Turns out he wasn't ok, he flew very little after this. He went from being one of the better comp pilots in the country to having so much pain he couldn't fly.
@bnieves100 nothing wrong with wheels no matter how good you are, they are a fantastic safety aid with very little drag ! everybody should be using them.
All I can say is thank God for weak links on the tow line or this guys would be hamburger today. Thanks for the post. I always hang check but a good reminder goes a long way.
Yeah, flying is dangerous. I hope that's not news to anyone. I may very well die from an accident while flying a hang glider or a paraglider but @miraclepieco and I can probably both agree that the reward of this sport far outweighs the risk. Hell, I half HOPE I die paragliding - instead of die in a carwreck, housefire, cancer, getting fat from watching YouTube and eating pie, etc...
@miraclepieco Brother, you are mistaken and misleading. When a PG takes a collapse it is always due to an error on the pilot's part. (Skill or judgement or both.) That's like saying a hang can do everything perfect and suddenly lose control authority while banking down low due to wind gradient. Total BS and you know it - it's always pilot error. The great thing about a PG is that they're designed to collapse, then re-inflate and fly - even with a beginner pilot at the controls. Your wing snaps..
UP'S , happen's unfortunaly to the best of us , after 25 yaers hanggliding I seen it all , lucky for the Pilot it was not a Mountain / Cliff- lunch , please use a simple 5 point check next time ore simply every time you start !!!!
@climb1028 nope, I never saw a bag wad up in a little turbulence, but I did see one inflate in front of a landing hang glider and kill the guy at the point last month.
@jerbear54 Dude, I was JOKING. Way to use a dead guy to make your point on You Tube. You are clearly a wise man. From what I heard from a 1st hand witness of that tragic accident your description and conclusion "bag... kill(ed) the guy" is not accurate. I don't think the bag or its pilot had any intention to or inherent flaw that conspired to kill the poor hang last month. I am an avid PG pilot and I'm not going to get into a petty argument with you over a tragic accident. HG is cool too.
thank fully he is ok. Shees i hate to see this happen. Please guys hang check. I,m glad your ok. That happens so fast and can be so devastating. Thanks for posting it stresses the importance of ALL are preflight checks.
I can't belive he didn't release the bars !! What he was thinking?? I must save this expensive wing being towed by an ultralight (!!!) even it may kill me? I do hangglide also and I never would come to the idea to keep holding.
Should have eaten some Bean & cheese taco before launching your glider, Nice video I like it. Five Stars, Like the way your head went through the dacron that was kool
I think that a pilot that fails to remember a fundamenental thing like hooking should give up this sport... sorry to say that but there are no "old and stupid" pilots....
hang check ,is not a chore it`s a life saver.thing is you may not be clipped in but you are attached through the tow line to the glider,this is more of an issue with static winch launching with two lines,which form a loop and the instint is to fly the glider not to reach down and unclip. hope he was ok
Dammit looked like he snapped his neck or something! Should have let go as soon as he started dragging but then I suppose that can happen if you are clipped in!
it's a joke people,,,, so how many people where standing around DAVID watching his carabiner dangle off his harness, who's the buddy helping with the hangcheck..atleast his buddy ran to him, if it was a paraglider he would have walked over after standing around a bit..lol...
This also goes to show the importance of the use of weaks links. Never fly without one!!!(two ideally) This may be obvious to most but i've witnessed people who tow without them.
I almost did that truck towing last year,caught it just in time to signal abort.Repeatedly poppin off flight after flight all morning long (starting at sunup,lol) I became complacent.I learned to treat each one as the only one of the day into afternoon soaring flight.
No Excuse!! HANG CHECK, HANG CHECK, HANG CHECK, very stupid accident that could have totally been avoided easily, people like this should have their gliders and license taken from them, glad the guy is ok, he is lucky thats all that happened
Good to hear that he is ok. Too bad the press was there to give the sport more negative attention. I guess the added distraction of the press being there contributed to this accident.
