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Powered paragliding has provided a life-changing interest in flying
with humankind's
most portable aircraft. So much so that on December 31, 2001 I bought a
motor home with the intent to travel the country in two years. It would be
a test—if I liked it, I'd keep traveling. Obviously, I liked it. Two
motorhomes later, the trek continues.
The original Enterprise is pictured below in front of the new
one, a Gulfstream BT Cruiser. It sleeps the same number of
people but has twice the room and much greater "lingering"
capacity due to larger tanks. Solar panels reduce most generator use and
an
inverter powers the AC outlets to feed the sprawling gadget collection.
Bathroom humor alert: If anyone asks what you find in the
Enterprise' lavatory, the answer is: The captain's log. Sorry, blame that on
eon Dave in Panama city.
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Left
column. 1. Enterprise A and B share the driveway one last time.
2. Don Jordan poses on the way from Chicago to Albuquerque. 3.
Kitchen? Well, the burners are great for melting nylon line.
Center
column: 1. Kiting up, 2. Jeff Goin getting ready to kite. 3.
Flying by as Tim Kaiser gets ready to launch.
Right
column: Enterprise as a jungle gym. Desert gym in this
case. I kited up the windshield then leapt into free-flight. Short
but sweet. Someday
I'll land on it like Jeff Hamann's hummer (see the Diet
Coke commercial). Hey, it was, after all, named after the Enterprise
aircraft carrier!.
Photos by Jeff Goin and Tim Kaiser.
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