Paraglider survives after soaring to 32,000 feet

aeropal · Feb 16, 2007, 11:49 AM

Article link.

Bilbobaker · Feb 16, 2007, 11:55 AM

Lucky girl. Don't you think?
Cute too.

Usta Bee · Feb 16, 2007, 12:06 PM

Same thing happened to Werner Blech and Heinz Scheidhauer flying Horten Ho 3 and Ho 3-C gliders in 1938, Blech died.

Electronick · Feb 16, 2007, 02:19 PM

I once tied my sisters Barbie to a whole lot of balloons filled with helium and let it go into the great blue sky.......as soon it became airborne a freak gust of wind pushed the floating para-barbie into a large tree where she spent the next 6 years just hanging around before a dead branch released her from her captivity and came back to earth.
She was a bit worse for wear but still the same old pretty face that a Barbie doll is known for.

Highflight · Feb 16, 2007, 03:20 PM

Quote:

The 2005 World Cup winner was lifted 32,612 feet (9,940 meters) above sea level by the storm near Manilla in New South Wales state while preparing for the tenth FAI World Paragliding Championships next week.

Seems to me they should just give her the darn trophy and we can all go home.

Highflight

sarge · Feb 16, 2007, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Electronick

She was a bit worse for wear but still the same old pretty face that a Barbie doll is known for.

Around here, it wasn't the face they were known for.

FrogChief · Feb 16, 2007, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarge

Around here, it wasn't the face they were known for.

lol...

barbie booty...

Twizter68 · Feb 16, 2007, 08:42 PM

32K without supplemental O2? That's gotta be some kind of record......

Gerald · 09:19 PM

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macboffin · Feb 17, 2007, 08:06 PM

Noted in the same news item that another guy flying the same site went to the same sort of height, was found dead, frozen, 45 miles away.

aeropal · Feb 19, 2007, 01:40 PM

Another reference link.

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Feb 16, 2007, 11:55 AM	#2
Bilbobaker Suspended Account United States, UT, Salina Joined Apr 2003 3,118 Posts	Lucky girl. Don't you think? Cute too.

Feb 16, 2007, 12:06 PM	#3
Usta Bee Registered User Joined Jul 2004 3,862 Posts	Same thing happened to Werner Blech and Heinz Scheidhauer flying Horten Ho 3 and Ho 3-C gliders in 1938, Blech died.

Feb 16, 2007, 02:19 PM	#4
Electronick did it flied? London, UK Joined Apr 2005 755 Posts	I once tied my sisters Barbie to a whole lot of balloons filled with helium and let it go into the great blue sky.......as soon it became airborne a freak gust of wind pushed the floating para-barbie into a large tree where she spent the next 6 years just hanging around before a dead branch released her from her captivity and came back to earth. She was a bit worse for wear but still the same old pretty face that a Barbie doll is known for.

Feb 16, 2007, 08:42 PM	#8
Twizter68 Owns an Evil Black Rifle United States, TX, Weatherford Joined Dec 2005 1,014 Posts	32K without supplemental O2? That's gotta be some kind of record......

Feb 17, 2007, 08:06 PM	#10
macboffin Registered User North London ENGLAND Joined Dec 2006 1,554 Posts	Noted in the same news item that another guy flying the same site went to the same sort of height, was found dead, frozen, 45 miles away.

Feb 19, 2007, 01:40 PM	#11
aeropal Registered User Joined Jan 2003 1,421 Posts	Another reference link.