Jet and Hang Glider near mid-air crash over Lookout Mountain Hang Gliding Flight Park

[BrothersFreedive]

whoa cool!

[NMERider]

@hanggliderrider Apparently the same pilot crashed that same jet 2 weeks later killing himself and 3 others onboard. Somewhere on the web is a thread w/ the details.

[bRadicalmagic1]

Can you even imagine how bad that wouId just ruin the whoIe rest of your day: To get HIT by a jet whiIst hang gIiding ? ? ?

[210482fmj]

I would love to see a pedal powered propellor on a hang glider.

[WaterHog101]

the pilot knew the HG was there and was effin' with him. No doubt.

[easygtr]

where is the rest of the video?

[yynnmmbb]

That guy is too fat to be hangliding

[davetileguy]

6 sec vid? really?

[adam12many]

@davetileguy you wanted a 6 minute vid where you would see boring gliding the whole time and then the actual jet footage at the end?

[clnmyjts]

this is exactly why there will never be flying cars

[Andressmithas1]

Uffffff very very very fast and close, ASK! A delta wing can echo on the radar of a fighter bomber or another because of not being what we are seeing this video of pure luck

[zildjiandrummr12]

Nice. It's a USN Rockwell Sabreliner.

[psiewert83]

This could have all been avoided if this prick would have just read the FAA FAR Part 103. Obviously clear that he wasn't suppose to be in that air space.

[chimandude]

@psiewert83 < Oh Boy... Another Pedantic Moron...

[psiewert83]

@chimandude Yes cause that makes sense. So you feel it's a problem that I'm concerned with detail, well educated, formal, and want to make sure others are as informed as I am. Yes that must make a me a moron. Are you always this stupid? Or did you just make a special effort today?

[chimandude]

@psiewert83 < Don't get me wrong, your Pedantic Behavior is funny and not a problem for me... It is what one would expect from a Mr. Do-Good 500hr Flight instructor, A Freshman, or any other other insecure Neophyte...

[cdoftx]

The hang glider should have filed a flight plan

[helobelow]

@cdoftx lol!

[JustGotToXLR8]

Captain: "Sir, I have reports of an unidentified flying object. Send a man up there to find what it is."

Aic: "Yes, sir."

...

Pilot: "I got a visual. Requesting to fire missiles."

Captain: "Request granted. You May fire on command."

Pilot: "What the @#$%? It's just some guy on an air glider!"

Captain: "Abort! Abort! Don't launch those missiles! Just wave and act like this never happened!"

Pilot: "Yes, sir."

Hang glider: "What the @#$%?!"

[psiewert83]

If the dubmass hang glider would report his flight route there wouldnt have been an issue.

[outlander450]

@psiewert83 yes cause you can report your route when you spend most of the time looking for thermals

[EasternMerchant]

@psiewert83 wow, do hangliders have nav/com radios and transponders these days? Geez everything's so sophisticated anymore, sure miss the simple days!

[psiewert83]

@psiewert83 All hang gliding flight spots have to be approved by the United States Hang Gliding Association (USHGA). These spots are no fly zones below a certain altitude. If this man went off to a random spot and didn't check the local flight regulations it's his fault. Additionally, you don't report your flight AFTER you already take off dumbass. You call it in and have to get it approved before you leave. Also there is no way his flight would have ever been approved there.

[TheChickeneer]

Why does this freeze my browzer? (spelling fail)

[efastMixer]

put a transponder on next time

[DJNAYLOR0433]

That wasn't that close.

[bkboy747]

i would have crapped my pants and turned that hang glider into a precision bomber

[bkboy747]

holy shit!!!

[rawryanwilliams2]

Shat a brick!

[jumpyjedi]

Thats why all hand gliders should come equipped with Antiair Missles

[glendeco]

wholly FucK!

[sp4jx7]

So you brought a hang glider to a dog fight?

[cryteeek]

hes like, lol wut ?

[namakemono49]

I bet he was clenched when he saw that!

[UltraSoftwareReviews]

huh.....

[DarryllK]

"i'm gliding gliding gliding.... oh shit whats that!"

[BnaToToSnap]

@DarryllK

hahahahahaha

[Insomniac535]

@Briankey1960

Well trained as they may be, they are still humans and still make mistakes... This was too close!

[samiam577]

Looks Like An F4 Close Call Buddy!

[glendeco]

So how do you explain what you did that weekend without sounding completely insane? LOL!

[airmanbooker]

Woooooow...

[NMERider]

Dang Dean! You got everyone at Sylmar beat with that buzz cut!

[SergeyKataev]

He was trying to join your thermal and you pushed him out - naughty!

[sergelamarche]

Wow, very close. That's why aircraft radios should be used in hang gliding. Impossible to avoid a collision with this with visual alone.

[MrCorvairboy]

And how would a radio have helped?

"Look, I'm over here"!!

[sergelamarche]

As you should know, plane pilots radio their positions, altitudes and intentions all the time. If you do the same, you both know you're in the same area and modify your flight paths to increase distances and reduce chances of collisions. Knowing in advance is the only way to avoid this danger. Only aircraft radios can help and it is why they exist in the first place.

[UltraSoftwareReviews]

@sergelamarche Hard man

[trechan]

@MrCorvairboy That would actually help a lot. UNICOM does something similar to that but in a more detailed fashion, stating to location, and what they are doing. Therefore, reducing the amount of midair crashes from useful information passed off by pilots.

[spacevampire]

Krikey.

[Scare5]

Where was that?

[acrazedmaniac]

did ya see him coming? i wag my wings like..crazy when i see them. usually a6 around here..or used to be.

[ZoranM001]

Могао је и мало раније кренути у заокрет?

[steviewonderwind]

I dont think so.

[High9231]

That was close, did you feel any turbulence from the jet?