Taking a flight, hoping to win
The Hindu
Prabhu Sukumar Das from Hyderabad is one of the six members who will represent India in the World Paramotor Championship 2022
Prabhu Sukumar Das, a Telangana-based entrepreneur who introduced paragliding and paramotoring in the state through his company Vertical World Aerosports and Adventure will be representing India in the World Paramotor Championship 2022 to be at Brazil. in April.
Sukumar is one of the six pilots from India (only one from south India) to be participating in the championship. Sukumar says, “We will be participating as a team. Our group training involving various techniques we will be judged begins from the first week of April. Until then we are to practise on our own, work on timing and techniques.”
All participating pilots must have 120 flying hours and an should hold Federation Aeronautic International license.

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