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Archive for June, 2001

Paraglider Jumping

Friday, June 8th, 2001

At recent events across the globe, spectators have been amazed by the spectacle of tandem passengers dropping from between the pilots’ legs and then deploying their own gliders. ‘Paraglider Jumping’, for want of a better title for this new technique, was first seen at the Villeneuve acro event, then at St Hilaire and the Fun Fusion competition. Manu Bonte talks to Switzerland’s Eric Viret and Christophe Waller, professional test pilots for Falhawk, who have a total of 150 successful jumps between them. Interview and photos by Manu Bonte (FR)