Archive for October, 2011

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 [...]

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!

Glenn Tupper, EP Paramotor Demo Team

Posted: October 11, 2011 by Michael Purdy in Adventures & Achievements, Competitions, Fly-ins & Events, Powered Paragliding Show, Technique
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Michael Purdy and Jeff Going talk to the El Paso Paramotor Demonstration Team. Team pilots are Glenn Tupper and Lee Boone. Together they put on an amazing show of synchronized flight with visual aids such as 700 foot long streamers and Smoky Glenn Tupper is sponsored pilot by both Paramania and Parajet and is a [...]

A fun little news article given that a few of the facts are amiss…

Posted: October 10, 2011 by Michael Purdy in People
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If you have found yourself in the right place at the right time on some recent evening in Athens, and happened to look up at the sky, you may have seen a man flying through the air, hanging from a sort of brightly-colored kite. If you did, the man you saw was almost certainly Chris [...]

Master Powered Paragliding – Video 2

Posted: October 8, 2011 by Michael Purdy in Safety, Technique, Training
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Jeff Goin’s long-awaited video, Mastering Powered Paragliding 2: Advanced Launching, will be available for shipment Tuesday October 11. Meanwhile, here is a video trailer to help tide you over.

Trouble: John Sepps Fliight Across America

Posted: October 3, 2011 by Michael Purdy in Adventures & Achievements, Great Flights & Fun Times, Paramotors & Paramotor Engines, People, Powered Paragliding Show, Repair & Maintenance
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There is a lot of speculation regarding John Sepp’s “Flight Across America”. What started out as a positive, fun adventure turned out to be, shall we say, problematic. Sources at Paratoys said that unnecessary equipment problems stemming from carb adjustments for high-altitude flight (reportedly in the range of 13,000 feet ASL) were an issue. It [...]

Flying Across America

Posted: October 1, 2011 by Michael Purdy in Adventures & Achievements, Wings
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Jeff Goin Interviews Mike Robinson of Paratoys on John Sepp’s “Flight Across America”. So far so good but is trouble brewing? Click Here to Listen