Spot the difference ... an albatross and a comp paraglider
Spot the difference ... an albatross and a comp paraglider
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Video: David Attenborough explains paragliding

4 April, 2014, by Cross Country

This is brilliant. Andras Vizler has mashed up a whole bunch of paragliding films with a Living Planet David Attenborough voice-over from 1984. It really works…

Spot the difference ... an albatross and a comp paraglider
Hmm… the wingtips could be sharper. Spotting the difference between an albatross, below, and a comp paraglider, above, can be difficult.

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