We are all happy he is OK, big lesson learned from a simple mistake... at the microsecond I realized I was unhooked I would have turned into a ball covering my head. I thought about the "whole reaction time thing" and i think it was possible to let go and react and go into "save yourself mode" and have a less of a blunt force impact to the head. This is where quick "ninja skills" come into play. once you realize you are gunna crash...react immediately!!!! like a ninja!
Never fails.... How many time have we seen that the minute the press shows up to do a story, there is an incident. Often I suspect that the fact that the press is there, places enough distractions to disrupt a pilots normal routine. Extra care is needed when you have the added distractions.
S.W.A.N.K..then Hancheck and get a buddy to follow your routine every flight, add to it , take parts out but do it the same way everytime in the order you decide. keep flying!
Attach your harness to the glider as part of the glider setup and before you take off, do a bloody hang check! Don't make excuses or try to justify any other method, just do it and avoid stupid bloody accidents like this. There is just no excuse for this type of accident. It gives the sport a bad name. LEARN FROM IT!
This needs to be on failblog
honorific88 3 weeks ago
Doesnt matter if he hooks in before or after he puts on the harness. Just do the damn hang check !
thruid3 3 weeks ago
that sucks. im sorry
timmay301 1 month ago
kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
69tauan 3 months ago
Turns out he wasn't ok, he flew very little after this. He went from being one of the better comp pilots in the country to having so much pain he couldn't fly.
waynebripley 4 months ago
He don't need wheels He's good
bnieves100 5 months ago
@bnieves100 nothing wrong with wheels no matter how good you are, they are a fantastic safety aid with very little drag ! everybody should be using them.
baldeagle1195 2 weeks ago
LMFAO!!! This shit is funny!
YoursTruelyMe2 5 months ago 2
Lucky not to have broken his neck.
LEssones to learn.
Pilot - pre flight check
Camerman - you can clearly see his hang strap dangling down his back which means he is not clipped in.
Others - you must have seen it as well.
If youare going to stand arounsd adn watch, learn to do somethign useful =, like using your eyes, brains and voices.
Hope assholes like you are not just standing around if ever you assholes are about to make a potentially fatal mistake !!
armandin2048 6 months ago 2
I hate when that happens.
jonnyasprin 7 months ago
@jonnyasprin lol
ejnvirus 7 months ago
woulda suck if the plane keep draging him
deafllamaproductions 7 months ago
All I can say is thank God for weak links on the tow line or this guys would be hamburger today. Thanks for the post. I always hang check but a good reminder goes a long way.
snakedike 10 months ago
Yes we saw it the first 3 times...
realcarthesian 10 months ago
Yeah, flying is dangerous. I hope that's not news to anyone. I may very well die from an accident while flying a hang glider or a paraglider but @miraclepieco and I can probably both agree that the reward of this sport far outweighs the risk. Hell, I half HOPE I die paragliding - instead of die in a carwreck, housefire, cancer, getting fat from watching YouTube and eating pie, etc...
climb1028 10 months ago
@miraclepieco Brother, you are mistaken and misleading. When a PG takes a collapse it is always due to an error on the pilot's part. (Skill or judgement or both.) That's like saying a hang can do everything perfect and suddenly lose control authority while banking down low due to wind gradient. Total BS and you know it - it's always pilot error. The great thing about a PG is that they're designed to collapse, then re-inflate and fly - even with a beginner pilot at the controls. Your wing snaps..
climb1028 10 months ago
UP'S , happen's unfortunaly to the best of us , after 25 yaers hanggliding I seen it all , lucky for the Pilot it was not a Mountain / Cliff- lunch , please use a simple 5 point check next time ore simply every time you start !!!!
willswingwilly1950 11 months ago
Thats better than getting up to 800 feet and shitting his pants.
thedeanster18 1 year ago
Guess he forgot to do a hang check :-D
Glad he is OK.
