway that's what I think , correct me if I'm wrong.
Grtz and have a nice recovery and very safe flights
Frank
I agree. I think I should of stay upwind at any cost. I'm recovering well and I'm hopping in 2 more month I'll be flying again. Thank you for the input and have enjoyable flights
Thanks to both of you for sharing the video and analysis. It helps a beginner pilot! Good luck Nour, I wish you the best and hope this was your last serious accident.
Legend in so many ways, but most of my comments would only be applicable to some instances in British comedy / sitcoms, apart from the one about "I am hurt very bad", just reminded me of the Austin Powers scene. Love the way you handled it like a champ, and great that all is good now. Keep flying bro. Quick question though, did you not think about going for the road?
:) thank you for understanding me and I'm happy to be helpful by sharing this mistakes so hopefully I'm the reason for some pilots to not get hurts.
I didn't go to the road because I trusted my landing too much without having enough experience.
This is why slow progression and with others are good for safety I think.
I almost did fly without knowing what I'm doing sometimes. It is nice to explore. But with more attention
@@NourLababidi As a fellow aviator, I salute you to share your story, it helps us all learn. All the best my friend, and keep flying dude
@@ragingmonster swear I watched the crash atleast 15 times and literally cried I was laughing so hard..the shift when he went from yahoo to screaming in pain was amazingly hilarious he's says this is not super good...hahH
@@chicago_race_engines7538I watched it more than that I am sure. I think that it is down to the way Nour handled it like a champ why this is a great watch. We of course don't want to see Nour get hurt, but of course the video is a story. First it is a very daring thing to go paragliding solo. The video also shows how planning in aviation is vital, and Nour was very kind sharing this video because that is how we learn in the aviation world - from mistakes! Always the best way to learn. Going back to why it makes us smile is not because we are bad people, it's just the way Nour handled it - like an absolute legend. The yo yo yo's, and the woooos. For me that is someone who can have a bad day and get on with it :)
I have never tried paragliding and I don't know haw small an area you need to land, but as he was crossing that lake I was thinking I wouldn't want to be in his shoes as I couldn't see anywhere to land. That all turned bad very quickly. Im glad he is recovering ok and hope he goes on to enjoy many years of flying.
It's just the camera angle. With a correct landing circuit, which this was not, you can land at a spot 20 by 20m easily or next to the shore in the campground. This pilot somehow forgot everything he must have learned in his basic course. When flying always have a plan B, so if you get sink, you should always have a safe landing spots. If there are no landing spots, than you messed up way before, because you should not have been flying there. Then the landing approach, like stated many times in the comments. There is no circuit, no sidewind leg, downwind turning when landing. Really really stupid flying. Please don't give up on your dream of flying after seeing this video. This was just reckless flying even a novice flies better.
How's the house? I hope he didn't damage it.
There was a larger landing zone just next to the place of the crash, without obstacle at the end. The approach of the landing zone looks wrong in many way, the finale should be much longer. Also, once it was clear that the paraglider would not land, the good decision was to go in the tree rather than the building.
I would recommend to get more courses.
Gee….! It’s hurts! Glad you are recovered!
omg that slam into the side of the house was cartoonish! the fact that he could talk as lucidly as he could at least means he didn't get hurt as bad as it really could've been ... like fatally.
Big gardens underneath... or a big thermal to fly up again, ... you had very much better possibilities than yours. Andf if it goes wrong, take a tree and not a house!
Fly safe... and maybe not alone !
Wow just relived all my flying at Annecy years ago. Too bad you had such an awful experience. I was screaming at the computer turn back you don't have enough height. Glad you pulled through. Cheers.
Thank you for sharing this horrible experience in full.I would've just ditched in the water rather than that tiny spot.
overshot the landing damn . looks like you have to be an absolute master of all things to use one of those
Good for you for continuing to fly after this. 👍🏼
Really? Maybe next time he'll breakshis neck and be a quadraplegic.
I wish you 100% recovery!
Yesterday I did 10 miles trail running and today sore but that is awesome because with training Honolulu Marathon will be possible in 2 months :)
I love the singing near the end
:)))))) lol
Glad ur alive to tell the tale
Amazing video. The last part was hard
When he said why did i do this bruh i almost woke the whole house up!!!!!!!!
Glad you're alive and recovered. Looks like (from my armchair of course) you could almost have landed in a much clearer area (road/pool area, even despite of the power line not far) if you chose to keep facing the wind until touchdown no ? And, how much did all that costed you finally (damaged gear + hospital) ? Just so people can have one more reason helping them to stay on the conservative side of things. Thx and keep enjoying 👌🏻
I kind of feel sorry for you because that is a lot of pain. But, on the other hand, as you said, it was entirely your own fault (ego is a terrible thing). However, if it makes you feel any better, giving birth to a child is that pain you felt that day multiplied by at least 10. Completely unbearable and enough to make you go nearly insane. So, at least you never have to go through that. Hope that helps. Also hope you have made a full recovery and have been able to resume your favorite pass time, even though (in my opinion) you are dancing with death for no other reason than an adrenaline rush. I wish you happy flying and safe flying!
