by Jeff Goin | Oct 14, 2020 | Airline Safety, Covid-19 Coronavirus, Recent
In most regards, I’ve been lucky during the Covid Curse. Both Tim & I have been. We’re healthy were not impacted by unemployment, and had plenty of options for entertainment. Plus, we saw a few close friends regularly so never felt isolated....
by Jeff Goin | Oct 14, 2020 | Covid-19 Coronavirus, Recent
My industry, the airlines, went into freefall in March. I’m sooo lucky to be a senior puke at what may be the most solvent airline in the world: Southwest—an awesome company to career at. But we were still losing 17 million dollars a DAY as of Oct 14—numbers...
by Jeff Goin | Oct 14, 2020 | 19: Risk & Safety, Covid-19 Coronavirus, Parapinions, Recent
There’s a raging pandemic going on. I get it. Covid-19 is deadly and must be taken very seriously. Once you’re confirmed to have it, you have between a 1-in-50 and 1-in-1000 chance of dying depending on a bunch of things. Those are not great odds. But...
by Jeff Goin | Oct 11, 2020 | 04: First Flight Prep, Accident Reports, Propeller Safety, Recent
This was a first to me. Thanks to Sam for sharing his experience so we all can learn. After mounting a motor on a frame, he started it on the ground, is the most common practice. At idle and half power it was fine but when he went to full power the prop flexed into...
by Jeff Goin | Oct 11, 2020 | Business & Website, News, Recent
The eBook has arrived! Download Powered Paragliding Bible 6: the Ultimate Paramotor Manual & Reference here. It’s available as a PDF, viewable using the Flux Player Reader reader which can be downloaded onto Android and Apple phones/tablets, Windows...