ResidentHooligan 1 year ago
Roller skates or a rolling chair nextime for him..
hydrobot2003 1 year ago
That's why hang gliding sucks - rigid shit to run your head into. Go paragliding!
climb1028 1 year ago
@climb1028 nope, I never saw a bag wad up in a little turbulence, but I did see one inflate in front of a landing hang glider and kill the guy at the point last month.
jerbear54 1 year ago
@jerbear54 Dude, I was JOKING. Way to use a dead guy to make your point on You Tube. You are clearly a wise man. From what I heard from a 1st hand witness of that tragic accident your description and conclusion "bag... kill(ed) the guy" is not accurate. I don't think the bag or its pilot had any intention to or inherent flaw that conspired to kill the poor hang last month. I am an avid PG pilot and I'm not going to get into a petty argument with you over a tragic accident. HG is cool too.
climb1028 1 year ago
He forgot to flare........
superjezz 1 year ago
thank fully he is ok. Shees i hate to see this happen. Please guys hang check. I,m glad your ok. That happens so fast and can be so devastating. Thanks for posting it stresses the importance of ALL are preflight checks.
flyguy4fun 1 year ago
Of all the things you could forget...
theantiantichrist 1 year ago
???? Preflight. Your friends should allways check eatchouther
Timrabladet 1 year ago
ouch,looked like it hurt,"CALL AN AMBULANCE!!!!!!"
jonnyasprin 1 year ago
just need the keyboard cat to complete this video.
DeafFret 2 years ago
That's got to hurt! but that will show him to hook in next time
marekfilms 2 years ago
Uh... where were his wheels?
NevilleStyke 2 years ago 4
anyone can mistake!
TheVladomo 2 years ago
cual fue la suerte del piloto ?
en español por favor
arquimedesnava1 2 years ago
@arquimedesnava1 Primo.. se supone que no sufrio solo una contusione.
DELEONSKI2359 7 months ago
Next time where some S K A T E s lol
hope you are OK in that wasnt your last try .
soundofsoul1 2 years ago
PLEASE anyone teach this guy how to use the CHECK LIST
stealhty1 2 years ago 2
Darwin Theory at it's best :D
Maggi4 2 years ago
Did he survive? I hope that he is ok!
MonaLenka 2 years ago
I can't belive he didn't release the bars !! What he was thinking?? I must save this expensive wing being towed by an ultralight (!!!) even it may kill me? I do hangglide also and I never would come to the idea to keep holding.
chiefishere 2 years ago
Should have eaten some Bean & cheese taco before launching your glider, Nice video I like it. Five Stars, Like the way your head went through the dacron that was kool
xlentertainment 2 years ago
I think that a pilot that fails to remember a fundamenental thing like hooking should give up this sport... sorry to say that but there are no "old and stupid" pilots....
Iboxx 2 years ago 3
always check your equipment
universalmoor 2 years ago 3
dude wtf i have done this like 4 times exactly like this too and even without a helmet it wont give you a concussion?
ACDCwarmachine 2 years ago
hang check ,is not a chore it`s a life saver.thing is you may not be clipped in but you are attached through the tow line to the glider,this is more of an issue with static winch launching with two lines,which form a loop and the instint is to fly the glider not to reach down and unclip. hope he was ok
roseytinted 2 years ago
I think having small landing wheels would have been a good idea.- hope the pilot is okay
ahlplex 2 years ago
epic fail :D
superfaceown 2 years ago
Dammit looked like he snapped his neck or something! Should have let go as soon as he started dragging but then I suppose that can happen if you are clipped in!
smad333 2 years ago
when are you yanks going to learn. clip in the harness first then step into the harness, then do a hang check. Jesus !
