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our friend
Angelo d'Arrigo died in a little turist airplane in Comiso,
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With him died also a retired general of the italian
military aviation.The athlet, 45 years old, was on board of a
Sky Arrow
piloted by the general
De Marchis.
Just after the take off the litlle airplane made a
turn, got out of control and crashed on the ground
from an altitude of 150 meters. An istructor
who saw the accident says the airplane stalled
during the turn. The pilot was not able to control
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Dear Angelo, we
will never forget you. |
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The
ADVENTURES
of
ANGELO D'ARRIGO
Sponsored by Icaro Hang
gliders
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About Angelo |
His Web-site:
www.angelodarrigo.com |
His E-mail adress:
info@angelodarrigo.com |
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The
Eagle Man |
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The future Plans: El Condor over the Andes Across the Tanami
desert with Australian Vultures |
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News 2004 |
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Angelo d’Arrigo:
he made it !
On the 24 th of May the “birdman” fulfilled in his venture of flying
over the Everest.
We would like to congratulate Angelo d’Arrigo for his extraordinary venture.
Angelo
succeeded this fantastic undertaking with our serial Stratos.
The tuning of the wing for these altitudes has been carried out by Christian
Ciech
the actual World Champion of Rigid wings
Angelo had 3 Stratos at his disposal, as well as our 4Fight helmet.
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News 2003 |
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Over Everest
Planning stage
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Aerodynamic
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Target of
the research:
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doing the attitude of flight analysis between flight and pilot
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Improve the aerodynamics and the position of the pilot for a optimal CX in order to contrast the heavy
wind blows which are on the Everest (Jet Stream)
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For Icaro it was important
to have confirm that the 4fight helmet together with the MR Tenax harness
create very low turbolence |
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