Media Reports about Powered Paragliding

These are some of the media reports on our little sport. One interesting phenom of the last few years is the popularity of Tucker Gott’s Youtube channel. It’s not a general media outlet, but judging from his view counts, he reaches more eyeballs. The video...

On Education

My brother asked this question, “If you could do anything you want regarding education, what would you do?” This is a subject on which I’m passionate about given how I spend copious amounts of time trying to make really effective training products....

Criminal Behavior: On Stolen Gear & Guns

This sucks. Phil at Lite Touch Films reports that someone stole a wing through nefarious means. If you’re selling a wing, just because a credit card order goes through, it doesn’t mean all is well. Be careful. To make matters worse, it appears that the...

2012 Bailey V5 4-Stroke Paramotor

Bailey Aviation has been tweaking their 4-stroke paramotor for at least 5 years and has made some noticeable improvements. Addressing some shortcomings that arose on their previous engine, this one has a number of innovations that affect thrust but, even more, reduce...

Trike / Cart / Quad Choices

Wheel Options for powered paragliders: walk and roll! Adding wheels to a paramotor can make it a whole different craft and there are many flavors. My experience suggests that transitioning to wheels is easy provided the pilot heeds some simple advice as covered in the...