Sep 14/14 – PPO closed till Oct 6
Thanks for all your support. See you Oct 7.
Thanks
Andre
Sep 14/14 pm – PPG training with Lawrence and Mike
Very good air at the field. Mike added 3 more flights to his log – he is done. 30 flights completed! Lawrence added 2 more flights to his log.
Ilya gave my nice go away treat:
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Fancy beer – lovely!
Sep 14/14 am – PPG training with Gil
Gil added 2 more flights to his log book. We have tried for third but no luck. Both flight were nice and stabilized. That is the way I like it!
Sep 12/14 pm – PPG training with Ilya, Gil, Lawrence and Mike
Very good air at the field. Mike added 4 more flights to his log – he is now completely independent. Lawrence ground handled with his canopy, it was going very well but he has hesitated to strap the engine on and ended up missing his opportunity because wind has died on him. Ilya added 2 more flights to his log and Gil managed his first solo! That is only after 2 days of training. His ground handling was above average I wish I could do say that about his flight. Take off was good, climb out too but the rest of the flight was bit unstable with continuous oscillations. The landing was also rough to too overcorrecting on final approach. But it was first flight none the less, well done Gil and congrats, they will only get better.
Sep 12/14 am – PPG course with Ilya
This am just me and Ilya. Very good steady wind. Ilya has managed 2 flights using forward inflations. I have never been any one so well prepared for first flight. Ilya took extra time to get to the first solo but he executed it perfectly. It seems like that is how he approaches everything, slow, steady with perfection. He will make an excellent and safe PPG pilot.
It was quite cold, only 12 Celsius. Brrrr.
CONGRATULATIONS Ilya on your first solo flight/s.
Sep 10/14 am – PPG training with Ilya and Gil
Started ground handling with Gil at 8 am. Good conditions for reverse. Ilya arrived at 8:30 and by then wind was up to 15 km/h. By the time we have set up we had had increases to 20 km/h and it started to overpower him knowing that the wind will only increase we have aborted our attempts on first solo and went back to kiting. Ilya is ready to fly, we just need the right weather. Gil has nailed reverse in very short time. See video. He will fly soon too.
Sep 9/14 pm – PPG training with Ilya, Mike and George
Very nice and smooth wind. Mike managed 6 flight. All forward inflations. George improved his inflations and managed 1 flight. Ilys reverse ground handled withy Cima K 2 and the forward inflated with paramotor on his back. He is ready to fly.
Sep 9/14 am – PPG course with Ilya
This am just me and Ilya. Very good steady and strong wind. Worked on reverse inflations. We kept switching from training glider to small Cima K 2.Ilya has mastered the reverse.
Sep 8/14 pm – PPG course with Ilya
Darlene and Paul are on their way to vacation in Mexico so tonight it was just me and Ilya. Very good steady wind. Worked on reverse inflations. Tried motor couple of times but Ilya was not feeling 100 % so we just stuck with the training harness. We have made a great progress and Ilya will fly soon.
Sep 8/14 am – PPG course with Darlene, Paul and Ilya
Grass very wet at 8 am this morning. Chatted till 9 am when winds started to pick up. Darlene worked more forward inflation. Paul and Ilya are ready started to kite with motors on their back. Both find it quite physically demanding.
