Microlight under the Severn Bridge

This video was anonymously sent to us at Powered Adventure.
The maker tells us in a note attached with it, that during a very heavy beer session in 1989, they had decided that on Sunday morning they would fly under the Wye Bridge, a suspension Bridge joining the main Severn Bridge. As they approached the Bridge The Wye Bridge looked very small, so they decided to duck under the main bridge. Whist flying level with the Bridge the passenger managed to wave to some kids on a bus travelling over the Bridge.
You will notice when the reach dry land at Chepstow the passengers hand waves like mad, in relief, because an engine failure (of their 2 stroke engine) into the fast moving tidal waters of the Severn in January would have been disastrous.

Powered Adventure does NOT condone this kind of flying and recommends that pilots adhere strictly to UK Air Law

Paragliding Merthyr Hang Gliding Site at Night

Oct 1st 1994 a couple of members of the Black Sheep Squadron where having a quite drink in the Whistle Inn Blaenavon, someone mentioned it was flyable a nice westerly straight on Merthyr.
We got some torches and a radio, the chicks went to the bottom landing field with a torch. Martin Sims (proprietor Powered Adventure), Neil Langdon and Phil New Zealand tied torches to their ankles.
We set up headlights on the take off to allow us to rig, the take off was just in and out of cloud base and small broken cloud.
With a small speck of light in the distance the flights were completed safely. Here is a snapshot of the flight...