Flying from Mizen to Malin by paramotor makes history

An adventurer and polar explorer, always on the lookout for new challenges, has become the first person to fly from Mizen Head to Malin Head by a paramotor.

Travelling at heights of up to 10,000ft, sometimes in sub-zero temperatures, Mike O’Shea completed the 590km journey over three days.

Also known as powered paragliding, paramotoring involves a small motor with a propeller — worn like a backpack by the flyer — under a paraglider wing.