So Hamas hang-gliders flew into a stadium and shot up the place. Don't hang-gliders have to launch from a plane or some high position?
Where did they launch from?
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Not 'hang-gliders' (aka parachutes) but paragliders. Self-propelled (think small motor with a big fan. They can take off and land from the ground.
From what I've seen/heard, it seemed to be more of an outdoor, open air theater. Not an actual stadium.
paraplane = modified paraglider + motor
...but usually have a canopy trimmed for powered flight
Ah, thank you.
"No one could have foreseen someone using paraplanes as weapons"- Bush the Lesser 2001'
Well yeah, but the question was, where did they launch from?
I found some video of the Hamas paragliders which shows them taking off from a field rather than being dropped out of an airborne plane. Video is only 35 seconds long, but seems to show one and two man crews. Some paragliders had propellers and lawnmower engines mounted on wheels (see 0:22) and some paragliders had them mounted directly on the back of fighters (see 0:26).
Found this article you may interested in. This was three months prior.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/eu-envoy-paraglides-off-gaza-show-freedom-is-way-forward-2023-07-18/
And if birds can set off the "iron dome"?.........
I expect they launched from within Israel, not Palestine, that’s why the iron dome didn’t go off and there was no need to shut it down. Explains also why the pilots and shooters had masks. We all know it was a false flag to justify levelling Gaza.
Could be.
Are they really 'real', tho? They looked a little like those parachute army guys we used to get at birthday parties...just sayin.
There are 2 kinds of powered paragliders:
Tricycle with wheels and propeller in the back
Propeller attaches as backpack to the pilot
They remind me of this:
https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=wizard+of+oz+videos%2c+flying+monkeys&mid=67631219C3A5023260BC67631219C3A5023260BC&FORM=VIRE
What does Pelosi's pets have to do with paragliders?
Kek....
The video of them approaching the festival triggered the old memory of the Wizard of Oz... Winged hussies swooping down on hapless ravers.. 😎
If someone had had prior warning a paraglider would have been a sitting duck. Just saying. kek
I wonder what the range is on those things. Would the first concert venue have been to far?
That's my thinking. Yad think. .
They were in tandem paramoters. On guy flies the other had his AK shooting people on the ground.
It wouldn't matter if they had a machine gun. They fly in a straight line, and it is easy as hell to hit things that cannot maneuver quickly with a rifle. Even a bolt action could have filled them with holes, and Israel had three days warning they were coming.