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What a Twist! WATCH Paraglider Get Chewed Up, Spit Out by Dust Devil
What a Twist! WATCH Paraglider Get Chewed Up, Spit Out by Dust Devil
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After being swept up by the raging tempest and thrown into the air, the pilot managed to regain control of his glider and went on a five-hour flight, covering... 03.01.2019, Sputnik International
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What a Twist! WATCH Paraglider Get Chewed Up, Spit Out by Dust Devil
16:30 GMT 03.01.2019 (Updated: 16:31 GMT 03.01.2019) After being swept up by the raging tempest and thrown into the air, the pilot managed to regain control of his glider and went on a five-hour flight, covering 180 kilometres.
An experienced paraglider in Australia suddenly found himself in quite a predicament as he was caught in a dust devil, with his wife helplessly watching on from the ground.
The incident occurred on Mount Borah in New South Wales, when the man was preparing for takeoff along with some 40 other pilots.
The video of the incident was recorded by the pilot’s wife, who screamed “Careful!” as her husband was swept away by the tempest.
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the pilot managed to regain control of his glider and “continued on a ‘relatively uneventful’ five-hour cross-country flight” over a 180-kilometre distance.
