Ben, Designed for mountain climbing, they are over kill for flying, no pun intended. Look at the specs on them, 14,000 lbs. force units per biner. And they are...
OK here is the deal. You have to fly today and start the new year off right. Then come back to the list and post how the flight went. If its to windy well then...
Hey Paul..Happy new year! One reason some of us don't bother talking to Fister is because he likes to project his now slightly-reformed but tough-guy, bad-ass ...
Well, for those of you that don't make it out, there's this guy in Poland that takes the most stunning photos I've ever seen from a PPG. These are National...
Tom, I can see your idea, but I don't think this will cause enough effect to turn the aircraft. We need to effect the wing to make it turn enough to be...
Hi Chad, It just might work. But may take an impractical sized fin and would likely work in a counterintuitive direction. The turn/wing will be affected by the...
... likely work in a counterintuitive direction. ... bit of air being deflected by the fin, that only changes the direction of thrust. ... is put on the...
Not to come to anyone's defense, but the 2 place ppc's were n-numbered and flown by licensed sport pilots. I did not see any 2 place wheeled ppg's. (yes,...
Mark, I took your advice and with the fortune of a beautiful afternoon, took my first flight of the New Year and started 2009 right. Thanks for the suggestion,...
I had a nice flight today ( 01/01/09 ) too, calling down to the neighbouring farms/farmers with a 'HNY', till a big cloud blew in below me. This is the third...
Jim, Give me a call and I can give you a briefing on the guidelines for flying Pensacola Beach. The beach authority had a real bad experience with a fixed...
Happy New Year everyone! Today was absolutely perfect at my Mom's place in Virginia. I got in two great flights after spending most of the day giving my...
Tom, You're not so far from us PAPPG guys. I've been down to fly with Marty several times. If you think it's a good idea, we could probably get some more...
The most spactular fireworks you have ever seen; http://www.westernpyro.org/winterblast.php If you can come to Lake Havasu it is worth te trip Fly the Lake...
... <windrider_sail@...> ... off ... its ... weather ... you ... right ... ****** Launched at 14:40, into a 6 mph west wind. Air temp 70F on the ground....
I too started off the new year in the air. 2 hours and 10 minutes. 2 fowards and one reverse launch. Everything lovely. I was joined at the Texas City Dike...
With all of this discussion on using feet to steer, just a heads up to anyone considering attaching lines to the brake handles for foot control. You need to be...
Here goes my (not so great) story: Yesterday I went to Boca Grande Island (such a beautiful place) to picnic with my family. It was an amazing day on the beach...
... Topanga ... fire ... at ... Paula ... half ... ascend ... of ... Hi, Mike. Happy new year. I've spoken with you in the past. Would you email me your...
i didnt see any ppg trikes on the video doing tandom, just ppc's, in fact i was there, i don't recall any ppg trikes that were even set up for tandom let alone...
Impressive Alex 3 points - many more to go..... T2 www.badapples.us #2 ... From: Alex Souza <alexandres@...> Subject: Re: [ppgbiglist] New Years Day...
was it Illegal to tandem footlaunch not that long ago? ... watched the video. Maybe I am blind, but didnt see anything illegal in the video. A USUA certified...
Hey Nick, I did post on www.pappg.com on Jeffs board an invite your welcome to join us and anyone one else who would like to fly Delaware this spring. Tom F ...
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