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selves preflight the pilots. in the foothills of the rules a thousand kilometers from moscow. these paragliders have three days at their disposal they have decided to make several flights in different parts of passion. to launch points are built talks many paragliders consider them difficult . so it makes a showing called head of the expedition chooses a gentle slope to start from the pilots are in a hurry they need to reach another launch point later in the day but you know this you would know this is my first flight today so i feel a little jittery. it's always this way it's first year cancer trembling before takeoff but still this car is calling us. so once you get it tasted is
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stronger than. paragliding infuse e.-s. like nikolai like i'm a cold weekend pilots he only recently began taking to the skies. in this expedition he has one important and dangerous a to make his first unassisted flight from mountain top. for the time being nikolai is getting accustomed to the sky in tandem with his instructor alex. mogahed they were ready for takeoff we're going to get there and my instructor is taking care of me. just plus minus till you see what it's like up here if it's all quiet we'll pull off some aerobatics. oh good. lord have mercy on
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me. when a winch is used to launch paragliders the pilots in tandem depend on a third party. the winch motor further down the slope tragedy may strike at the snaps or is pools too quickly the pilots can relax only when the paraglider has gained enough height and the wing is filled with. which is what compels us to fly that. this is the adrenalin you know it's not. that we fly like birds that's it and i'm with. you. all my it's really great thank you. when i was a child. my. release. when i was a child i used to fly in my dreams that's true over my own time. and i really had
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a feeling that i was flying that sort of feeling i guess that when flying a powered lighter no doubt about it that's when you feel your hands are like wings . everything is beneath you and everything and you are on top. only the wing is above you. and you have total power over us that is of course if you know exactly what you're doing. the fewest flights are being trouble free before any takeoff the pilots once again go through a detailed run through of in-flight techniques on the ground you shouldn't be scared up here just carefully assess the situation especially if the weather is six tree and that's rains dentures in that case you need to act with clockwork for sedition if you panic nothing good will count from your actions you need to be worried only before launch and after landing.
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so the rush is south. before and by the season festivals and beginners this is the place where many of. the parrots perfect skills. will take off now and will turn left to the plateau. after that we'll try to line up. these young men or members of russia's national team a hang glider pilots they head out by early in the morning when the weather around is completely calm. this is the best time for what is known as. it's a risky but spectacular competition. very close to nature. if you're in the air not in the cabin like a pilot. you feel when you're controlling the balance you're catching the.
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your body with your head forward. you're flying like a bird with a. hang glider is a swept back wing supported on a rigid frame the pilot controls it by shifting his body weight in various directions hang glider can reach a speed of more than one hundred twenty kilometers per hour. speed glider pilots into fly as close to the ground as possible to gain speed. it may look serene from the ground but there's a serious competition going on between pilots they are trying to keep the maximum speed away through the final lap. one hundred and one thousand kilometers per hour is a decent speak for physical but it means that the risks are great. be gliding is difficult to them when the pilot needs
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training. not all of them get the nod right away. training is an absolute must for a regular route let alone speed gliding. this route around a little mountain ridge the next destination for the expedition is mount. pools and it's food to pay homage to a pilot who was killed in an accident is several years ago. the sign on the monument is blunt and to the point the mountain gives us wings but takes away friends in exchange. the free flowing pilots regard mounted as one of the most treacherous sights a convenient and easily accessible point is found at its top but the pilots have to be on the watch during flights so as to stay clear of danger the wind is coming
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from the valley you mustn't go be on the rocks become to the cloud see there are also eyes full moon the way to be condescending and as a grove down the hatch so we'd have difficulty touching down the flight path is narrow only about one hundred meters. right. here in the spring this is a very problematic mountain of very dangerous place in mind you have to be very careful here if. the weather. take off in the mountains because he is only a beginner. he doesn't fail to go ahead he's experienced and has taken off from the mountains single handed several times before. or after follow me on my way to ride be high. on my desk. come on come on be
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careful great. get into rising near. the forward. beautiful well done ref. just get it flying more confident. good control of the glider. you had no problem touching. i'm going to join. the so says lee had it pretty hard to sign up here at the saloon us to feel cooler weather conditions. to mind this if anybody got fond of the view and when.
