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		jstanley 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Astrophotographer snaps skydiver falling in front ... Am I right in thinking he flew up there in a paramotor and then jumped off it? What happened to the paramotor? It just crashed in a random place you have no control over?

raddan 5 months ago | [–]

According to the article there was a pilot in addition to a skydiver.

dahart 5 months ago | [–]

There’s a video of the jump in the article. You can kinda see the pilot in the paramotor flying away, as the jumper leaves.

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