Powered Paraglider launch goes bad - spectacular ocean crash

Veteral PPG piloy Casey Cadwell hits the water in a spectacular splash yet retains a sense of humor about his un-planned ocean landing.

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Sports

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• powered
• paragliding
• ppg
• paramotor
• paramotoring
• ultralight
• crash
• para-motoring

[TSEBEHTMI1]

There is no humor in this, actually is very sad. Too many "veteran pilots" are "veteran idiots". Too many years flying without proper training at start = more difficult to train old dogs. No wind, poor thrust, he runs like a bradipo and finally he stalls the right side of the wing. Yes he is ready to fly... but engines aren't margaritas...they don't like salt. And where is the video of his next lunch with a wet glider?

[mpurdy007]

I do not dissagree with your general premise that there are a lot of under-trained "veteran" PPG pilots out there. That being said, I assure you that the pilot in this video is highly competent. I will spare you his credencials but I arrure you he is one of the best pilots in Nort America. Just goes to show you that nobody's perfect!

[markymark9172]

poor planning leads to piss poor performance, almost all failures in this sport can be traced back to the idiot making the decisions. Short beach, wing not stabilised, outcome obviuos. Shame.

[Deadeye3737]

I'd say he's doing pretty good. He's gotten over 200,000 hits! The trouble is almost all of them from smartasses. Dell wishes he had this exposure.

[cowboy6591]

I just hate the damn concept of powered parachutes, they suck, they fold over, put you in a death spiral and your lucky if you don't tear up the chute dragging it on the ground wile taking off and they look gay.

[vtechbruskys]

looks like a blackhawk

[buttmanroad]

Rich Fuckers!!

[FlyMyU2]

This is a perfect example of 'more money than brains'.

[unapro3]

It's hard to look cool when you have gone from pilot to teabag in 12 seconds.

[flyboytim32]

Thanks for uploading! A forward launch says little wind... Little wind says longer run for takoff... beach and sand says difficult to run on.... sea out front says all or nothing take off.... water says death if landed in...

I think this pilot should hug his family he is lucky to be alive and this video is a great example of how not to choose a flying site and how to make bad decisions that add to the death toll and ruen the sport.

[fdzwes]

Hmmm. If he had only gone for training at BajaPPG.com nothing bad would ever happen to him. Probably wasn't a Flat-top unit on his back either, with the new special Search and Rescue lever attachment.

[smad333]

Well done for filming!

[PrinceValiantThesnob]

He should've given it more throttle