the question: what does this picture have to do with hanggliding?

the answer: it all started out as a regular flight on a nice summer day....

with great airtime....

....until a technical malfuncture on the wing forced me to throw out the rescue parachute. it opened well and took me do the ground safely, but the landing site was in the trees and had quite tricky access. so my friends had to get the local fire brigade.

after checking out the situation.....

they took ropes and a chainsaw and got the glider out.

and with the help of them and my friends chrissie and muggi the day came to happy end after all, with a few beers and a big pasta.

thanks to everybody who helped, espacially the fire brigade schlitters!

see ya,

flo