May 10/17 – PPG course day 5 pm
Sat at the field for 4 hrs hoping for wind to die off but it did not. Time wasted for all.
I went for quick flight to test air and it was awful.
E and ENE are terrible wind directions.
Archive for year: 2017
May 10/17 – PPG course day 5 am
Sheldon is still working on his kiting. It is getting better. We are now adding turns to forward.
Mr E managed 3 more flights this am with last landing right on the field road and canopy falling onto the prickly bushes. It was fun to get it out.
Did not manage to
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May 9/17 – PPG course day 4 am
More ground handling. Mr E is ready to solo. Sheldon still needs bit more work on the kite.
May 8/17 – PPG course day 3 pm
The wind did not die till last hour before sunset. We reverse handled. I di demo flights to demonstrate proper take off and landing in eluding big ears maneuver. Sheldon tried few forwards and Mr E kited with motor on his back.
May 8/17 – PPG course day 3 am
Started at 8 am with nice 15 km/h winds. Mr E locked the kiting in and I wall able to get him to work with hand throthle and I also gave him hand full of rope hand tows. If all is well, he will fly tonight.
Sheldon is right behind. he is trying to buy home in Niagara and he needs to cut some sessions short. He can now kite in reverse, still some minor mistakes but lot better then yesterday.
May 7/17 – PPG course day 2 am
Got together this am and went over the paramotor pre-start/pre-flight procedures. Covered how to prime the engine, how to safely start it. Learned how to untangle lines and hook up for forward and reverse. Both Mr E and Sheldon picked it up real quick.
May 6/17 – PPG course
Two students in this course.
Mr E does not want to be featured on my web so there will be only pics related to Sheldon.
Ground school done – finished at 4:30. Raining outside so no trip to the field.
Apr 26/16 – Manuel and Maciej
Great afternoon at the field.
Manuel came to work on his ground handling. He is making a switch from ultralight aeroplane to PPG.
He almost has it locked in. He has to work bit more as his glider is not as user friendly as the Cima K 2 that I have been using for last 4 seasons.
Maciej was on fire – 12 flights.
All well done except 1 cross wind landing with bit of a belly flop into the muddy bean field. We have practiced forced landings – well done. Maciej passed on both landings. He is now taking off and landing on his own.
Next time it is big ears emergency descend practice and steep turns
