Video of midair with tow rope

Gap tallard airport is a very busy airport in the middle of the French
Alps,surrounded by high mountains. Due to the fact that a Brittish
glider pilot caught a free falling parachutist a few years ago (
followed by a manslaughter case) there is an exclusion zone of 5km
around the airport.(The parachuting business is a 7 day a week
operation.) The guy might have been lucky to be hit by a tow rope
instead of a bunch of freefalling tourists.




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mart

mart wrote:
> Gap tallard airport is a very busy airport in the middle of the French
> Alps,surrounded by high mountains. Due to the fact that a Brittish
> glider pilot caught a free falling parachutist a few years ago (
> followed by a manslaughter case) there is an exclusion zone of 5km
> around the airport.(The parachuting business is a 7 day a week
> operation.) The guy might have been lucky to be hit by a tow rope
> instead of a bunch of freefalling tourists.

Not flown in France and not familaiar with Gap although of course I did
hear of the skydiver/glider accident.

What/who is excluded from the zone? What is the airspace type?


Andy