PTWillPower 2 years ago 10
me lembrou o catarina lah em valadares uma vez......doido neh cahcah!!!
deminas2 2 years ago
what about the tow plane? Can it disconnect the cable in a split second?
gguitarwilly 2 years ago
yeah, but it's up to the glider pilot to keep himself safe... that happened so quick the glider pilot didn't even release
n49945 2 years ago
do he died ?
ahmi94 2 years ago
DOO HE DAIED?>?
graiypz 2 years ago
LOL
stupidvideoalert4 2 years ago
I think he meant to do that, funny stunt, haha
youcantleaveDave 3 years ago
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Not a chance in hell
mightynimbus 3 years ago
it's a joke people,,,, so how many people where standing around DAVID watching his carabiner dangle off his harness, who's the buddy helping with the hangcheck..atleast his buddy ran to him, if it was a paraglider he would have walked over after standing around a bit..lol...
youcantleaveDave 3 years ago
This also goes to show the importance of the use of weaks links. Never fly without one!!!(two ideally) This may be obvious to most but i've witnessed people who tow without them.
FlightinmyVeins 3 years ago 2
Hook your harness onto your glider before you get in it! It's a little more difficult but worth it!
vanman29 3 years ago
Please people DO YOUR HANG CHECKS! And use a cart...
n49945 3 years ago 2
I´ve seen so many troubles with carts..
witzisch 2 years ago
Hey Dave, Is that George Ferris?
Steve Varden
Calypso155 3 years ago 2
I almost did that truck towing last year,caught it just in time to signal abort.Repeatedly poppin off flight after flight all morning long (starting at sunup,lol) I became complacent.I learned to treat each one as the only one of the day into afternoon soaring flight.
skyelevator 3 years ago
...do hang check each and every time! Take
a few seconds and save a lotta lotta time
and money not being hurt and hospitalized.
...another good reason to have wheels on
base tube - avoid a severe nose in. Why
was tow takeoff on asphalt and not grass?
Likely the grassy area would have softened
harsh impact.
jwm239 3 years ago
No Excuse!! HANG CHECK, HANG CHECK, HANG CHECK, very stupid accident that could have totally been avoided easily, people like this should have their gliders and license taken from them, glad the guy is ok, he is lucky thats all that happened
Maganini 3 years ago
What, nobody looks over your harness and glider for you before you launch? SHEESE!!
Where is your wing man? Man?
glendeco 3 years ago
Good to hear that he is ok. Too bad the press was there to give the sport more negative attention. I guess the added distraction of the press being there contributed to this accident.
crady 3 years ago
Sorry but.......lol what were they thinking, I've tried hang gliding (great sport)and I don't remember this form of take off in the text books.
mingeth 3 years ago
It's very common to tow behind microlights and cars.
bhkthree 3 years ago
We are all happy he is OK, big lesson learned from a simple mistake... at the microsecond I realized I was unhooked I would have turned into a ball covering my head. I thought about the "whole reaction time thing" and i think it was possible to let go and react and go into "save yourself mode" and have a less of a blunt force impact to the head. This is where quick "ninja skills" come into play. once you realize you are gunna crash...react immediately!!!! like a ninja!
DB
humboldtwings 3 years ago
Never fails.... How many time have we seen that the minute the press shows up to do a story, there is an incident. Often I suspect that the fact that the press is there, places enough distractions to disrupt a pilots normal routine. Extra care is needed when you have the added distractions.
menamiketrx 3 years ago
sail ,wires,airframe,nuts and bolts, kingpost
S.W.A.N.K..then Hancheck and get a buddy to follow your routine every flight, add to it , take parts out but do it the same way everytime in the order you decide. keep flying!
warp65 3 years ago
Attach your harness to the glider as part of the glider setup and before you take off, do a bloody hang check! Don't make excuses or try to justify any other method, just do it and avoid stupid bloody accidents like this. There is just no excuse for this type of accident. It gives the sport a bad name. LEARN FROM IT!
yeltsun 3 years ago
what happend with this guy? Is he OK?
ksicht6 3 years ago
yes, concussion
davidglover 3 years ago