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you saw it we fulfilled the exercise despite all that. in paris only one in the thousand flights may result in an accident but they are extreme pilots and they often risk. russia's middle and the small time of. the copilot by the name of alexei machette it was one of the first russian pilots to attempt a painter's trick of flying a powered power under a bridge when people. checked out five different bridges none of them suited. friends inspected many bridges before they settled on this one that is situated
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between the towers of tokyo and some. high above water. the river flowing underneath gives us more guaranteed safe flight under the bridge with the rest is a matter of technique. alex a flaw is something called the power motor which is a traditional powerglide a wing powered by a small. with a propeller attached. very simple piece of equipment it has a two stroke engine. and a fuel tank and is completely safe to use the weather is the main risk. should be to. the volga river is beautiful but difficult flights is always windy. alexei needs to pinpoint the exact moment when the wind dies down and then fly under the bridge as quickly as possible the motive behind the pilot's bike
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weighs fifty kilograms if the wing brushes the bridge he will be sent crashing into the water. later. use a special system to rescue pilots after splashdown it's called. can find it here on the power outlet or. this system works automatically when a pilot crashes into the water. instantly and leads a big balloon within three seconds with a way to lift them up to safety. as he circles over the bridge aleksei chooses the right moment for the aerobatics the wind has now dropped precision is crucial the gap between the bridge and the water is quite narrow and a gust of wind will push the part of course. and the glider traveling as sixty
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kilometers per hour is in for a rough ride if he hits the water. like same a shot across stream came true but not before putting his life at risk this is undoubtedly an extreme sport. well. bringing you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've dumped a huge area covered. early
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morning in the most scary region an unusual vehicle is driving along the highway it's a three wheeled carriage with a propeller. this aircraft is known as an ultralight trike they are used in russia for forest fire reconnaissance. companies but so a pilot with the emergency ministry special unit has been flying has tried for thirteen years flying isn't a full b or a spoof on the it's his job and the mind. is to do a fly by sector spot fire sources with a. as well as old ones generally i gather information about. the forest down.
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and ultralight has the wheels of an airplane wing in steering mechanism of a hang glider it is reliable convenient and a little but is. to put together alone so a colleague will always help. people . nearly every year in the region. the fuzz adjust the ground so no one can see the flames just the smoke it's hard to locate the hot spots from the ground but they can easily be spotted from the. pilot always confirms his route one last time before setting out. and then to do. to the north. west. in the northern region.
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contacts blast away. we'll have to cover one thousand eight hundred square kilometers which is always the area of london the capital of great britain most of the territory is heavily forested. in dream news the locations of the places where far as i'm most likely to break out and where one can make an emergency landing but only three is an experienced pilot he always tries to pass over the forest quickly goes lower than three hundred meters above the treetops. gupta our chief is waiting for you to land try and tell him yourself. will find it telling yourself. offroad i'll tell him.
