by Jeff Goin | Apr 28, 2019 | Airline Safety
Improvement potential for US civil aviation U.S. civil airlines move humans with less risk than any mode ever devised. But there’s still room for improvement. In pursuit of safety we must be careful not to price us out of reach which would lower overall...
by Jeff Goin | Apr 28, 2019 | Reviews: Other
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 Powered Paragliding Bible and your...
by Jeff Goin | Apr 27, 2019 | 01 Training, 08: the Law
I sometimes get this question about paramotor ratings and thought it would be good to answer it here. Voluntary efforts at recognizing accomplishments have been around for many, many years, the best example being Red Cross’s, and other certification programs for...
by Jeff Goin | Apr 27, 2019 | 29: Home Building, Reviews: Paramotors
Note: this post is kept for historical reasons. As of 2019 the only Kit that I’m aware of is an electric machine at OpenPPG.com. As of 2010, if you were looking for Kit Paramotors, there were two that I’m familiar with. Neither of them is still around....
by Jeff Goin | Apr 27, 2019 | Reviews: Paramotors
This is the plans-built machine featured in the Powered Paragliding Bible. It is one of 3 viable paramotor kits that I’ve seen for someone wanting to start from scratch. It comes with excellent support and there are numerous machines flying out in the field....
