Prompted by a recent arm vs prop accident whose aftermath I was present for, I’ve created this to show how a simple fix can dramatically improve your results. More information is available at the bottom of the page on http://www.FootFlyer.com.
Powered Paragliding can be very safe or very dangerous. Unlike its risk-mate motorcycling, safety is almost entirely up to us, the paramotor pilot.
Always get thorough instruction from a USPPA certified instructor who uses the syllabus. Make sure to ask.
What a useful skill it is to be able to land where you want. Anybody who flies anything should know how to put their aircraft down when power ceases. We PPGers are lucky in how small of a place we can alight, even landing on tiny targets like Frisbees. But trying too hard for that spot can be deadly.
Here are the reasons why pilots hurt themselves when trying just a bit too hard for an exact landing target.
We got a request for help from the Chairman of the Wildlife Action Group International in Malawi. They’re putting up an electric fence to protect the village areas from crop raiding elephants (see www.wildlifeactiongroup.org) but can’t close the fence since 10 elephants are still on the outside. So they’re looking for a skilled paramotor pilot volunteer could help coral the elephants into the preserve.
A Nelson, B.C., man says he will launch a powered paraglider from a school ball field, kicking off a 10,000-kilometre cross-Canada trip – and his dream to fly. Benjamin Jordan, 28, said he’s taking on the challenge starting Friday morning to raise money so children can attend summer camp. He also wants to set a world powered-paragliding record. During the summer of 2006, Jordan was one of four men to skateboard to Vancouver from Halifax, some 8,000 kilometres, to raise money for breast cancer research. “I’m pretty keen on pushing boundaries,” he said. “I like problem solving.” Jordan’s paraglider is essentially an aerodynamic parachute powered by a 110 CC, two-stroke engine. He’ll take off from a school in Tofino, B.C., flying to Port Alberni on the first day. Jordan hopes to land in St. John’s, N.L., by Aug. 30. A support crew will follow him along the way. “My childhood dream has been to fly,” he said. Jordan said he began going to day camp when he was about five and attended his first overnight camp at age eight. By the age of 16, Jordan said, he was a camp counsellor. Going to camp made him realize he could do just about anything, he said. “The summer camp experience has been absolutely invaluable in my life and I was fortunate enough to be sent to a subsidized camp in my youth.” Jordan, who’s looking for donations, said the trip is expected cost about $20,000, including the money for a school bus bought at an auction. According to Guinness World Records 2009, the title for the longest journey by powered paraglider is held by American resident Bob Holloway. Between June 18 and July 12, 2004, Holloway flew his powered paraglider 4,150 kilometres along the Lewis and Clark Trail to Washington, Mo., from Astoria, Ore.
More on this story soon.
Three & four wheeled carts – as opposed to “foot launch” flying.
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