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Is it bad that this article still makes me want to have one of these?

• jerrya 13y ago
  I think it's a pretty neat device (based on the last time I checked out their website, a year or so ago.) Generally safe since it's a dune buggy under a parachute, and entirely appropriate or so it seems for their mission, flying a few supplies in and out of Africa and other places with no roads. And even readily field reparable. (I am a bit shocked by the $100K price tag.)
  • jimzvz 13y ago
    >...flying a few supplies in and out of Africa and other places with no roads. Maybe you should re-word that.
    • jimzvz 13y ago
      Re: downvotes Haha, I guess whatever the hell I drove on today is not a road because I am in Africa and Africa has no roads.
      • mikeash 13y ago
        Yeah, but I bet there was a no-road right next to that road.
  • sp332 13y ago
    I thought it was mostly South American jungles. I know of a missionary group that used planes to reach isolated tribes, and the natives switched to cheap(er) paragliders to reach neighboring tribes. https://www.facebook.com/pages/ITEC-Steve-Saint/41142728065 https://www.facebook.com/pages/ITEC-Steve-Saint/41142728065 The group has been working with the Maverick company for years now.
    • jerrya 13y ago
      I thought it was missionaries in Africa, but it's been a year since I looked at their page. I had thought they had a demonstration mission flying from Europe into Africa, but perhaps it was a different "para-car" solution.
  • Wingman4l7 13y ago
    Yeah, that's horribly overpriced. You can get a nice powered paraglider with a fancy trike for well under that.
  • mbrameld 13y ago
    You can get more modest powered paragliders for <$10k. Paratoys and Fresh Breeze are a couple of the more popular brands.