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25 May 08 - Ultra-Flight magazine - While in Florida myself and
Eric Dufour had made the cover of the February U.S Ultra-Flight magazine. Here's
a caption of the cover. Jeff Goin had taken the photo. I'm flying the PPCg
Mini trike.
25 May 08 - More flights for Rob - Rob
flew a couple more unassisted flights this morning. Rob will soon complete his
course!!
Tim R flew a 2 1/2 hour XC
today
Bob M flew over the green fields of Fredericton
24 May 08 - John flew this evening - What
a great way to advertise your own company. John was able to drop in this evening
and take a short flight in between the light rain.
21 May 08 -
Jeff started training - Jeff took his training in USA and is
here at PPGNB to get his qualification in Canada. Yesterday, Jeff wrote
his Student Pilot Pre Solo Exam and today we went over kiting and motor skills waiting
for the weather to corporate before he took his first flight. Finally the
weather co-operated and Jeff had a chance to fly. Jeff had left the USA with not
many flights under his belt and it showed at first, but after more instruction
and practice under Instructor supervision Jeff had improved his flying ability
greatly.
17 May 08 - Paragliders Launch -
This morning the winds were strong and coming in from the North (Off Shore)
producing turbulent air, therefore the PPG pilots decided to stay on the ground.
However a few of the Paraglider and Hangglider pilots took advantage of the
high winds and went to West Bay to fly until the rain took over. Here are a few
pictures before it started to rain.
16 May 08 -
PPG Flying in Parrsboro, NS - Friday afternoon we had
seven PPG
Pilots flying the shores of Parrsboro, NS, before the sun went
down. All pilots had spectacular air to fly and we gave the
locals in Parrsboro a great show.
 
  
14 May 08 -
Annual Festival of Paragliding - This weekend we are attending the
15th Annual Festival of Paragliding and Air Show in Parrsboro, NS from 16 - 19
May. This year the festival will include: Paragliders, Hand Gliders ,
Tandem Paragliding and Powered Paragliders. The skies will be fill of colorful
gliders with lots activities and a Lobster Boil Saturday on the beach. For
more info you can check out their website at http://hpaac.ca/Festivals/festival2008.html
7 May 08 - Florida Flying Site - If you're interested in
where I had spent most of my time in Florida, here's a video during Elisabeth's
50th Birthday Fly-in. The local Florida Para-Flyers in which I'm a member fly
this site regularly. Here's a video of the site. Frank
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=T8OFHWtm1Bo
or go to www.paratour.com and look
for videos on their homepage (Elisabeth's 50th birthday)
6 May 08 - What a day for flying!! - Wow, the weather forecast
for today was a PPG dream come true. Surface winds were forecasted calm-5 Km.
AWWS (Winds aloft 3000') were 0 all day. This king of weather phenomena is quite
rare and must be taken advantage of. Well I had started this
morning off with a potential student taking a Tandem ride with the Xcitor,
followed by several foot launch flights( For my morning PT). Then I decided to
take a 15 min break and Off I went with the Mini PPC for a long XC flight.
I flew all morning until 1300 Hrs. Then I decided to take a nap from this hard
work then cleaned up my PPG shop and completed some post maintenance. Later on
in the evening I foot launched a couple more flights until it was starting to
get dark. Today was definitely the most flying I've done in a single day. You've
gotta love day's like this!!
4 May 08 - Lots of Flying this week-end
- Rob my
student flew several flights this week-end as well as Tim, Jim and myself. Also,
John C showed up as a surprise visit to catch up on some Kiting skills for this
year's flying. Sunday morning Rob Flew another flight as well as Tim and I went
for a Tandem flight on my Tandem Excitor.
27 April 08 - Rob Flies his first flights and other Pilot's fly the
Sussex area - Today was a busy day at the PPGNB field. Rob's
hard worked paid off and he flew his first flights today. There were several
other pilot's that had enjoyed today's good weather to get some flight time in.
Congrats Rob on your first flights!!
Rob after his
first flight being congratulated by local
pilots
Rob's dream coming true!!
Bruce getting ready to
fly
Tim's new
trike
After Tim's first Trike Flight
Ed landing after a enjoyable warm
flight!!
Jim getting ready to take off!!
26 April 08 - Rob continues
training - Rob and I started the
morning with a Tandem Instruction flight followed by paramotor training. Later
on we had attempted to get in some more kiting but the winds were very strong
and gusty. We then completed some In-Flight training and simulated paramotor
launch techniques. Later that evening, Rob wrote his Student Pilot Exam.
25 April 08 - Rob start's training
- Rob had started training this
evening, we completed several theory classes and finished up by taming Rob's
Glider (Kiting). The winds were fairly gusty at first but lightened up at bit as
the evening went on. Rob had completed several reverse launches. Tomorrow, Rob
will be getting in a full day of training. Good Job Rob!!
 
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