suicidal !!

Amazing ...

Unbelievable..

very sad..

Scary!

And than I was thinking they had poor gliders in Turkey, Oludeniz..

I know where we can send all of our "Second Hand" gliders and harnesses.

talented at the same time :;)

Hi! One of the most interesting paragliding videos i saw in a while! They have a good reverse launch technique... I see people with worse technique in EU.. Sport is young and not long ago we were flying with that equipment. Reminds me of two things... First anything can fly, question is just how? Second, passion for flying is unstoppable regardless the ending...The end is also part of this sport like it or not. If i would have nothing else to fly with, i would probably fly that shit too. Remember the time you took your first step into the air? Thanks for the video!

The video is well made...
but this is sad and shocking...there are lives at risk.
One needs to educate these guys...both pilots and passengers. There have been fatalities in the region in the past.

As a pg pilot I feel very disturbed...and all the more when I see the video titled as INDIAN STYLE !!!!
Don't judge a huge country like India by what you see in a small village.

Thanks for sharing this.

The vid says it all :-(

Manoj Roy is right this is obviously a small minority not India as a whole.

And I have to totally disagree with primoz.susa it is our duty as pilots to put a stop to this type of training. If people want to fly on unsafe equipment they can do but they should not be allowed to train or fly with passenger!

I'll wait.

This sorry operation seems driven by money, not love of flight nor the thrill of giving others a taste.
Greed - the universal motivator.
Sadly, here in America lawsuits lead the way in protecting innocents (paying customers). Lawsuits inevitably improve the standards, but at huge expense to the public. Paragliding instructor insurance in the US would multipy operation costs by 2x or 3x, reducing providers to those who can afford it, potentially killing growth of the sport. Fortunately, USHPA (our flight association) stepped to the front in 2007, requiring ALL member paragliders to SUBSIDIZE insurance of instructors, their students & tandem passengers. As a Tandem instructor my USHPA membership is us$270/yr, and regular USHPA members pay us$70/yr.
References:
ushpa.aero/membership.asp
ushpa.aero/forms/Form_Membership_Application_with_Waiver_web.pdf

Ohh, very sad to see so crapy equipment just for a few moment in air!

Shocking!

“Nice video. You have clipped it together well. It takes me back to the late 80s, the birth of paragliding. Training has improved, but the attitudes of the pilots remain the same.

The need to fly over comes all common sense at times. It will get better. More rules and restrictions will be imposed.

The customers will pay more and the standards will improve.”

So sad and funny at the same time....

for mr editor
1. there is no country called kurdistan!!!!!!!!!
2.bas henneman how many times have you been in Oludeniz.????if you are not happy dont come for SIVs

Very nice video with good mesage in it.
I understandthe desire of that ppeople to fly, but this equipment is very old and dangerous.
Here in my |Country awso is very hard to bye new equipment with 300 euro salery per month, and i was fliyng some old competition wings because they ar very chep, until i crashed in the rocks and broke my legs.
So please dont sell or gift crapy things of the poor people, someon will DIE !!!

Ааааа, почти совок, только в совке совсем мало летают! А где трехколесные ржавые мотороллеры?

las condiciones de como vuelan son pesimas...una mano en el corazon y deberiamos enviar equipos para su seguridad y dignidad.

matériel plus qu'obsolète, inconcevable dans nos contrées, quand même une bonne dose d'inconcience...

jajjaj se van a matar con esos trapos descoloridos...!!!!

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Vaya güevazos!!!!!! La seguridad lo primero!!!! jajajajaja