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Hi All I’ve been desperate to learn to paramotor via a trike for a long time now. I’m an amputee and can’t run to take off/land. A few people have said they will be in contact with me but I’ve never had a serious trainer. If there is someone out there who can teach me I’d love to hear from you. I’m in the Midlands but could travel. Thanks andyradford99@yahoo.co.U.K.

Hi Casper thanks for the advice and the link, it's great to know it's possible. I will definitely keep you all posted. Hopefully I can get the word out to more people with disabilities and show them it's still possible to have a normal life. Simon it would be a privilege to meet up and take a flight on your trike. If you let me know when it is up and running we can sort something out. It may be that I'm not up and about enough before the new year however as it's still early days. I'm sure that once I've been up once though you won't get rid of me until I'm flying confidently on my own.

Yeah, that's pretty epic. He's a great inspiration to us all.

Hi guys Following from an accident 2 years ago, ive recently had my right leg amputated. Its got me looking at sports I might be able to do once I'm on the mend. I have want to do something totally different. Thats what got me initially looking at Paragliding, and through that I found paramotoring. It looks such so amazing. Looking on Youtube has given me loads to look at and it's helped fuel the excitement. It's left me with a few questions that I hope some of you might be able to answer please. Firstly, I've seen paramotoring Quads on the net, but when looking on different British training companies I haven't seen this advertised. Are they not widely used in the U.K., or are they not even legal over here? I have seen plenty trike frame paramotoring which does also appeal, but the quads seemed a little more stable. Secondly, being minus a leg, will this be a disadvantage when training? I ask this as I think I'm correct when I say most people learn without the motor first, and probably work up to a quad/trike. I can't see myself running with a motor on my back, so would I still be able to learn with a quad or trike without initially learning the skills minus the motor? Any advice will be really appreciated. If it helps I'm up in the midlands and will be looking to learn in the new year. Many thanks