Adam Parer, who could often be seen looping his glider off the
Merewether launch and over Bar Beach near Newcastle, NSW, died yesterday
afternoon crashing into a house.

Adam on the left competing at Gulgong in 2005.

Adam was a good friend and we had great times with him. He often competed and
caused quite a stir when he demonstrated just how strong a harness needed to be
when he deployed near Gulgong. You can read the stories in the back issues of
the Oz Report (see links below). He worked as a fireman in Newcastle.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/hangglider-dies-after-crashing-into-house-20140831-10aok3.html

Witnesses say a hang-glider who died when he crashed into the
front of a house opposite a Newcastle beach on Sunday afternoon had been
undertaking advanced aerobatics in the moments before the crash.

The man, 46, was killed instantly when he crashed into the front of a house at
Bar Beach about 3pm, after earlier clipping power lines.

One witness was filming the man as he performed the maneuvers and captured the
subsequent crash. The footage has been handed over to police.

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2525455/fatal-hang-glider-crash-at-bar-beach-adam-parer-killed/?cs=303

"There were a lot of hang-gliders out, [Mr Parer] was doing some
amazing moves, stuff I’ve never seen before, he was doing 360s, so I got my
iPhone out and I started filming it," Mr Ravel said.

"I was filming him going into a 360 and he looked like he was about to hit
another hang-glider.

"He has pulled up from that – it looked like he pulled up to save the collision
– and then he went vertical and it looked like the wind got him and it was
taking him away from the beach and towards the houses.

"Then he started flipping over and over again pretty quickly and the bar went
out of his hands and as soon as that happened he lost all control, he was free
falling essentially. He hit the power line on the way through before he went
into the property."

"To me he looked like he was saving somebody else’s life," Mr Ravel said. "It
could have been a mid-air collision between two hang-gliders and it could have
been twice as bad, but I think he probably put himself in a situation like that
to try and save someone else’s life."

The previous accident:

http://ozreport.com/1262308339

http://ozreport.com/docs/AdamParerAccidentReport.pdf

http://ozreport.com/1271859231