Safe flying my friend! Sad to see anyone getting hurt
Thank you so much for posting so that we can all learn. You may have saved another pilot from injury or worse. Best wishes 🫡
Classic case of look for the holes not the trees. Sure there's a long list of other things he could of done. And actually a tree would have been a much better spot to land. All the softer'ish branches. But he looked for the most dangerous thing and flew strait for it. Congrats your fist lesson in object avoidance! But look for the holes not the trees is great wisdom to live by. Very applicable for skiing, paragliding, parties, and especially burning man!
That was some good screaming..you got the part..great realism for the audition..
You sound like a nice guy. Speedy recovery!
I don't know any easy way to explain this all to you. Dude, you hit a freaking house! lol I hope you healed well!
Tu m'as bien amusé ... beugler comme à l'abattoir, ne pas plier les jambes pour se protéger les tripes, tu as pris ça comme un jeu vidéo. Tu as le bonjour d'un vieux qui testait ça avec JCB ET Gerard Bosson en 1978.
Good caring people there helping.
Paragliding is generally a safe sport. Although any sport has certain risks, what I don't understand is that you have passed many wide landing spots where you can land well. Why don't you choose to land but continue rushing towards the place with many houses? Anyway, glad you've recovered👍👍👍
You have a very good aim... :D
And it looks to me you were landing with the wind.
Ok but it was funny when you started saying "Yo yo yo yo!" when you foud out your feet was broken haha, at least you were making the atmosphere lighter!
The flight was nice and the landing was hilarious 😂
Noo not sava...i am very bad
I cant stop laughing, im sorry man, im really sorry.
Qu'est-ce que c'est que ce plan de vol, vers une zone sans atterrissage en vue ?
Omg . Could not imagine! Tough guy man !
Dude, I woulda sent it straight into the trees. Slow your fall better. So glad you're okay!
that looked like it hurt ! pain is temporary but that ego is gonna hurt for ever
"noooooo not ca vaaaaa"
bahahahahahha j'en peux plus bordel merci pour la barre de rire 😂🤣
moi je l'aurais laissé agoniser dans sa douleur juste pour le fou rire
Damnnnnn I can tell when you first hit the wall it was like something getting knocked out of you and like shock probably too mannnnn I felt that scream and the whoooooo 😢😢😢
DRYING BABY!
(I do motocross and this kind of happen all the time and never cry like this)
Speedy recovery 🙏🏾
How are you? I am not so good! Lol. Man, that house did not move an inch when you had it! You stuck the landing!
Shock is crazy " YO YO YO......AHHHHHHH"
That was going so well until he two footed the house 😂
You know it hurts when you start singing.
True! Sometimes, dancing &/or running around happens while in shock/adrenaline as well.
And even while in shock this guy gets down to the key question: ''why would you do some stupid thing?''
lol
That was hilarious!!! lmfao!! Hope you keep filming, look forward to the next crash!!!
Ouch dude, been there done similar. Blue Skies.
Glad you're okay. How's the house ?
hope you get better soon! I had a similar (much less dramatic) crash into a bunch of bushes because I turned too late, that last 360 goes so fast. I think the main mistake was not turning around back to the west side of the lake when you were low and had a good amount of time to think about your plan. and of course, once it goes bad aim for the trees, but that part all happens so quick that its easy to mess up. thanks for sharing
Oliver Wang thank you brother. Yes exactly things gets too fast and smart choice becomes hard to make.
Yeah that turn had him gain so much more speed I couldn’t help but wonder if he would have just continued to drift down how he was going a bit longer if he would have landed ok
why a low turn? still do not get it
Ever heard of a downwind, base leg and then back into wind for your approach? Flying is a privilege and we are glad when we make the right decision. ....because decision overrides talent. Even you kept saying "why did I do this"......improve decision making and talent will follow (hopefully)
what was the mistake here? that you hadnt preplanned your landning spot?
So many mistakes. 1. Wasn't aware of wind speeds. 2. Didn't plan for a landing spot early enough. 3. Didn't have backup landing spot. 4. Missed doable landing spots while coming down and decided to hit a house. 5. Did not prepare a landing approach. 6. He turned downwind to land (this is probably the worst one) 7. Hit a hard wall instead of a tree.
24:52 you passed 100 landing spots, you put yourself in this danger, about to crash into a house, and you “WOO”….??
Sorry for the accident, but yes why did you do that? first thing I was looking at and I don't even fly paragliders but no place to land!
Just one question... why did you trun to land down wind? I mean there were alot of obstacles to land between in the first place but then you turned down wind and gave yourself a way faster landing speed, And by the looks alot more obstacles.
I wonder if landing in the trees would have been softer?
IMO, I see the biggest problem with the flight was crossing the lake where there were very few options for a good spot to land.
It looks easy from the top