tj

Alan,

This is a great post. I'm glad you landed OK and have been able to walk away (OK tractor) to tell the tale!

If anyone else fancies sharing near misses like this, it's a great way of preventing other people making the same mistakes...

Flysafe,

Tj

Curse my clumsy fingers - A & T!

To answer the other question there's loads of ways you could use paramotors in marketing. It's the use of them for personal gain that's the bugger to get over. I've had plenty of ideas myself. I'll have to goto the carribean for those though!!

Anyone know of the flying rules over there?!

Tj

Yep, that's a super crazy stunt to pull. Hats off to them though. Waiting years till the weather was right then doing that. I particularly liked the shot of the old folks waiting at the end of the pier, then over he comes!!!!!

Tj

Now you can say she's a pheasant plucker!

Tj

"The Old Ones Are The Best" - My Dad

Must confess to not having heard of the bank, or understanding a word of the script come to that.

Andy

It says "Bank A T & T"! Simples

If they had a 'motor they could do it when they wanted!

Hi Guys,

That's an awesome vid and even my missus said she wouldn't mind flying if she could see scenery like that! (As long as she could use the mountainboard undercarriage take off technique (MUTT!))

I do have one slight concern,which is the over the water bit. I'd want some proper safety inflation kit installed to my rig if I was doing that flight!

Propellor wise, the Merlin and later variants of the Lynx helicopters utilise BURP technology to provide amore efficient lift/thrust and later varients of the Hercules C130 have some funny twists in their propellors, presumably for the same reason.

On a geologic theme, can you see the different levels of strata in the cliffs? V. V. Nice. There's so much you can get from this hobby apart from the flying itself!

Cheers all

Tj

Yo Leggett!

I work for theambulance service in a response car and am currentlyworking on my paramedic degree.

Although I've not flown I've looked at a few bits of kit and you've got no dramas with crush syndrome or compartmental syndrome (the other name for it). You're sitting in a harness with no real pressure on your legs, soyou wouldn'tget the build up of toxins necessary for these conditions. A cushion for your bum if you'rea bean pole like me?!

Hope you get flying soon bro.

Tj

That's great, cheers Norman. I can't wait for the next installment.

Tj

The day you stop learning, in this game, is a bad day !Dave G

Flight Safety quote of the day!!

Tj

Hey all,

Take a look at the revamped RAF flight safety publication. Including Wg Cmdr Spry

http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles ... F3F852.pdf

Most of these flight safety issues can be applied to the paramotor, I'll be looking for more stuff like this for the club in the future.

Tj

Hi Guys,

Anyone flying in the Snowdon neck of the woods may be interested in looking at pages 32 & 33 of this,

http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles ... F3F852.pdf

I'll also put the link in the flight safety threads.

Tj

No Trains!

Tj

My lad's proper into trains so he'd love some pics of the railway. I'd have to vet them first for suitability Just happens I'm a bit of a train geek too!

Tj

When I was first interested in PPGI had from the ground up which is an excellent introduction. More recently I have the PPG Bible which goes into a bit more depth. It'sa bit more USAcentric but the theory still holds up.

Norman - "They won't be out till the backside of next year". That's a bit of an arse - I can't wait!

Tj

Hi Bignos!

I flew to the top of Snowdon on a SAR training sortie as part of my SAR Training Unit short course. It's quality although the only available landing area is (from memory) smallish. It might also be national trust who might liketo beasked... Don't forget there's the mountain railway there as well as walkers, plus the odd RAF Helo hanging around! It might be worth contacting Valley (see ' fast jets ' in ' safety matters ' for details) to deconflict. Ifyou do get up there, please take some pics of the steam trains for my little boy (what a great excuse!! ) to look at!

The countryside on the 'non tourist' side is absolutely beautiful as well.

Have a quality flight mate.

Tj

Felixes postin 'the great train(ing) robbery' is an excellent example of howa review ofservices might be provided.

If only we knew who he was talking about...! (Open can of worms and steps smartly back!)

Tj

I'm being really lazy here and can't even be bothered to open up a new tab and google UK dealers! Where can you get these from? They do look pretty Gucci pieces of kit.

Tj

At the risk of sounding slightly unsympathetic (honestly -I really am) The photo that was showing to the right of this thread when I read it was -

"End of bucks

Date: 31/03/08"

It certainly sounds like it was. Having been involved with this forum and seeing the professionalism of those involved in running it, I'm sure it wouldn't be a PMC instructor. However, what goes around...And it seems the PPG world is very small.

All the best with getting another instructor,

Tj

Or just click on the handy NOTAMs tab at the top of this very page!!

Tj

Sub zero vids. I love the take offs and landings!

Tj

I've just subscribed to the mag and it's much better than I thought it would be. Well worth the subscription I reckon.

Tj

Stuff like this will get me through the rest of my uni course, then time to flex the plastic when I graduate!!

Tj

Thanks for the reminder - Sky+ set!!

Tj

Hi Guys,

I've been all over the place for the past couple of weeks and think I may have missed a link to the new paramotor holidays site. Any help appreciated.

Tj