OT Darwin Attempt?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8703928.stm

 

Superb.

 

Best in a while.

'tethered it to his car'

LOL

 

A friend of mine goes all over the World paragliding and I sent him
that link when I was supposed to be working earlier. He phoned within
5 minutes and couldn't stop laughing about how stupid the bloke must
have been.

I actually though tethering it to the ground so you couldn't go too
high wasn't a bad idea and learning to paraglide from YouTube isn't
that much worse than learning how to ride a motorbike on a disused
railway line before you're even a teenager.

 

Three hundred quid, eh?
Cheap for flying like a fuckw//bird.

 

Yeah, that was what got me. I mean, I've tethered hot-air balloons to
cars to stop them flying off, but what was he thinking of?

It'll behave like a kite?

It'll stop me going too high?

Wtf?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Tim

Attempt?

"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."

 

it is the funniest thing I've seen today.

what an arsehole.

Actually, though, I wouldn't have been totally surprised if had turned
out to be you.

 

Thanks.

 

You honestly think he would have bothered to tether himself? More likely
found high up in a tree 20 miles from the car.

I'm sure this would suit him better and it's only 3 days overtime
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fresh-Breeze-Solo-210-Paramotor-and-Silex-Wing-M-/280510969802

 

hah - so this wing-suit's had three owners, none of whom have had the
balls to actually use it.

Hell, I wouldn't either.

 

I'm quite fancying a powered (or unpowered) lesson. It's near Ashbourne. If
anyone else is enthusiastic.
www.airways-airsports.com

 

I've already looked at getting one of those because you can fly them
out of a place 20 miles from home.

Not that I'd give a **** about the legalities of flying one from
Bedford park, it's just that it might be easier to start from
somewhere where others are just as stupid.

 

Wuss.

I'm sure I could get Champ interested in giving it a go if I bought
one.

 

I think there's a place about 8 miles from your home.

 

Really? I thought Brampton was the closest and that's getting on for
20 miles.

8 miles makes it even more of an interesting proposition. I'm working
Saturday and bank holiday Monday so there might be a bit of disposable
floating around soon.

 

I'm reasonably surprised to find that I probably would.

And then I'd die.

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I've got other plans in hand that you might be more interested in.

I'll catch up with you on the island if you're over there and I'll get
you pissed enough to go for it.

 

Andy Bonwick posted:

I'm a lot further away than that, thankfully...

http://tinyurl.com/39uqx7t

 

The Bedford Microlight Centre, just west of the A603/A1 junction on the
A603, may be able to help.