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Fabulous video, gutted I missed it this time!

Hi Simon, I just PM'd you. Cheers, John

Ooh the tension....

Here are a few from me:

I had an exhaust spring come off & hit my prop on my Polini 110 Thor engine at about 50 Hours. Turns out the root cause was that one of the exhaust springs had sawn through the bracket: Keep an eye on your bracket if you have one of these engines, or consider feeding retaining wire through the springs in case one of them does break free. I was lucky not to add a sunroof to my wing

Yep agreed, I did my training there. Pm me if you need any more info. Great bunch of guys to fly with also.

Yep, he is a very experienced guy. He did leave a big knee imprint in the soft mud though...

Great weekend & great to meet you all. Many thanks to Jason for putting this together, Henry's wife for the butties & to Sticky for providing the "entertainment"! More fly ins please, bring it on...

& here it is from a different angle... [youtubevideo] [/youtubevideo]

Thanks Simon, that's what I hoped

I'm off to Menorca in the October break and was just wondering about the issue of bringing my gear. Does anyone know if I am likely to encounter any problems if I fly whilst there please?

I'm off to Menorca in the October break and was just wondering about the issue of bringing my gear. Does anyone know if I am likely to encounter any problems if I fly there please?

( Powered Paragliding Bible 3 has just been released)

I got one of these too. My Bulldog Paramotor has two tanks and it retracts enough to be able to view both tanks

Hi Mark, great to meet you at the Marston Fly-In on Sunday. I am the guy with the Bulldog Paramotor with the modified prop - the one with 3 inches missing from both ends . Me & my flying buddy (also called Mark) are planning on getting there on the Saturday night if that is ok. The Google Streetview is just incredible. I'll make sure I have a spare prop with me! Cheers, John (from Binley Woods)

Hi Tim, nil wind forward launches are tough. Definitely practice with 3mph or so, it's so much easier on the legs until you get the hang of it. You can see from Clive's video above that he took two small steps backwards because he was pulling up into a head wind. Dan taught us to run at it rather than just one step back too. One thing that you might want try if your wing is always coming up left side first is to start slightly left of centre to encourage the right side up a bit. Not too much though as it's a bit of a fudge. I attempted a nil wind forward in Cornwall last week and had to give up after 6 attempts as my site was slightly up hill with a dip in the middle. But then again, I'm not very good.... Keep at it mate. Cheers, John (from Binley Woods)

Looney tunes

Engines will turn over faster without a spark plug in because they are not compressing the fuel/air mixture.

Training school

Hi Chris, I live in Binley Woods just outside Coventry. The closest grainy school to me is a place near Market Harborough called Marston Airfield. That is where I'm doing my training. PM me if you need more details. Cheers, John

Phew, I thought it was only me that is chomping at the bit to get on with training because of the wind. I'm looking forward to actually worrying about where I can take off and land from!

Thanks Seymour, I hope that this is widely adopted. Just a small point, Hampton Magna closed in Oct 10. I tried to update the google map, but couldn't work out how to delete it. Also, there is a site called Marston Airfield that could be added: http://82.19.19.109/marstonairfield/documents/ppr.html