It was pretty much the same drill as Day 1. Ennis was helping Ryan in training students. He helped me launching the kite (wing) a few times.
Just like yesterday, after the morning session, all of us met at a local bagel shop for breakfast. It was Son Nguyen's last day here. He is a Patroleum engineer from Vietnam currently working in Brunei. He is vacationing in the US with his family and he took a sidetrip for a week to get trained in PPG Flying. He lost a day or two for the weather but, has been flying pretty good the last two days. He is into RC flying and several of our interests matched including both of us wearing the same model wrist watch that can tell compass heading and altitude!
There is Frank from Tucson, AZ. He is a day ahead of me in training. He is a private pilot of my age and is currently attending school to become an Airframe and Powerplant mechanic. Alex is from Colorado Springs who has been PPG flying for six years. He is a private pilot too and works as semiconductor technician for a living. He is a friend of Ryan and drove here (for 11 hours) to fly his Nirvana Rodeo and the Dudek Nucleon for a few days. There are a few other locals who fly at P48 on a regular basis.
In the evening, I practised a few reverse launches which makes it easy to bring up the kite if the wind is around five knots. Here a sample video using this technique to take off. I have also practised launching the kite and stabilizing it with motor strapped back on. I am getting used to the weight. That's a good sign. I was so exhausted that I didn't know when I dozed off. That's why I couldn't post this last night.
Just like yesterday, after the morning session, all of us met at a local bagel shop for breakfast. It was Son Nguyen's last day here. He is a Patroleum engineer from Vietnam currently working in Brunei. He is vacationing in the US with his family and he took a sidetrip for a week to get trained in PPG Flying. He lost a day or two for the weather but, has been flying pretty good the last two days. He is into RC flying and several of our interests matched including both of us wearing the same model wrist watch that can tell compass heading and altitude!
There is Frank from Tucson, AZ. He is a day ahead of me in training. He is a private pilot of my age and is currently attending school to become an Airframe and Powerplant mechanic. Alex is from Colorado Springs who has been PPG flying for six years. He is a private pilot too and works as semiconductor technician for a living. He is a friend of Ryan and drove here (for 11 hours) to fly his Nirvana Rodeo and the Dudek Nucleon for a few days. There are a few other locals who fly at P48 on a regular basis.
In the evening, I practised a few reverse launches which makes it easy to bring up the kite if the wind is around five knots. Here a sample video using this technique to take off. I have also practised launching the kite and stabilizing it with motor strapped back on. I am getting used to the weight. That's a good sign. I was so exhausted that I didn't know when I dozed off. That's why I couldn't post this last night.
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