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.
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 […]
Kited with trainers then broke the engines in then more kiting with regular size gliders. VIDEO
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.
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.
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 […]
Maciej did first solo and 3 more flights. All very well done. He is a natural pilot. VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO
Grass was wet. Mark did 4 more short flights. Derren decided that it was getting too gusty for him and Maciej tried practice take offs with engine running and helmet on and it went very well. He will fly tonight. VIDEO
IMG_1967Mark had his first solo and then flew 3 more times. Great job. Darren ground handled with maotor on his back and so did Maciej. The are both ready for solo. VIDEO VIDEO
Some asshole did donuts at the end of the runway after we had 4 inches of rain and destroyed the grass and made huge ruts. Fu%#@ing red necks. All there guys ground handled and Mark with motor on his back. I think he will fly this evening.