Published the 02/05/2025 16:42
Updated the 02/05/2025 17:55
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New Caledonia: to discover its lagoons
(France 2)
3min
The 1 p.m. newspaper headed for New Caledonia and its famous lagoons with turquoise water. Some take advantage of the landscape from the air aboard a paramotor.
From blue to shad, 50 shades of magnificence. In New Caledonia, the lagoon always makes a strong impression. And seen from the sky, it’s even more beautiful. On the small poé aerodrome, last verification before the big thrill. Didier, 67, and Claire, 70, two Creusois retirees, discover the paramotor, a derivative of the paraglider. Count 170 euros for baptism. Under their feet, the shark flaw, 20 meters deep.
Thomas Petit, the pilot, is a former Parisian and former world champion of paramotor. “The feeling of freedom is quite extreme. We are quite open, there is no cockpit. We are on the wind, there is no red light, there is no stop. There is no wall, if we want to turn, we turn”he shared in full flight. After an hour in the sky, return to square one. The couple of holidaymakers are delighted with their flight.
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