Powered Paragliding Bible
Chapter 34: Cool Places To Fly (Site
Reviews)
Jan 15, 2007 | Section VI: Getting the Most
Out of PPG
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PPG Bible Additions | 2007 National Convention and Competition
See also: Challenging Sites
This is a web-only Chapter and will be updated as new material
becomes appropriate. It has a
ways to go as I and other contributors have flown hundreds of sites around the country.
We will
gradually add them here. If you have an addition that you would
like to make, please send it here to contact.
Foot
launching makes flight possible in places where other no other aircraft
could even dream of flying. Given appropriate skill, even curvy roads are
possible to launch from. Such variety comes with a price in risk, though,
since unimproved surfaces can lead footsteps astray.
Flying a new site means responsibility, too. Don't ruin it for the next
guy or the locals by flying around houses or anywhere else that people or
their animals reside. Always be seen as something cool to watch rather
than an annoyance.
This chapter doesn't exist in the book because of its fleeting nature.
Sites are painlessly easy for landowners to yank from our grasp—all the
more reason to handle with care. I've watched numerous beach sites
disappear over the years when pilots carelessly annoyed the locals until
the locals got them banned. |
