Image via Facebook A grandfather has sadly plummeted to his death after falling more than 650 feet in a hang gliding accident ...

“He was a denizen of Topanga. He fit in good,” said Malury Silberman, a friend who met him through the Sylmar Hang Gliding Assn. “Kind of a grown-up hippie — never a harsh word out of the guy.

A grandfather tragically plunged to his death during a hang gliding flight in southern Brazil. Ricardo Stecanella, 52, was taking off from a mountain near a highway known as Serra de Rocinha in ...