LUMBERTON - Let the party begin. Today, Robesonians will huddle in bars, homes, churches and other dens to celebrate one of America's pastimes - Super Bowl Sunday, when the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears collide for supremacy.Thinking Like Henry Ford... And Toyota Commercial aircraft manufacturers are taking a lesson from the auto industry in making their operations more efficient and flexible. First Word Headlines: There's nothing really new today in the case of Lisa Marie Nowak, the astronaut who went on a 900-mile mission, wearing diapers so she wouldn't have to stop, in an alleged plot to kidnap and kill a female Air Force captain she saw as a rival to her great love, fellow astronaut Bill Oefelein. But that hasn't kept quippy copy editors from having a field day, sampled ...Aero-Linx! You can build the "DC-3 of paper airplanes", including upturned wingtips that prevent wingtip vortex, a long tail that gives directional stability.CRESTED BUTTE - A snow groomer at Crested Butte Mountain Resort died when he either got out or fell out of his Snocat and got pulled under the track. The victim, Chris Mikesell, had grown up in Kansas, then studied at Western State College in Gunnison.A world-class paraglider survived being sucked into the eye of a deadly thunderstorm over Australia. She landed after reaching altitudes of more than 32,000 feet and surviving oxygen deprivation, freezing temperatures and unconsciousness.Sydney (dpa) - A German paraglider training for next week's world championships in Australia survived minus-40-degree temperatures when she was sucked up to an altitude at which passenger jets fly.A German champion paraglider said Friday she did not believe she would survive when she was lifted higher than Mount Everest by a thunderstorm that killed a Chinese paraglider in eastern Australia.

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A woman spent nine hours trapped 30 metres (100 feet) above the ground in the canopy of a tree in southern Australia after she crash-landed her paraglider, police reported.France prepares for Guinea evacuation Ships and planes ready for French, Lebanese and US citizens AFRICAN leaders pressured Guinea yesterday to resolve the crisis that led to martial law being imposed in the West African nation, and France said it was preparing for a possible evacuati...PARK CITY, Utah A 49-year-old skier died after apparently crashing into trees at Park City Mountain Resort, a spokeswoman said Thursday. Brett Pendleton was unconscious when discovered in trees near the Pay Day run Wednesday. He was wearing a helmet, resort spokeswoman Krista Parry said.

A 30-year-old paraglider pilot has been rescued after being trapped 30 metres off the ground in the Gold Coast hinterland.By Rob TaylorA NSW Ambulance Service rescue helicopter has responded to the accident at Manilla, north of Tamworth, after the paraglider fell to the ground from a height of eight metres about 3pm (AEDT) today.A paraglider spent almost nine hours trapped up a tree after she crash-landed in a forest canopy, Victorian Police say.PARK CITY -- A 49-year-old skier died after apparently crashing into trees at Park City Mountain Resort, a spokeswoman said Thursday.CRESTED BUTTE - A snow groomer at Crested Butte Mountain Resort died when he either got out or fell out of his Snocat and got pulled under the track. The victim, Chris Mikesell, had grown up in Kansas, then studied at Western State College in Gunnison.Britain's top woman paraglider told yesterday how she cheated death after two huge eagles attacked her, sending her into freefall, 8,200ft (2,500m) above the Australian Outback. Nicky Moss, 38....

