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Reckless skier smacks into tree while using illegal paragliding wing to try flying across run

A skier was left hospitalized after they used a small paraglider to fly over a trail and smacked into a tree. The horrific collision took place as the skier was attempting to glide down a slope at ...
inforum

Local pilot stresses safety after paragliding crash

GRAND FORKS — Paragliding safety is top of mind after a man in Grand Forks flew into a power line and crashed into the Red River on Tuesday night, July 8. Firefighters arrived and found the man to be ...
Berkshire Eagle

State's decision to close Mount Greylock to paragliders and hang gliders on weekends called an 'overreaction' by enthusiasts

ADAMS — Hang gliders and paragliders say they’re working with the state to find a way to safely take flight off of Mount Greylock's eastern summit on weekends. After two mishaps between spectators and ...
Palo Alto Weekly

Pilot’s report of ‘erratically’ flying paraglider triggers search at SLAC campus

A powered paraglider is a type of ultralight aircraft that uses a motor in addition to a paraglider wing to fly. This is not the paraglider involved in the January incident. Courtesy Bernard ...
inforum

Paraglider dies after crash south of Brainerd

BRAINERD, Minn. — A paraglider died at the scene after his vehicle flew into a tree and he fell from a considerable distance in a crash south of Brainerd. The 81-year-old Brainerd man, identified ...