Entries by Andre Zeman

May 27 pm – Aaron and Graham

Aaron came to finish his license. He had 28 flights and needed 2 more. His kiting skills are awesome but his ability to hook up needs improvement. Within five minutes I have realized that Aaron is ready to fly even though I have not seen him in months. We tried four times and each time […]

May 20/16 pm – PPG course day 6

Started at 4:30 pm as all students are flying at this point. Ryan just flew for pleasure. Kevin added 3 more flights to his log. All reverse inflations. Kevin is much better at the reverse. I think it was 3 flights out of 5 tries. Thats is pretty good. I still owe Kevin 2 training […]

May 20/16 am – PPG course day 6

Started at 7:30am as both students are flying at this point. Ryan added 3 more flights to his log book to total 30 which is Transport Canada requirement to apply for ultralight pilot license. Congratulations Ryan on completing course practical requirements. I still owe Ryan one training session so he will be coming back one […]

May 19/16 pm – PPG course day 5

3 guys tonight. Kevin, Kevin S who was in April course and Ryan. Wind was strong till 7 andf thgen the mayham started. # guys is a lot of work. Ke4vin did 6 more flight using his nerw Kangook paramotor. Kevin took off andf got real engine out – the fuel filter cracked and started […]

May 18/16 am – PPG course day 4

Good wind this morning. Kited with traning harnesses and then both students kited with motor on their back. Ryan is slowly getting it but its real struggle. Kevin on the other hand is “catching up”. His kiting with motor on is about as good as Ryan’s. Packed it up at 11:30 as wind started to […]

May 17/16 pm – PPG course day 3

Nice afternoon at the field. Started at 3 pm with bit more kiting. Wind was gusting a bit till about 4:30. At this point Ryan was ready for the motor as his kiting was very good. Kevin still makes small mistake here and there but that will go away soon. Ryan started to ground handle […]

May 17/16 am – PPG course day 3

Overcast and chilli morning with relatively steady wind because of the startus layer preventin sun from starting the thermal mess. We have kited from 7 am till 11:30 when wind started to go all over the place. Ryan’s kiting was excellent and he tried with the motor on his back. This is what I call […]