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From the top of Williams Peak at the northern tip of Summit County, Frisco’s Charlie Martin has officially launched a local adaptive paragliding program. Under the Project Airtime umbrella, Martin took two passengers, Danelle Herra. ....
Photo from Charlie Martin A local paraglider wants to bring an adaptive paragliding program to Summit County next summer. Charlie Martin of Frisco, a member of the Rocky Mountain Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association, is looking to raise $10,000 to start the program. Martin said he wants to bring a program to the state similar to the Utah-based Project Airtime, a nonprofit that pairs a trained pilot with a guest in an adaptive chair in a tandem format. Project Airtime has provided a tandem paragliding experience to people with special needs, brain and spinal cord injuries, and illness as well as the elderly and veterans. ....