A famous steep sided river valley known as the Rappenlochschlucht in Austria is set to be reopened after a massive rockfall closed it in 2011. The Austrian town of Dornbirn has now agreed to invest between 300,000 and 500,000 Euros in the project to put a tunnel along the side of the river that is […]
Two people were killed in an air traffic accident in Salzburg this morning (Thurs).The so-called microlight aircraft caught fire after it touched an overhead cable near Leogang. Both passengers the German pilot and a not yet identified person died.Reports have it that the man sent off an emergency call moments before the crash.The […]
An elderly paraglider was taken to a clinic after a crash landing.The 60-year-old man wanted to touch down on a football pitch in Schnifis in Vorarlbergs Feldkirch district when his glider grazed nearby trees on Sunday afternoon. He plunged to the ground from around eight metres.The paraglider was transported to a clinic in Feldkirch via […]
Daredevil skydiver Paul Steiner pulled off a breathtaking stunt as he somersaulted from one glider to another 2,000 metres in the air.The Salzburg-based extreme sports athlete first crawled from the cockpit of one Blanik L-13 glider above the Styrian Alps, before flipping himself under the wing to land on the second aircraft flying below.Steiner […]