Aug 12/14 – Very nice note from Pat

Very nice note from Pat – former student Spring 2013

Hi Andre,

Just a bit of an update on my awesome flying​ life since finishing your course May 9 2013. I am still flying the Kangook Classic with Moster 185 engine while using a reflex Apco Force Medium 27 meter wing. Like any engine running at such high RPMs I have had issues but over all I am glad I was handy enough to fix them all myself and get back in the air.

It’s been well over a year that I have been qualified but I did not fly at all during the winter…so this month makes exactly one year of flying. I thought I would share some stats with you:

– 101 flights (YAY Awsome to get that under my belt!

– 2067 km in the air

– 3821 minutes (63 hrs)

– Approximately 275 litres of gas and 7 litres of oil

– $$$ As for parts needed for stupid mistakes, I wont get into that!! :-)

I’ve flown all around the areas in the Ottawa and have several sites to choose from and also belong to a paramotor club in Gatineau across the river. I love flying by myself but it’s also nice get out with other pilots as well.

Thanks for your great guidance, fast parts delivery and superior teaching! I am sure as most of your students have said before…” I wish I had started 10 years earlier!”

Patrick
C-IKDT
Ottawa Ontario

Aug 11/14 pm – PPG course with Gaetan, Ben and Tommy

Very windy at first. Winds started to die around 8:30 pm but the rain began. No one flew tonight. Tommy has got it though, he will solo next time we fly.

Jazz on left and Tippy on right

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You sign up for my PPG ours and I promise you will see those ladies.

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Aug 11/14 am – PPG course with Gaetan, Ben and Tommy

Ben flew twice more. Gaetan, managed his first solo! Tommy will fly soon.

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Aug 10/14 pm – PPG course with Gaetan, Ben and Tommy

Ben flew. Congrats on your first solo!

Tommy and Gaetan will fly soon.

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Aug 10/14 am – PPG course with Gaetan, Ben and Tommy

Motor work and ground handling.

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Aug 9/14 – PPG course with Gaetan, Ben and Tommy

The usual morning and early afternoon at Peaks. Ground school completed. The off to the field for ground handling. Ben is almost ready to fly!

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Aug 8/14 – Tandem with Phil and Dave

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Aug 1/14 – Gas to Sudbury

Just looking at my gas receipt after I have topped up in Sudbury. I have burned 95.7 l of 100 LL and flew 2.8 hrs including run up, taxing and so on. So this puppy takes 34.17 liters per hour flying at 112 Kts which is 208 km/h.

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July 29/14 – The service you get

After arriving at Sudbury airport in a private plane we taxied to Shell station to gas up and were treated like gold. Super friendly service, they let us tie down plane at no charge and I even got a free hat!

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I do not know if this a standard practice, maybe the fact that I was with 2 very good looking ladies had something to do with it…

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July 27/14 – Nice note from Mark

Hey Andre,

Just a word of thanks for your patience and expertise in getting things sorted with my harness. I think I had a smile on my face all the way home today after having a couple successful flights in rather challenging conditions. Now that the number of flights where I’ve gotten into the seat equals the number where I’ve been hanging from my naughty bits, things are looking up! Have a good holiday and maybe I’ll see you at UPAC.

Mark