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Hello everyone, my name is Chris and I'm a newbie to this sport. I am looking to get some training and I wanted to ask you all about flightjunkies.com and Captain Kurt. He says that he will come to my house and train me for free as long as I purchase the equipment from him. This really sounds too good to be true because with all the other training schools, I have to travel out of state and pay a few thousand dollars so is there a catch I need to be aware of with flightjunkies? Is the equipment very substandard with inflated prices? If Captain Kurt is not someone I should go through, could you please recommend a school to me. I live in East Tennessee.

Thank you very much Hodders, I appreciate your feedback. In your opinion, what do you think about Captain Kurt and his equipment? He says he will come to where I live and train me for FREE!! I know I have to then purchase his equipment but is there a hidden catch that I need to be aware of here?

Hello everyone, my name is Chris and I'm a first time poster to this forum and brand new to paramotoring/paragliding......... I am DEFINITELY going to buy either a paramotor or a paraglider and I just have a few questions for those of you seasoned veterans....... I live in Knoxville, TN (near the Smokey Mountains) and I want to be able to get outdoors with one of these things and explore. I'd also like to be able to fly around the mountains near where I live as well as fly distances from one city to another (if that's at all possible.) It's also very important to me that I be able to carry passengers because I want to be able to share this experience with others. My questions are......... 1) Based on what I want to do, what type of paraglider/paramotor would be best for me to purchase? 2) How much total money should I expect to spend? 3) Where do I find training to do this? 4) Are there any FAA rules that I have to follow such as I can't fly over certain areas or I need to get some kind of a license to do this? Your feedback would be much appreciated and I look forward to getting to know you all on this forum, thanks! Chris.