[BNM] Propeller falling from the sky at Brighton Marina

[shaun.numb at gmail.com]

Last night the strangest thing happened:

I was at Brighton Marina last night (29th Aug) with the Wessex  
Networks gang watching an engine-assisted paraglider circle around.  
The engine that was powering it's movement was making a very healthy  
humming sound. After watching it for around a minute this hum became  
very high-pitched - all of a sudden someone shouted 'heads', and then  
there was a loud snapping noise. It turns out this was the propeller  
of the engine-propelled paraglider falling to the ground from at  
least three-hundred metres. The propeller, not small in size,  
narrowly missed somebody in a convertible car. The paraglider turned  
around (did a runner) and looked like it was going to Brighton race  
course, whilst on the ground the Marina security personnel were  
radioing in the strange turn of events.

See my photos here: http://tinyurl.com/ypmqaq

Shaun

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