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Dramatic landscape plus inventive daredevils equals adrenaline-junkie heaven. Cape Town is one city that fits the bill, says Alexandra Ferguson.Hundreds of turkeys on a Suffolk poultry farm have been killed by bird flu, experts have confirmed.Government vets say the H5 strain of the virus was detected.For many Coloradans, winter means skiing as surely as January means stock show. But the state's barrel of cold-weather fun is hardly capped by what can be seen between ski tips.A weekly column featuring reader photos."I heard screeching behind me and a eagle flew down and attacked me, swooping down and bouncing into the side of my wing with its claws," Moss told Reuters on Friday.A British tourist who fell to his death from the top floor of a Mexican hotel was due to be best man at a wedding, it has emerged.Adrian Fletche... Italy has indefinitely suspended all international and domestic football matches after a policeman was killed during riots.The officer w... PARK CITY -- A 49-year-old skier died after apparently crashing into trees at Park City Mountain Resort, a spokeswoman said Thursday. Brett Pendleton was unconscious when discovered in trees near the Pay Day run Wednesday. He was wearing a helmet, resort spokeswoman Krista Parry said. A Park City Mountain Resort skier died on the slopes Wednesday, the resort said midday Thursday. According to a statement from the resort, Brett Pendleton was reported missing at about 4:40 p.m. Ski patrollers were alerted and found him close to the resort's popular PayDay run, an intermediate slope.A Draper skier, well known locally as part of Park City Mountain Resort's Masters racing group, died after a wreck at the resort on Wednesday.Britain's top female paraglider has cheated death after being attacked by a pair of "screeching" wild eagles while competing in Australia.

What does flying a kite have to do with sailing? ERIK KIRSCHBAUM finds out.A daredevil flier very nearly performed his last feat today, just managing to escape when his hang-glider broke up around him midair. Chuck Berry's new style hang glider smashed in pieces into the side of Queenstown's Coronet Peak seconds after he managed to deploy his reserve parachute.Cape Town mountain rescue officials have urged paragliders to exercise extreme caution when taking off from Lion's Head after another incident involving a city visitor.A skier who died after an accident on the slopes at Park City Mountain resort this week apparently ran into some trees. A HAWK-EYED teenager and his sister have put the wind back in the sails of a Masterton paraglider after stumbling upon his stolen gear on Wednesday.The 32-year-old tourist, an experienced paraglider, was attempting to take off from the top of the mountain at Emuvale, near Warwick, when a strong gust of wind caused one side of the machine to collapse about 3.20pm (AEST) yesterday, police said. The sky is definitely the limit for 10-year-old Shrikanta Pol, who is set to attempt an entry into the Limca Book of Records as the 'Youngest and Smallest Paraglider in India'. On January 28, Pol will take off from a height of approximately 1500 ft at the Kanifa hill near Dive Ghat and attempt to stay in the air for as long as possible. If she succeeds, she will also be the youngest girl to ...Paragliders have been warned not to fly in unfamiliar terrain without an experienced local pilot after a visitor crashed into Lion's Head in Cape Town at dusk.EAGLE COUNTY Some people might think Dave Champaign is crazy to paraglide in single-digit temperatures.

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Race Site - He is a surfer, scuba diver, paraglider, sailor, rally driver, white-water rafter, cave explorer, Amazon survivor and motocrosser. "The world is there to be discovered," he said. But even that might not have prepared him for the Dunlop Drivers Cup Reuters - kite tethered to a mast, has successfully undergone years of trial runs and Bremen shipowner Beluga Shipping believes it will help its vessels cut fuel use by 15 to 20 percent. The "MV Beluga SkySails", now being built and fitted with a paraglider San Diego Union-Tribune - The basic beginner program (Paraglider I rating) is a three- to four-day program that costs $895 and the novice rating is a 12- to 16-day program, which includes your beginner and novice certification (Paraglider I and Paraglider II) for $1495Deseret News - A paraglider sails past the half moon in the late afternoon as dozens of hang gliders and parasailors fill the skies at Point of the Mountain in Draper. Read story | More photosTribune - Lack of safety norms and technical expertise have turned the Solang valley from a paraglider s dream destination to a nightmarish experience, says Kuldeep Chauhan The Solang valley, a heaven for paragliders, is no longer safe. The death of a Domican Today - Jerusalem. An Israeli man was stuck in the middle of a minefield near the Syrian border Saturday after crashing his paraglider and severely injuring himself. The unidentified man took off from a peak in the Golan Heights and drifted east toward Open Democracy - The only time I have seen my father agreeing with a priest was when he and Father Elijah shook heads as I, seventeen and proud of my first purchase of any mode of rebellious transportation, unpacked a paraglider on the lawn. What shocked the