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23*S 44*W/Flying down to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Note: The video requires a high-speed Internet connection. If you only see an empty or black box above, you most likely don't have the latest Adobe Flash Player 9 update 3 and later. You can download it here. To view the Hang-gliding at full-screen, click the square button in the video's bottom right corner. To scroll through the 8 minutes click onto the menu above right. After a brief flight procedure explanation you will be ready for your tanden flight ride. You have just to run-off the ramp when the instructors says 1-2-3-GO! Take off from Pedra Bonita (The pretty rock) at a height of 2000 ft. Flying over forest (The Tijuca's National park), ocean and beach, before landing in the sand of popular Sao Conrado Pepino beach which eight minutes ago was about Ft 2000 and 10 miles below! If you have insufficient streaming bandwidth, you can download the FLV files and play them on your desktop in Adobe Media Player: Flying Down to Rio (30MB)
