paragliding on tv last night

[gary stenhouse]

on the andrew marr brittian from the air showed jocky sanderson and the british open hg down on batch hill. certainly give the sport some good pr for a change as he seemed to be completely stoked at flying in the passenger seat.

some great footage on microlights up in scotland makes you realise how priveledged to get out feet off the ground and just marvel in the pleasures of free flight.

something we sometimes loose track of!

cheers gary

[gordie]

Here is the 'behind the scenes' view of it. Nice landing....not

http://www.bbc.co.uk/britainfromabove/s ... ding.shtml

[ron freeman]

Due to the camera boom I would imagin Jockey would of told the passenger to stay in the harness for saftey reasons...(same as the take off) also Jockey made a perfect stand up landing which shows that he was in complete control

[gordie]

Err think you might find Jocky was being dragged along on his bum, you need to pay more attention Ron. Any way I have no wish to get into an discussion about Jocky's ability to land wings as we all know how competent he is, just thought it was funny!

[ron freeman]

The last shot is of Jocky standing on his feet collapsing the canopy...
good enough for me.

[gordie]

What ever Ron, think you may need a pair of these though