Becoming an Airplane: PM'S DAREDEVIL-AT-LARGE TAKES OFF IN A POWERED PARAGLIDER

摘要

I'M STANDING AT THE EDGE OF A FIELD in southern Florida, strapped to another man in a harness of aluminum tubing and nylon webbing like a pantomime horse. I'm in front; veteran paragliding pilot Paul Czarnecki is in back. It's early morning, and the air is calm and quiet except for the roar of the 15-hp two-stroke engine strapped to Czarnecki's back. Behind him, 230 square feet of ripstop nylon lies spread out in an arc. "Let's go!" he says.