On March 19, 2010 – World Class Paragliding Pilot Bill Heaner is going to attempt a world record. Bill is planning to launch his paraglider from a balloon and then come back and land in the same balloon basket he took off from. He will launch from 7,000 feet and then come back towards the balloon a few minutes later that will be descending back to earth. This is a very dangerous trick, many things could go wrong.
Bill Heaner is a master paragliding and paramotor pilot so if anyone could pull this off it would be him.
The second annual Beach Blast in Panama City Beach, Florida is right around the corner. The organizer John Black put on quite a show last year attracting over 300 pilots and thousands of spectators. This year he is expecting double that. People are coming from all around the world to Beach Blast 2010. The location is perfect- white sand beaches of Florida’s Gulf side with beautiful emerald blue water. On top of that, this event takes place at a hotel that absolutely loves the idea of PPG pilots buzzing around on its private beaches. Sound too good to be true? Don’t pass up this fly in, its a must! Redbull Airforce members Chris Santacroche and Othar Lawrence will be performing acro shows and hanging out with all of the pilots. There will also be kiting clinics held by Dell Schanze and SIV clinics run by Chris Santacroche and Bud Wruck.
For more information on Beach Blast 2010 visit John Black’s website Freedom Flight Center. The dates for this event are May 6-9.
American Paramotor CompanyU-Turn USA has teamed up with one of their wing partners U-Turn Paragliders (http://u-turn.de) to bring the paramotor industry the fastest wing on the market. Now were not talking about +3-5 mph here. We are talking 30+ mph over the existing competition. U-Turn Paragliders is claiming that this wing will top out at 74mph! Yes you read that right, 74MPH. Now we do have a legal speed limit for ulralights in this country so legally this wing can’t go past 63mph. With that being said, this wing should actually have some good efficiency at the 63mph speed limit. However, don’t plan on this wing being foot launchable unless you have your self a wicked pair of roller blades…
The wing is said to be a 10sm and have an 8:1 aspect ratio. This new wing wing have some safety features built in that will make it very stable. We are thinking its going to have U-Turn’s PPN as well as their AFS system. More to come as we learn more about this wild endeavor.
In this episide of PPG For Morons, funny man Paul Anthem destroys yet another paraglider at the 2010 Salton Sea Fly In.
From Video Description:
Comedy series. Every friendly pilots nightmare– A powered paraglider pilot borrows a wing and has an accident with it. But don’t worry, he can fix anything….. sort of.
Video info: This wing was donated to PPG for Morons. It has several ripped panels on the top, bottom and leading edge, and also a few cut strings. The crew was actually a little shocked that I flew it that way because I didn’t even repair the bad parts with the duct tape. Too bad that the damage didn’t show up on the film better. It just goes to show what a wing can take and still fly.
-Riser Twist from hell that sends you into a plummeting departure from the sky back down to earth.
Now this was mostly caused because the pilot was inexperienced. It’s not necessarily the fault of the equipment. That being said, the gentleman’s equipment in the video definitely didn’t help him in this situation. If this pilot had low fixed hang points, this would not have turned out the same way at all. Getting pilots the correct amount of instruction will prevent a lot accidents like this from happening. We at Extreme PPG are just glad that the pilot didn’t keep pushing higher and higher before the riser twist and unfortunate brake pull stalled him back into earth.
What do you guys think? Leave a comment below and let us know what you think of this paramotor Crash
In these two videos Redbull Airforce team pilot Othar Lawrence tears it up in the Grand Cayman Islands. What an awesome job to have. Doesn’t get much better than that. Othar’s equipment of choice is a Gin Boomerang and a Flat top 200 Super.
In this video, paramotor pilot Dell Schanze takes us on a wild ride over the mountains of Utah as he climbs in and out of clouds. Dell is the owner of paramotor company U-Turn USA.
Pilot Jeff Toll from Virginia Beach showing us a good time. From Youtube -
“Paramotor Flying South Eastern Virginia Beach on Feb 21st, 2010. Beautiful 50 degree day, nothing better than experiencing it from the sky with your own personal backpack aircraft.
