It has been a while since I updated this blog. I have been flying a Wingnuts' Cessna all this time. So far I have around 120 hours of flying time under my belt. I have also been participating in the Virginia Aviation Ambassadors program trying to fly into as many public airports in Virginia as possible. I have covered about 20 out of 66 Virginia public airports so far.
You can see three hot air baloons (just three dots) in the sky and a few glider planes on the ground in the background.
Any way, I have been thinking about Powered Paragliding (PPG) for some time. I finally decided to go for it before I will become too old to foot launch. I have decided to train with Ryan Shaw of Paradrenalin, Phoenix, AZ for 5 days which should get me a PPG2 rating from USPPA. Ryan is an accomplished PPG instructor.
I flew into PHX, Monday, 12/19 and started training with Ryan on Tuesday, 12/20 @7 a.m. The training is at the Pleasant Valley Aiport. If it weren't for the gliders and hangars, it doesn't look like an airport. The runways are made of dirt and gravel. For the PPG activity, all we needed was open ground.
The first day was a lot of hard work. We had a 2 hour session in the morning and another 2 hour session at 3 p.m. All I did was, tried to bring up the glider over head and keep it there while moving forward. It was much harder than I expected. I also tried with a motor on my back but, it was way harder. I need to get used to that weight. Below are some pictures from the first day of training.
Have Fun Ravi!
ReplyDeleteWow. Now this looks like fun.
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