Air sports
Parachutists leap from hot air balloons in tourism hotspot
Looking for their dose of adrenaline, parachute enthusiasts have taken to Pamukkale, a tourism hotspot in the Aegean province of Denizli known for its white travertines, and jumped from hot air balloons.
Paraglider dies after clash in Fethiye, 2 injured
Orkut Baysal, one of the athletes of the National Paragliding Team, lost his life as two parachutes collided and fell during the landing in southwestern province of Muğla's Fethiye district.
On April 29, 30-year-old professional paraglider Orkut Baysal jumped from the 1,700-meter runway of Babadağ in Ölüdeniz neighborhood with Andaç Ünsal, whom he was currently training.
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Official flies home with wingsuit every day after work
A Turkish official working at a cable car facility company in Turkey's southwest flies his way to his house in his wingsuit every day after work, having an experience that may be considered breathtaking for some.
Official dons wingsuit every day to get home
An official working at a cable car facility in Fethiye's Mount Babadağ flies his way to his house in his wingsuit every day after work.
Cengiz Koçak began parachuting in 1991 by jumping off from airplanes when he was a cadet and became a free-type paratrooper while serving as a non-commissioned officer in the Kayseri 1st Commando Brigade.
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Paraglider flies with bike over Pamukkale
A professional tandem paraglider recently flew over the white thermal pools of the southwestern Pamukkale region with a motorcycle he tied to his parachute.
Hasan Kaval, who took off by riding the motorcycle attached to the parachute, recorded his flight with an action camera over the travertines for 20 minutes and landed in the Kocaçukur region.
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Greek, US and Skopje Special forces take part in joint military drill
They are co-training in free fall jumps
Female paragliders fly tourists over southwest Turkey
Seven Turkish female pilots of one of the world's best-known centers for paragliding offer tourists the opportunity to fly high above the Mediterranean landscape of southwestern Turkey.
Rescue Teams Help Two Injured Paragliders near Dupnitsa
Mountain Rescue Service teams have helped two injured paragliders, the Mountain Rescue Service told Focus News Agency. The two men were injured in paragliding accidents near Dupnitsa. The rescuers have conducted two operations. One of the men is a Japanese. Both were taken to hospital in good condition.
Video shows last moments of two paragliders who died in Fethiye
A video circulating on the internet shows the last moments of a Turkish paragliding pilot and a Pakistani paraglider as they plunged to their deaths in a tandem paraglide accident on April 15.
102-year-old great-granny becomes ’oldest’ skydiver
A 102-year-old great-grandmother is believed to have become the world’s oldest skydiver after plunging 14,000 feet (4,300 metres) through the South Australian sky.