Behaviour during rescue operations; what do the reactivated Low Flight Areas mean; Between Earth and Sky – trough the mountain of Himachal Pradesh; Hanborough 73 km; Paraglider Takeoff Kaleidoscope XXL #6
Behaviour during rescue operations
Unfortunately, it happens again and again that the helicopter is disturbed during a rescue mission. The DHV appeal on this topic:
Last week, there was a rescue operation on Brauneck for a pilot who had had an accident. A helicopter was also deployed, whose work was unfortunately impaired by several paragliders. The mountain rescue organisation subsequently contacted the local association and asked for support in order to avoid such situations in future.
Our urgent request to all pilots:
- As soon as a rescue operation takes place, please do not carry out any more take-offs.
- Pilots in the air must keep a sufficient distance from the deployment area (at least 1.5 kilometres).
- We also ask you to land as soon as possible in such cases so that the rescue services can work undisturbed.
Thank you for your consideration and support – it makes a significant contribution to everyone’s safety.
Low flight areas have been reintroduced in Germany for some time now. Lars Iwersen, a Eurofighter pilot and Bundeswehr flight safety officer, explains the background in an interview with the DHV.
There are many videos of Bir Billing, the paragliding mecca in India, but videos as atmospheric as the following are rare. Therefore a video worth seeing.
Great Britain, on the other hand, is less well known as a paragliding mecca. But Dan Heeks shows in his video that cross-country flights are already possible there in mid-March.
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