Paramotor Training

Everyone dreams of flying at some point in life, through a grassy field and soaring prices of houses, streets and countryside. The wind in your face, cruising like a bird leaving all your worries and stress field. It is no longer just a dream but a reality with a paraglider and paramotor.

Things have come a long way since the triangular gliders 1970s, the development of sailing was a sport hang gliders gliding extremely popular today. The glider was designed in 1970 by paratroopers on foot launch Ram Air Chutes des Alpes in France, over the years these falls have been modified and improved in a very efficient wing giving the drivers' performance more like a glider fixed wing.

Flights of over 200 km are common just using thermal and skills of pilots to find lift and stay airborne for hours. Training in most countries you see the air, alone in a few days and it is possible to have a basic license in a few weeks. The equipment is relatively cheap, a new wing, harness, parachute, boots, helmet and variometer see you safely in the air for less than 4000USD! With many second-hand equipment available, less than 2000USD for an aircraft is not impossible!

During the late 1980s backpacks motor began to arrive on the scene of paragliding and the name? PPG? was quickly adopted. These units have paraglider pilots the opportunity to take the air from a flat field, rather than having to find a hill or mountain to begin their flights. The also
gave the Flyers the opportunity to stay in the air When all the thermals of the day was over, or even before they had begun.

These units are very popular in Thailand, they drive the development of PPG in the past 20 years have seen the units lighter and more powerful and cheaper each year. The training times are similar to paragliding and there is a wide selection of new and used powered parachutes available. They can be easily disassembled, fits the boot (trunk) of a car and only requires a small soccer field as a launch area. Prices range from $ 10,000 for a complete equipment, including Wing tandem parachute, two-seater tricycle and instruments for 1000USD a unit used solo.

There are dangers associated with these sports, they are regarded as extreme sports, but with a sensible attitude Many drivers have experienced decades of safe flying to 12,000 feet above the countryside of the most beautiful in the world. There are safety courses available to cope with the collapse of turbulence in flight and all pilots carry a reserve parachute. It is easy to enjoy this sport at your own pace, in the evening and early morning flights in the fresh air while watching the sun rise (or fall) are popular with some, while others enjoy the Lift high thermal noon.

If you are interested in any of these sports why not run down any Sport Flying Club, you can see gliders and paragliders in abundance, some experts and cat if you can even have a flight initiation on a tandem paramotor.

Some other facts: If the engine fails you are still on a glider, no problem! A reserve parachute is extremely rare in the world record distance on a paraglider (PPG n) is 349 km