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Manx paragliders caught in action on Google Earth.
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Isle of Man Newspapers (Douglas, England)
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August 1, 2008
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NEXT time you look at Google Earth take a peak around Snaefell and you will see paragliders caught in action.
Dan Wood, acting chairman of the Manx Paragliding and Hang-Gliding Club, says the images were taken at around 4pm on July 15, 2006 - but club members only found out that they featured on them a few weeks ago.
'The pictures were taken when we were running a flying competition,' he said.
'We didn't know it then but at the same time aerial photographs that appear on Google Earth were being taken.
'By sheer luck at the exact same moment that a task for pilots was started the aerial photography must have begun as pilots are pictured along the course from ...
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