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Kyle Macdonald Wolochatiuk

SFFL: 44
Date: July 26, 2015
Nationality: Canadian
Location: First Peak of Stawamus Chief, Squamish, BC, Canada
COD: Impact Trees / Proximity Flying
Ground Launching or Skiing: Ground Launching
Wing Type: Sky Country Escape 11^2 (120 sft)
Wing loading: Unknown
Age: 40
Experience: Unknown
Beacon/Locator/Etc (Spot, in Reach, Recco, GPS): Unknown

Description:

Kyle Macdonald-Wolochatiuk, 40 years old fell around 500 metres to the bottom of Stawamus Chief cliff after hitting a tree shortly after launching.

After launching with trimmers open in no wind/slight tail with possible damp wing, Kyle clipped a tree on the cliff and impacted the cliff face.


http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Speed+flyer+dies+after+plunging+metres+Stawamus+Ch ief/11246749/story.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kyle-macdonald-wolochatiuk-killed-in-b-c-speed-flying-accident-1.3170284
http://globalnews.ca/news/2133785/former-ontario-resident-dies-in-speed-flying-incident-on-stawamus-chief/



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