by Jeff Goin | Feb 19, 2007 | Accident Reports
Freeflight Instructor Gabe Jeb seriously hurt at free-flight site Sunday afternoon, Feb 18, well known Torrey Pines instructor Gabe Jeb was injured while soaring at a popular hill near San Diego. He had brought a group of students to Otay Mesa in southern California....
by Jeff Goin | Feb 13, 2007 | 34: Cool Places to Fly
Columbus Millertime, OH, US Feb 21, 2007 | N39°47’20” W083°06’51” | Elevation 840′ above mean sea level (MSL) Location: Southwest of Columbus, OH at a private grass airstrip. Basic Description: Millertime is a private 2800 foot long, 120...
by Jeff Goin | Jan 15, 2007 | Log: Enterprise, Log: Paramotor-Ultralight
The valley of the sun is only a 6 hours drive south and down the big hill. You drop 4000 feet into what should be warmth and sunshine. So here we were on day 2 and it was raining. Cold, too. At least we had yesterday’s flying on the Rio Verde, brief though it...
by Jeff Goin | Jan 15, 2007 | 27: The Motor Unit, Mx: Harness Setup
What’s better, high or low hook-ins? A nearly religious fervor surrounds proponents of each system. But most pilots stick with what they learned on and enjoy it happily thereafter. 2019 Update: the vast majority of new machines are sold with low hookins using...
by Jeff Goin | Jan 15, 2007 | 25: Roots & Demographics
The article below is courtesy of the WashingtonPost.com. By Lisa Ulmer, Photos by Reginald A. Pearman Jr., Wednesday, July 1, 1998 As a child, Carlton Hoskins would look to the sky and dream of flying, planning to become a commercial aviator or a fighter jet pilot. As...
