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British Army major, 35, killed after hitting tree at 100mph in paragliding accident
Danger dive: Major Matthew Blake lost control as he executed a risky aerobatic maneuovre
A British Army officer has been killed in a paragliding accident during an adventure training exercise in southern Spain.
Major Alexander Blake, 35, who was secretary of the Army Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association, died when he lost control of his paragliding canopy and smashed into a tree at high speed, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range near Granada.
The tragedy is thought to have happened as he attempted a risky manoeuvre known as a spiral dive to lose height rapidly.
Major Blake, who was married and lived near Bath, Somerset, had recently posted messages in a web chatroom discussing a new paragliding canopy which he had just bought, and describing his efforts to get used to the unfamiliar, high-performance equipment.
Local Civil Guard officers were examining his equipment as part of their investigation into the tragedy, which happened at around 6pm on Wednesday in the village of Cenes de la Vega, a beauty spot popular with paragliders and hang gliders.
Onlookers said he died at the scene after smashing into a tree next to the village sports centre.
One witness, who asked not to be named, said: "He lost control of his paraglider as he attempted an acrobatic manoeuvre known in the sport as a spiral dive.
"It's basically an way of losing height rapidly by braking and shifting your body weight.
"He tried to open his emergency parachute but he was too low to react in time and smashed into a tree.
"He was already dead by the time emergency services reached the scene."
The area where the accident happened has hosted several national and international paragliding competitions.
Police say the weather conditions were perfect for paragliding at the time.
Major Blake had helped to organise the trip - described by the Ministry of Defence as an official adventure training exercise, with a number of fellow-soldiers.
The AHPA is the governing body for Hang Gliding and Paragliding in the British Army.
Mr Blake posted a message on a paragliding internet chat site a month ago saying he had just purchased a new 100kg parachute, known as a Zulu, and was having trouble getting used to it.
He wrote: "The difference in performance is noticeable - although I did overshoot my landing spot on my first flight - the thing wanted to fly alot more than my old wing!!.
"I have experienced a few collapses (up to 50 per cent), which I am not used to - but that said, the wing is very easy to control when it happens, and although slightly slow to come out (ie it needed me to help it), the net effect of the collapses have all been reassuringly unspectacular!"
He added: "I do not fly as much as I would like to and often have a number of weeks (even months) between flights."
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