June 2/14 am – Training with Talitha and Lawrence
Lawrence ground handling Talitha
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Entries by Andre Zeman
June 1/14 pm – Training with Lawrence and Mario
Great evening. Wind was first on and off then rapidly decreasing. Matt, a former student from 2003, came to check out some of the latest gear. He is looking for something lite. He used to owned Walkerjet RR which was very heavy unit. So I let him try the Miniplane with Cima K 2 XL. In no time he […]
June 1/14 – July course is booked.
I have 3 students booked for the July 12 and there is no room available. The course is full. I will teach Glenn, Ron and Graeme. Looking forward to it. Andre
June 1/14 – CYSN to CYGD and back on June 2/14
David and Scott were booked for PPG traning both Friday and Saturday but we had such a great night on Friday, that they both finished. So all of the sudden, I had free day and night on my hands. I thought it would be cool to go and visit my in-laws who have cottage just […]
May 30/14 – Training with Scott and David
What a great day. I started Scott in the morning – as usual grass was wet but since it was recently cut, it wasn’t a big deal. There was no wind at all so I taught Scott how to do power on inflation. Once once he had it down it was absolutely no issue for […]
June 1/14 – Order PPG bible
The most complete reference manual on Powered Paragliding just got better again!. Lots better. Color has been improved, new diagrams were added, existing diagrams improved, and new photo techniques clearly show progressive tasks, including launch and landing and animation extracts have been added. There’s brand new material including more on reflex wings. New paramotor techniques […]
May 30/14 – New used gear
I am selling Miniplane paramotor – it is an older model but only slightly used. It has the venerable TOP 80 engine, 125 cm wooden propeller and updated hand throttle from RS Ultra. It will come with Sky Paraglider Fides 2 size XS. This package would be suitable for pilot 140 to 180 lb but […]
May 29/14 – Flight with my buddy
A very good friend of mine is turning 50 tomorrow so I took him for nice flight and lunch today. We had blast buzzing the Niagara Peninsula at 220 km/h per hour…
May 29/14 – Brent, first solo on his own
My first solo flight away from the watchful eye of Andre. The conditions were perfect but I still found that i was a bit nervous. I took extra time to ensure all the safety checks and pre-flight checks were done. As soon as the wing was up, steady, turn and gas on; the nerves went […]