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Would love to get one of these headsets in the US with the appropriate cable to output audio to a 3.5mm stereo mic input on my action cam. Seems these headsets are supposed to be capable of that. The US distributors site's listed are all a joke. What's the best way to obtain one in the US?

Hey, I read your story on the FB paramotor page back when you posted it. Glad to hear you're healing well! I hope you make a full recovery, and can get back to flying before too long.

Joshua, check out usppa.org. There are a list of schools and trainers. I see three in Alabama. I don't know which is closest to you, but you can find 'em there!

Added to the map, I see there's another member within a few miles of me. Nice. I don't personally own a cowboy hat, or boots, but it's not too uncommon to see 'em outside of the city. There are lots of farmers and ranchers in the small towns around the cities. Lots of pickup trucks, tho! You can't throw a rock without hitting a pickup truck in Texas. We do drink tea... mostly iced tea, and mostly sweet. We don't often say "yee haw!" or "rawhide". "Yipee Kay Ya, M*er-F*er" does come up in my lexicon once in a while! -M@

I think I contributed to that a bit, maybe? Maybe I got in after the 5000 mark. Anyway, cheers from Texas. Or as we say "howdy, 'yall". Actually we don't say that much at all. We do use "y'all" a lot. But not "howdy". Really. We don't.

Bahb, if you're on Facebook, find the Paramotor group and ask about the trainer there. Chances are, somebody knows him and can let you know if he's a good instructor or not. I know it's been almost a couple months since your update, and I hope you're getting into it properly now!

I'm a noob myself, in Texas, and I don't know that much, although it seems where you can fly - as in the airspace - is pretty open. Where you can launch and land may be a bit more restricted. National parks pretty much no-go as far as landing or launching, but most you can fly over. State parks may vary... I know state parks in Texas don't like drones, so chances are they won't like paramotors either. There's a municipal park close to me where some local guys flew, but the municipality's lawyers caught wind and told the group they'd have to get insurance. Sucks, because that park is really close to me. Bad thing is, it IS kinda close to a small airport, but that one's probably not all that busy. I picked up a copy of the Powered Paragliding Bible, but haven't gotten that far into it yet. I bet they talk about finding places to launch and land. With the activity becoming more popular, it may get more and more restrictive... after all, that well known guy got the ENTIRE coastline of Oregon banned for PPG.... Simon, it's a nice forum and seems to be quite active. The main problems for us Yanks (I'm a Texan, we don't like being called Yankees down here, them's fightin' words!) is going to be metric measurements (I honestly wish the US had switched) and some lingo. Y'all say "kit", where we would probably say "equipment" or "gear", for example. I do find the linguistic differences between British English and 'Murrican English to be fascinating. Y'all simply have some really awesome slang!