by Jeff Goin | Apr 20, 2019 | 35: Preserving the Sport, Paramotor Pariahs
It turns out that paramotors and skittish prey don’t mix. Given that hunters gravitate to the same times of day as we do and frequently at the same times, it might be good to learn where they’re likely to be. Bullets fly. We fly. We’d rather not meet...
by Jeff Goin | Apr 20, 2019 | 06: Adding Wheels, 36: Instructors & Tandem
After the long process of obtaining an FAA tandem training exemption for USPPA, it seemed appropriate for me become a tandem footlaunch instructor myself. See also: My Perfect Tandem Cart | Cart Reviews The first clinic was with our sport’s most prolific, and...
by Jeff Goin | Apr 20, 2019 | 19: Risk & Safety
Is paramotoring safe? By learning from others’ mistakes we can make this sport safer by not repeating the causes of past tragedies. Its prevention through anticipation–what the airlines have done so incredibly successfully. These accounts and articles dig...
by Jeff Goin | Apr 20, 2019 | 07: Weather Basics, 19: Risk & Safety
If you’re ever tempted to take on mid-day flying consider what these two pilots experienced in the video below. It grants appreciation of Mother Nature’s forces at play and how they don’t always play nice. Fly within the first couple and last couple...
by Jeff Goin | Apr 20, 2019 | 20: Competition
Competition and Records in the US | Setting PPG Records | World Air Games 2015 2015-Dec-15 A well played spectacle came to Dubai in December, 2015. Matt Minyard represented the U.S. after Ryan Shaw had to drop out due to an injury unrelated to paramotoring. It was...
