alanhinsaudi Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Welcome to the Saudi Paramotor club. We are a fledgling group of pilots, both British and Saudi, struggling to overcome the ingrained fear of private aviation within Saudi Society and trying not to get shot at in the process! Don't believe everything you hear about Saudi on the news. It is a beautiful country with, in the main, very friendly people and it is a joy to fly here. I'll post some pictures as soon as I can work out how to! Alan Hunter Mobile: 00966503162864 Email1: alan_hunter1664@yahoo.co.uk Email2: alan.hunter@baesystems.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Welcome and thanks for setting up our first overseas club! There is an explanation how to use the Album here http://paramotorclub.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18 Can't wait to see the pics. SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanhinsaudi Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 I've put some pics in the album. Unfortunately I don't have any of me! I'll have to remedy that next time we are out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Out kiting in the land of sand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Great Pics! I want to fly my motor around sand dunes! Hummmm...... SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Looks like you have a difficult task finding a large clear spot to take off from not that we are jelous or anything. Do you get sick of sand after mile upon mile of dunes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanhinsaudi Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 Actually it is not as bad as it looks. I was flying a couple of weeks ago just as the sun was setting and the views were absolutely spectacular. We chose the area in the photograph because it was so desolate and ideal for training and first flights as there is nothing to fly into (other than the ground). When I get back to Saudi I'll post some more photgraphs. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinbg Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 there is nothing to fly into (other than the ground). and the van, cars, wind sock etc. I must say that not having any hedges or trees in the area must make flying good fun. I can also imagine that the desert is pretty spectacular at either end of the day. How about a sunrise / sunset piccy? Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abudhahi Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Wonderful! I have many friends in Saudi Arabia engaged in this sport Always, and I often travel to their participation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanhinsaudi Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 Hi Abudhahi Nice to hear from you. Please circulate this forum to your friends in Saudi. The more people we have contributing the better for all of us. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saudi-sky-team Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 hi how are you this is me mohammad lm very happy I am really happy to award these men From Britan. I thank Mr. Allen and all the friends. We are happy to meet with you and all expatriates here. You are in your country and among your brothers. Honour of your presence in this country always I thank Allen again.I thank everyone. Become sincere respect for all. Some pictures of some friends How beautiful times we take it in the desert withe us ... see the pic mohammad one of saudi sky team . With all due respect ... mohammad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger_2 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Hi Folks, not too surprisingly most of our flying is done either early morning or late evening as we tend to get pretty strong winds due to the sun's heating - and, of course, lots of thermals and rotor. For the Westerners, we are delighted to have been given such a warm, friendly welcome from our Saudi compatriots - their hospitality is second to none, it really make flying here a pleasure. Don't think we have all the best here though! We are now into our winter so early morning is very cold and getting colder (I saw -7C last year and it is predicted to get even colder this year). The big difference for us is little or no rain so, as long as the wind is not too strong, we are flying! Yes, we have lots of flat sandy areas but they tend to have lots of rocks sticking up which are ideal for damaging lines and wings if you aren't careful. We also have camel thorn - think of the most viscious gorse bush and multiply by 4! Having said all that, we generally have blue skies so it certainly beats being in the UK until we get back into our summer where we will see +40 to 50C - nice! I will try to get some additional photos and put them on the sight in the near future. Oh, by the way, I had a sunset flight yesterday for 1 hour - it was excellent! Best regards, Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
typhoon Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Hello everyone, I'm proud to have our representative in Saudi Arabia, my friends Alan Hunter. I am happy to meet this person in the last festival of paramotor championship in UK it was a great time ,we enjoyed our time there . Also I would like to thank you so much Alan about what you said . Regarding to what Alan said that our religion urges us to be good morals with others ,but as everyone knows the media has tried to distort Islam and discredit the people who convert to Islam. Saudi citizens want to say welcome to all our friends from all countries and we wish peace for all the world's cities SAAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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