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do it. first fires create powerful. they rise sharply and can easily overturn the trike despite the fact that the machine weighs around four hundred kilos only did not see any major fire breaks during his two hour flight and return safely back to. call a bitch everything's fine i've landed but i got delayed by having a smoke a flight appeared to be forty minutes longer than intended i checked all the spots got pictures of the trust i'm caught fire but the firemen sent the trucks immediately. with the. expedition is in its third day to you the weather is more favorable to date i expect it to be a great day for pilots being sure who will be joining our fellow pilots who'll be
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flying around in great numbers the spectacle will be simply breathtaking. the instructor alexei's said so first he's going to size up the situation in the sky and the strength of the wind. the wind is so strong. that the most important thing is to move forward but that's not happening right now so. i'll release the brakes. and go a bit. brief scramble the pilot studies the wing and soars into the sky. do you think this is typical of summer time earlier this year a pilot covered one hundred kilometers in area. he took off from here first healing girty in a dynamic current waiting for the arrival of thermal and then it lifted him to
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an altitude of want kilometer or even more and then from that point embarked on the route. say radio is another member of the expedition to tell him he is cleared to take off when. greets him and both pilots begins. the fire. all right now we start soaring. every now and then we go up or down with the wind we field of beauty and comfort of the flight there is a little turbulence because of the smoke see that's what i'm talking about. let's go to the right it's safer there. meanwhile a third member of the expedition on the ground has been desperately trying to raise
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the wing stabilize it and take off but all of his attempts have been in vain the instruct to decide. to touchdown and fly with nicholai in tandem. flying is that different law if it's a lie from a bird when flying you know you feel as though you are looking at things through the eyes of a bird as if you had wings sensing every tiny wee for fear the flying gives you incredible excel aeration you must fly by old me in spades. looking bad so many of those on the ground think that attended is just for girls. i found this is just not true. if you fly without legs see you will see what a time there is all about is that. he has spent three days trying to take off single handed the bad weather and his inexperience helping he can rely only on the instructor. we do that there's some people can keep steady at your landings if they
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fall to the ground yet boston is not because they are a skier thought they were just carried away by the moment so they sit on the ground a long thing and feeling great was their eyes are dilated but not from fear and spurious euphoria. one of the pilots is back on the ground to completing his flight he is helping alex a. deal with the strong winds during takeoff. our speed is seventy kilometers per hour against the wind most of the pilots flying here are weekend pilots professional pilots don't fly here unless they want to practice takeoff or flying in a dynamic current. the northern caucasus again is one of russia's best choice for professional paragliders the route from the takeoff point goes through the chip game a goal which and the main qualification rate. this is where
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experienced pilots come to fly it's narrow gorges regularly cause stronger. conditions. created by the. hang glider pilots. of the real interesting flights can be found. only professionals can fly their. conditions. the most experienced pilots to take. strict instructions before. don't go into the. even if the weather is good you are simply not skilled enough.
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taking from always gain altitude within a short time even the tandem of pilots is swiftly lifted in the vertical position by a powerful current. to an altitude of one thousand meters above reveals a breathtaking. many people overcome their fears and fly over a mountain tops in order to see that. the mountainous landscape is a source of inspiration for instruct. him is regarded as a great skill. she is crazy you.
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name is expected. she can. least once this is the. for members of the paraglider expedition the pilots go to the old food this is been the most difficult to say in three days the weather is getting strong winds and drizzle. is ready for the flight but first of all if he decides to monitor takeoff it is first unassisted flight from this mountain in extreme weather conditions that's why i thought that you were using the larger easier number one objective you were on tour and did then only takeoff on the way i'll be instructing you by radio . and always jittery when i take. ten or twenty such takeoffs. to grab me a smooth flight. forgive me and have mercy on the sailor. for
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you member everything i taught you to do be careful with the brakes go through the procedure twice or three times. with your control control. let's do it once again who is on board school surface go back to the launch point spread out the glider. grab the controls may concern run for your life. hold up your hands. keep running don't drop your hands. dancing now get away from the mountain. this is a difficult mountain beginners are not going to take off from it because it's dangerous. for nicolai has gone through basic training and he can well afford to
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take off from this mountain. the paraglider expedition in bash has been a success three pilots have been able to take off from that choose launch point. but it. landscape is real. taste a breath away from the excitement of free flying. and i'm not an experienced pilot yet and i hope everything will be just fine. these mountain tops have been good but there is still more free flowing in store.
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opposition on the streets. egypt. egypt is set to dominate the security conference in munich able to see the historical russia u.s. nuclear treaty finally coming to a full. and political correctness. shows how a growing number of americans are getting. a
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live from moscow it's good to have you with us. for the speech of the russian foreign minister. who was attending the annual security conference in munich more to come on that in just a few moments from now though the deadline set by protesters in egypt country's president to step down has now passed but there has been no word from the man himself more than one million people gathered in cairo to central square on friday to demand hosni mubarak's resignation. from kyra. well it really has turned into a waiting game between what some have dubbed the forces of democracy and the presidency of course the mubarak thousands of protesters remain out on the streets the focal point as we enter now the twelfth day of demonstrations the focal point being the toughest square in downtown cairo but some demonstrations are taking place in in alexandria and the official word from the government is that eleven people have been killed in nearly two weeks of violence but human rights.

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