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| In memory of Johan Håkansson, July 3, 1968 - October 21, 2006 |
This is our memorial web page for Johan Håkansson, created from the original posts on the Wind Lines site. Please help us honor Johan by posting your good wishes and condolences here.
| Pictures of Johan from friends and colleagues on Oahu |
| Pictures of Johan from Thomas Håkansson |
| Pictures of Johan and Peter in South America, from Robert |
| Pictures of family and friends at the memorial, from Marcelo |
On October 21, 2006, one of our best loved paraglider pilots died after a flying accident at Makapuu. Johan Håkansson had been flying for four years, and was known as one of our most enthusiastic pilots. He leaves behind many family members and friends in Sweden, and many colleagues, friends and fellow pilots here on Oahu. We will all miss him dearly.
 | This web page is maintained by Johan's friends in the Hawaii Paragliding Association. Please contact us if you have any questions or problems regarding the page. |
1 Comments:
Bob
Goodbye Yohan: I will remember your wide smile.
Brazilian Ray
Johan will be missed. My condolences goes to the family.
Ray
Onomea Eric
Very Sorry to hear this. Just met Johan, and found him to be one of the good people in this world. Was looking forward to flying with him. My condolences to his family. Know that he had the courage to really live life.
Eric
Nick
I will miss Johan. He was such a pleasant fellow. Boy did he love to fly. I wish the best for his family.
paliglydr
Thank you, Johan, for the times you shared with us. Pilot lore has it that for every flight there a launch and a landing. Every flight, that is, but the last. Johan has launched and left us on his last flight. Peace be with you, brother.
"May the wind under your wing bear you to where the Sun sails and the Moon walks."
Russell
The Dangler
I did not know Johan well, yet he was a part of my family. Paragliding does that - it creates family. Now I have lost the opportunity to get to know one of my family members better.
Leaving my family here in Hawaii is harder than you know, losing family is terrible.
I am asking all my friends and family to think more about what we do, to really look at the hazards that our flying sites present us with new eyes, and then act accordingly.
To Johan's family, I am so very sorry.
Gregory Yount
aka The Dangler
Gravity
I was truly devastated at the news of Johan's accident. Just last week we started to hang out with each other.
We went out on the boat to Waikiki and had a great time talking all day about risk management and the love of flying. He loved to fly airplanes, and just told me he was thinking of taking up aviation as his career. He told me that he might be moving to Alaska to look for a job and try to follow Scot's career path.
We talked about how he loved to fly his paraglider and was thinking of getting a new wing. We talked about only flying when the conditions were perfect and he said wasn't into flying Acro or flying on marginal days.
The next day and the following week we discussed the purchase of his sailboat. Which I bought from him. We agreed that he could still use it, and we would share the costs of storage. He brought me the sails to Diamond head last week, then did a short flight to the beach after deciding the winds were good and his launch was flawless.
I was to call him upon my return and we were to set a date to go out in the boat.
Yes, Dave, Doug and I are absolutely gutted at the loss of our friend.
Here's a poem I came across years ago at Duff King's Memorial:
The past and the future hold all imaginings and tether us to our mortal wings
But leaving time behind we cast off the weight of the world arcing into the air of wingless flight
It is only two steps to anywhere;
The first you ever take, and each endless step into the present.
Johan earned his wings.
Pete Michelmore
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