Chris Gursky filmed dangling from glider for more than two minutes before it could landHang glider forced to cling on for his life after launching unattachedA first-time hang glider has spoken of how he was left holding on for his life after his pilot failed to fasten him to the glider. Chris Gursky was forced to cling to the glider with one hand and his pilot with the other for more than two minutes or face a probably fatal fall to earth. Including my wife!”Gursky, a Florida-based vehicle parts manager and photographer, told his story on Facebook soon after the incident. “I was losing grip with my right hand that was holding onto a strap on the pilot’s right shoulder … my left hand was on the crossbar. As we were going down for a hot landing I was slowly losing my grip with my right hand as I was swinging in the wind with the glider.

Source: The Guardian November 27, 2018 15:27 UTC