Wow! Interesting video. Can't tell exactly what happened but it
sounded like he hit some strong lift - at that point, a guess would be
either that he manuevered to stay in it and did a stall/spin (not
unknown in certificated gliders), or the flexible wing 'collapsed' in
some way that he was not able to recover from.

When I glided in sailplanes (part 91 type) I wore a chute but never used
it thank god. I have tree landed and pulled 2 others out of trees. The
end of this one brought back many memories.

Thanks.

Aviv Hod wrote:
I just ran across a fascinating video of a paragliding pilot that gets
into trouble, makes the right decision and gets on the ground safely
with his reserve. Things sometimes go very wrong in the air, so for all
their contraversy, I for one would love to have a similar option and
have BRS style emergency chutes installed on planes I fly.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...380066&q=crash

Watch it till the end - it gets even more exciting in the last few
seconds :-)

-Aviv