Jeff Goin’s Baja PPG Masters Clinic

Posted: November 21, 2011 by Michael Purdy in Competitions
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Jeff Goin’s Baja PPG Masters Clinic

2011-Oct 24 These 11 pilots joined me in search of fun, flying and advancing their skills.

What a trip. What a group. As I expected, we learned from each other. Pilots from England, Canada, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. joined me for a week of paramotor fun and learning at Michael Purdy’s little slice of heaven just south of San Diego.

In spite of persistent clouds and fog we managed a decent amount of flying — getting most pilots airborne most days, frequently for several flights. It’s fascinating to see the differences in equipment familiarity. Most of the British pilots flew low hang point machines and reflex wings while the Americans favored high hang points and standard wings. Different strokes.

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Da Nang to host International Paramotor Competition 2012

Posted: November 21, 2011 by Michael Purdy in Fly-ins & Events
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Da Nang City will host the International Paramotor Competition 2012 on May 30, 2012 at the Bien Dong Park, according to Phung Tan Viet, Deputy Chairman of Da Nang People’s Committee.

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1 killed, 1 Injured in Paraglider Collision in Chiba, Japan

Posted: November 7, 2011 by Michael Purdy in Safety, Technique, Training
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CHIBA, JAPAN —
One man was killed and another injured following a paraglider crash at an acrobatic air display in Noda, Chiba Prefecture, on Sunday.

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Paramotor Pilots A First For Amigo Airshow

Posted: November 6, 2011 by Michael Purdy in Adventures & Achievements, Competitions, Fly-ins & Events, People
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The Blue Angles will have to share the skies at this weekend’s Amigo Airsho with an aircraft many people aren’t familiar with. We’re talking about two guys out doing stunts on their paramotors. So, what are those, you ask? “They strap a backpack with a fan and an engine and a paraglider over their head and they fly around all over the place,” said Glenn Tupper, one half of the El Paso Paramotor Demonstration Team.

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Pilot In Paraglider Crash Dies Instructor: “Pilot Was New To The Sport”

Posted: November 6, 2011 by Michael Purdy in Paramotors & Paramotor Engines, People, Safety
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SAN ANTONIO — A Houston man who crashed his personal aircraft in a field in Shertz Friday morning has died from his injuries.

David Denning, 53, was piloting a powered paraglider when he lost control of it and crashed into a field in the 17000 Block of Red Iron.

According to his instructor, Ashton Brunner, Denning was fairly new to the sport of powered paragliding. He bought his glider about 6 months ago and had been taking flying lessons with Brunner for about the same period of time.

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Passion for flying drives oldest, youngest members of Treasure Coast paraglider area club

Posted: October 26, 2011 by Michael Purdy in Adventures & Achievements, Clubs, Great Flights & Fun Times, People, Why we Fly
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The youngest and oldest members of Treasure Coast Powered Wings have found a passion neither can live without. Katy LaFollette of Jupiter wanted a powered paraglider instead of a car for her 16th birthday.
And Richard Weston, 76, walks one mile in the morning and one at night to keep in shape so that he can do a foot-launch with his powered wing unit as long as possible.

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Rocky Detzel Has a Whole New Way to Shoot PPG Video

Posted: October 25, 2011 by Michael Purdy in Accessories, Adventures & Achievements, Fly-ins & Events, Great Flights & Fun Times, People
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Not just any RC aircraft, this one is piloted via a real-time video camera. The pilot can be outdoors monitoring a computer screen or even indoors sitting on a couch watching a regular television. The range of this aircraft is measured in miles!

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