Paraglider Jason Turner
When Jason Turner was young he always had a fascination with flying. Constantly travelling in small planes to see his extended family, he wanted to know what it felt like to fly himself. When he started his career as a freight driver, he finally had the ability to just take the plunge and tried out hang gliding on recommendation from friends.
He was instantly addicted to it.
Meet Jason Turner, whose fascination with flying has lifted him to new heights as he has turned the hobby into a profession, breaking records and teaching others along the way. Nine
He was soon given a redundancy from his job which turned out to be a blessing in disguise and, much to his parents' irritation, instead of buying a house he bought a hang glider and Kombie van and his career in the sky started to take off. With the growth of the sport, this soon led to countless competitions, then teaching and then his own business.
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Now having been in the sky since the early 90's Jason still gets out as much as possible, and even takes his young daughter (whose dream is to be a paragliding instructor) out with him to join in on the fun.
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