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The best-selling Powered Paragliding Bible takes you from “first sight to first flight” and way beyond. Download as an e-Book here.
Paramotoring is the flying of our dreams, offering exceptional freedom and capability, but carries great risk to the uninformed. That is why our products were created—to offer reliable, digestible, fun information that improves success, safety, and enjoyment.
The best-selling PPG Bible takes you from “first sight to first flight” and way beyond, helping you aviate confidently in the national airspace system while enjoying the ride.
Paramotor pilots enjoy fine control, spectacular views, and practical portability in an affordable package. Experienced pilots make it look easy, and their skill makes it so, but sword-swallowing looks easy—just shove the thing down your throat, right? You bet there’s more than meets the eye!
The PPG bible, along with the Master Series, Airspace, Risk & Reward (video) and other information available here can help you survive and prosper at this incredible trip to the skies. Plus, we’ll try to keep you entertained in the process. This is, after all, all about fun.
For experienced pilots wanting to teach, we worked with top instructors to develop the 400-page Paraglider & Paramotor Instructor Book.
Visit our Educational section to see topics organized by Chapters in the book. Chapter 19, for example, is all about risk management. Use the menu above to click on “Educational.”
Education
Articles Organized by Chapters of the Powered Paragliding Bible and For Troubleshooting Problems.
We are all about education. Besides the book, we strive to make this website a repository of useful, reliable information for pilots starting or continuing their life aloft.
As such, we’ve provided several areas that get updated periodically, adding to what’s in the PPG Bible. Sometimes it’s detail that could be distracting when just learning.
There are also extra chapters that cover even more material that didn’t warrant inclusion in the book.
Recent Articles
Accident analysis, events, and musings on the sport are added on a periodic basis.
Sir Salman Rushdie and British Backbone
Article from the Wall Street Journal: June 23, 2007 by Sadanand Dhume Another Friday in Peshawar, Quetta and Karachi — and as if on cue, the hoarse, bearded and pyromaniacal pour out of mosques into the streets armed with Union Jacks and effigies of Queen Elizabeth...
How We Know Anything
So how do we know anything? Really KNOW? First, we realize that all knowledge comes in degrees of certainty. The highest certainty comes from using the best evidence. That's number one for reliable knowledge: quality evidence. The best evidence is replicable...
Smoking vs Paragliding
Critical look at paragliding vs smoking For the users, it's fun. But it increases your risk of health problems, costs money, and there's a small chance others can be affected. Of course I'm talking about powered paragliding. But I could also be talking about smoking....
Too Much Regulation?
Do we have too many regulations in aviation? It depends on your perspective. If you're trying to pilot aircraft or profit from them, than you will think we do. If you're a passenger or ground pounder wanting not to get killed by airplanes, you probably think not. Of...
Health Care Reform
The System Is Broke, What to do? Sorry for this digression from paramotoring—every now and then I feel the need to vent. Regardless of your health care leaning, there are some things that most people will probably agree on with a little thought. For starters, too...
Essential Reading
Powered Paragliding Bible 6
(available Here)
The widely acclaimed authoritative source on powered paragliding encompasses everything from first sight to first flight. It combines knowledge and wisdom from the multiyear #1 ranked pilot in the U.S., and many of the sport’s leading instructors. More importantly, it comes from a passion to get reliable knowledge in the hands of those who want it.
Master Powered Paragliding DVDs
the most amazing way to fly ever devised
Paramotors aren’t fast, they take a lot of effort to launch, they require an associate degree in two stroke mechanics and don’t allow you to carry much. So what’s the big deal?