Synchro Spiral Crash

Jürg Häcki and Mathias Roten crashed while doing a synchro spiral with the paraglider 2003

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• paragliding
• aerobatic
• crash
• synchro
• spiral
• jürg
• häcki
• mathias
• roten
• gleitschirm
• akro
• acro

[jhaecki]

FOR MY BROTHER MÄTU

mätu was for me not a normal pilot. there a many acro pilots in the world. he was my brother. he was just outstanding. his way of thinking, his happiness, his philosophy of life, his energy, his kindness for everybody. he didn't care about the opinion of the other persons. he did just follow his happiness, his visions without hurting anybody.

[jhaecki]

when he was flying, he was not a pilot, he was not controling his wing. he was the wing himself. he was one unit with the wing. flying was his life, his happiness, his everything.

and it was him who gave me a speedflying wing for my birthday because he wantet always i started doing speedflying. and later i had a great time with him doing speedflying together.

[jhaecki]

but it is just 3 weeks ago, i did speek with him for a long time. he was crazy about speedflying and i tried to coole him down. but there was nothing to do. he told me that this is his happiness he has to follow. he told me not to be sad if once he will be death. because his life is one happiness and he would never regret anything.

[pgflyer123]

I think the problem was the wake the gliders have behind them. At first it seems one of them dives a little to fast and trys to correct this by simply turning the spiral a little flatter. By this the flight path of the other one crosses the wake and collapses.

How long did it actually take to make the decision to throw the reserve? Was it a conscious act of waiting or were you simply shocked and hesitated therefore to pull the package?

[jhaecki]

as an acro pilot, you don't pull the package just because you are shocked.

i saw, that my friend comes completely into my glider. so to liberate him, i wantet to release the tension on my paralider by pulling the package. there was just 100 meters left to the ground... i think i would to the same again in the same situation.

[Flyfever]

Why the slow motion? It would have been better to see the incident in realtime to get more of a flavour of what actually happened. Still.... nice video!

[jhaecki]

ok, i will look for the original tape to post it in realtime

[0eden0]

Show some respect dude one of the pilots is no longer alive.

[MrLukeriha]

Very nice pull on reserve, this situation is for a professional. :-) I´m beginner, I Don´t now what make. I need more time for reaction. Thank You for teoretically video. Nice wind...

[2muchgametime]

Look what I can do !

[MrAviator81]

Good recovery!!! 

[JorgoDeluxe]

Ui ui ui.....I would have shit my self !

Good Luck next time :-)

[JohnStecchino]

@Quontomleeep you are just an unlucky loser

[andyroooooooo24]

gosh just stay away from each other!

[poweredparagliding]

@janeqmx

Too early?

He landed safely that's what matters!

And how do you KNOW he threw too early? Were you there? Or are you just going by the video showing things from a distance?

[JordanianPride80]

they both lived..how come people are saying one of them didn't make it ?

[Quontomleeep]

Lucky idiots !

[danesbenoit]

noobs :D