It said Miss Preston had been flying paragliders for two years and started hang glider training in April 2011.

BBC: Glider crash site near Ashbourne

No defects were found with either the tug aircraft or hang glider which could have contributed to the accident.

BBC: Glider crash site near Ashbourne

The report identified factors that "could have made it more difficult for the student pilot to control the hang glider".

BBC: Glider crash site near Ashbourne

They jump over walls, leap tall buildings in a single inhuman bound, and they can even attack a low-flying hang glider!

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She attempted her first solo flight at Darley Moor Airfield on 28 October, but the hang glider started swinging from side to side so she made a safe landing.

BBC: Glider crash site near Ashbourne

Similarly, the board believed that a hang-glider or para-motor would be radar significant and that conditions precluded them, as they did para-gliders or parascenders.

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The final version of this vehicle, comprised of a large wing, pilot nacelle and double-skinned airfoil, was flown by cyclist and hang-glider Bryan Allen.

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Angelo d'Arrigo, the Italian hang-glider known as the "Human Condor" who was killed in an air crash in March, was posthumously given the alternative sportsperson's award.

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You can race people on your hang-glider.

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And yeah, they had me at hang-glider.

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