Fifteen years without Angelo D’Arrigo, the man born to fly

Exactly 15 years have passed since Angelo D’Arrigo left us. On 26 March 2006, in fact, the famous catanese aviator and hang glider, holder of several world records, lost his life by crashing with an aircraft during a demonstration in Comiso. The memory of Angelo D’Arrigo is always alive in family and friends, but also in those who have always admired an extraordinary man who with his incredible sporting achievements has truly reached the top of the world.

“In 2001 – explains his son Gabriele, president of the Etna Fly sports association – dad flew over the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea following the route of the migratory hawks. The following year he was the protagonist of the Siberia hang-gliding crossing. On 24 May 2004, with the Icaro Stratos, a model of hang glider with rigid wings, he achieved another world record, flying over Everest at an altitude of about 9 thousand meters. In this circumstance he was forced to endure a temperature of just over 50 ° below zero. He was however prepared both physically and psychologically to face this memorable undertaking “.

“My father, thanks also to the flight – concludes Gabriele – taught me to see the world from a different angle. We need to change perspective to really know things. From him I learned that it is necessary to appreciate everything from Nature and respect it, as well as it is necessary. respect the man too. Never take anything for granted and never look down on someone, except to help him get up. My father will always remain in my heart and in that of those who admired him, because he was truly a great man, beyond the many records in the sporting field “.

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