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Hi all I'm sure I remember seeing a thread about some nice little aluminium handles that clamped onto your brake lines above the main handles. I just can't find the thread or the product. Can anyone point me in the right direction. Cheers Ad

Yep they definitely don't count under Rule 5.

I started flying light aircraft at 16 (I'm now late 30's) and went on to be an instructor, air survey pilot, and commercial airline pilot on Twin Otters and Islanders. I've owned and flown various light aircraft (Stampe, Super Cub, Taylor Monoplane and TSR3 Racer). I did an awful lot of bimbling about in my own little planes, landing in friends fields, charging up and down beaches, doing beat-ups, lots of aerobatics, formation, airshows, fixing, re-building, crashing.. So I reckon in terms of experience it was as free and easy as conventional light aeroplanes get. After flying 7 days a week for years on around 40 different types I stopped pretty much completely a few years ago. I pretty much ran out of new things to do and realised that the only 'fun' flying was starting to get a bit hairy. I worked in aircraft test and evaluation before starting my current business. My random main observations having learned to paramotor last year: Paramotors are very easy to fly compared to conventional aircraft Paramotors are very very stable and docile compared to conventional aircraft There's an amazing lack of coherent 'standard practice' compared to conventional flying I've always really been afraid of heights and it's more of a problem on a paramotor I'm amazed it's so safe The greatest advantages of paramotoring: A flying machine in the back of my car! (well van actually..) I can fly from anywhere. Fly slow and look at stuff! Met some great people. No licence, medical, CofA, landing fees... It's a bit scary It's an excuse to drive a van again!

I wonder if they were registered?

Double post sorry.

I'm the UAV operator featured in the BBC video, so happy to answer any specific questions anyone has! All UK unmanned operations are currently visual (with an operator on the ground looking for other traffic) unless in segregated airspace so there's a very low risk of collision. In fact with paramotors being amongst the slowest aircraft, they're even easier for the UAV operator to avoid. Ad

Don't think there's been a World champs since 2009.. Good luck chaps!

Sounds like he might get a call from the CAA though.

I guess he edited-out the passengers that freaked or spewed. Ahh I remember the sound of a teenager spewing all over a my front cockpit whilst wearing a throat mike.

I'm a total paramotoring newbie, but I used to run a banner towing company. It depends what you mean by a banner. To tow a letter banner as used in regular GA banner towing you'll need another 40 or 50 spare horsepower from somewhere (unless you want to stick to 4 letter words ). I would guess that a smallish sheet banner (a single sheet of printed fabric) would be possible at say 10' by 15' with the typical power available. Of voirse you couldn't do it for hire.

Hi Alan I have to admit that I laughed at paramotors back in the mid ninetys when i first started to see them and I was an instructor on 'proper' aircraft. However after a few years away from manned aviation I've had my eyes opened by a beginners course in France with Deano Eldridge. Now shopping for a Volution Macro.

Hi all, I'm new on here so thought I'd jump straight in to a contentious, safety related thread with a bunch of opinion! I used to teach GA pilots 'strip flying' and have been an airfield operator too. There's absolutely no requirement for private airfields to have a radio frequency - indeed there aren't enough frequencies to go round. There are however some basic principles in air law that apply to all aircraft (which were developed long before the use of radios) that the visiting pilot in question clearly breached. Better that people learn some airmanship than start potentially mis-using the airband. (unless they have an RT licence etc) Ducking behind the sofa now. Ad