Powered Paragliding Paramotoring New Brunswick

25 May 11 - Why Not! - The Weyman pilots from Fredericton seen a little break in the weather and took the small opportunity to get out fly. The wet weather has growing the grass but that hasn't stop me from grooming and landscaping to improving my airstrip. Looking forward to bringing the Challenger II home.

22 May 11 - Lovely Evening - As usual Bob and Dave always take advantage of the lovely evening in the Fredericton area. It's been another long week with lots of rain which put a damper on my training schedule and training field still drenched. I've been keeping busy developing the South end of my training field for an Ultralight strip. My airstrip will be 830' in length with a 340' approach. Lots of room for my Challenger!!

13 May 11 - Friday the 13th - No excuse for Bob, Dave B and Dave G out flying today. It's been a long week with lots of rain and more rain in the forcast this coming week. Looks like the Fredericton area gave up some flying weather for these guys to get in a flight.

12 May 11 - Paragliding and Air Sports Event - The 16th Annual Paragliding and Air Sports Festival is happening again this year in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia the long weekend in May. The PPG pilots along with the paragliders and hang gliders from the all three Maritime Provinces gather in the Town of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. The PPG pilots attend this event and fly from the pier along the Bay of Fundy's coast line and enjoy the Lobster Boil outside at Michael and Krista' s place on Saturday Night. This event is always fun meeting new friends who enjoy the passion to fly. If your able to attend make sure you order you lobster soon with Michael Fuller.

10 May 11 - Horus Flight Helmet - The Horus Helmet is made with ultra-strong fiber-glass making it an extremely lightweight helmet but very robust with an aerodynamic shape for air intakes on the top and back which facilitate the airflow for transpiration. Comfortable, removable and interchangeable inner padding to change the size of the helmet or just to wash it. Certification for air sports and easy to attach a visor. Available in Pearl White or Carbon Optic in all sizes. More info to follow under the Flight Accessories soon.

7 May 11 - Early Flyers - Bob, Dave and Real were up early this morning fly from the Weyman's Field. Looks like more rain for the province in the next couple of days. The good news is that the green grass is back.

3 May 11 - Happily Flying!! - John had his 1st Powered Paragliding flight this morning followed by 10 more for a total of 11 flights. He can't wait to get back in the air and hopefully this evening weather permitting. John used to be with the Canadian Forces Skyhawk ParachuteTeam and stated that parachuting had nothing on PPG. Bob flew another flight this morning with his trike working towards his qualification.

2 May 11 - Close But No Cigar!! - This morning I was hoping for decent flying weather but after my demo flight the air was too rough for John's first flight. Bob looked on and gave me a hand setting John while we practiced forward inflations with the paramotor. Later on we reviewed the inflations by video with a good cup of coffee. Hopefully this evening the winds will cooperate for tomorrow morning.

30 Apr 11 - Retired Airborne Gunners - Bob flew several more qualifying flights this morning showing great take off control with his Xeint Trike. Afterwards I took John up on his first Tandem Flight and not long after Bob took off to join us. It was great to see Three Retired Airborne Gunners back in the air again. John had a chance to take control of the glider during the Tandem Flight to practice proper coordinated turns. After landing, John continued with kiting drills until we had to pack up before the rain arrived. We then went for an Early Bird Breakfast at JJ's Diner to finish the morning. In the afternoon we went over assembly and disassembly on John's Miniplane and when over training videos. Waiting for the next weather window continues.

29 Apr 11 - John PPG Training - Early this morning we continued with more theory classes and started Kiting Drills. John picked up Kiting very quickly. Later in the afternoon we completed all the In-flight drills to include Emergency Procedures. After supper and after a long day of training John wrote his Student Pilot Permit. Now waiting for good weather!!

28 Apr 11 - John Arrives - John came down from Petawawa, Ontario for Foot Launch Training. Myself and John go back a long way where we both served in "E" Bty Para together in the late 80's. John arrived later on in the afternoon so we completed the required paperwork to start the course as well as a quick glance at his Miniplane Paramotor. Later on we completed the first theory class. We called it a night and tomorrow morning we'll continuing on with his training.

27 Apr 11 - Good Friday and Easter Monday - Kobus from Shebrooke, Quebec also flew Good Friday and Easter Morning. Both flights were between 2.2 and 2.5 hrs covered almost 180 km with two flights combined. He had fitted a 15 liter tank to his paramotor so he can fly longer. What a beautiful area!

25 Apr 11 - Easter Monday - Thanks to Bob for taking these pictures along the way to the Captial City of Fredericton this Easter Monday. Looks like a few more Fredericton pilots took advance of the Easter Monday Holiday.

25 Apr 11 - Bob's 1st Solo!! - Yesterday was another training day with more theory lessons and in the afternoon Bob wrote his Student Pilot Exam and was given his permit to fly solo. We enjoyed Easter Dinner with Bob and his wife Jacquie waiting for tomorrow to arrive. Bob and I were up very early this morning to make it to Havelock for first light. We completed a few more training Tandems and then it was Bob's turn to fly solo. Bob did very well and flew 13 flights this morning at Havelock and his 14th flight in Sussex, NB. We're hoping on Mother Nature cooperating tomorrow morning for more flights.

23 Apr 11 - Double Airspace this morning - We went to Havelock early this morning to continue flying. We did fly Tandem a little but the winds picked up so we continued with inflation's and ground taxiing up and down the runway. Bob, is getting very good at his kiting skills. When we returned to Sussex the winds were low so we went back into the air for more tandem flying where Bob was basically flying the trike with me as a passenger. We completed touch & go's concentrating on ground taxiing and landing skills. Later we went over the flight videos.

22 Apr 11 - 1st Student in 2011 - Bob and I both served in "E" Bty Para together in the 80's. Last year Bob took a Tandem Flight and was hooked into getting back into the air again. Bob purchased an Xenit Trike and arrived today for training. We covered the theory classes and quickly went over basic kiting procedures before we went to Havelock Airfield to get in some Tandem flying. Bob had a chance to get in some kiting while we flew tandem as he had controlled the glider in the air and on the ground with my assistance. Bob did very well and tomorrow we'll be allowing him to get in the back seat (Pilots position) to practice pulling up the glider during initial inflation's. Good work Bob!!

15 Apr 11 - Saturday Morning at Weyman's - Looks like Mark D and Jim Mc flew Saturday morning with the Weyman's pilots. Nice to see a few guys from the Reflex Squadron joining the Weyman Wingnuts enjoying an early Spring flight. This season is going to be extremly busy and this sport is quickly growing in the Maritimes!! I 've been flying plenty of PPG lately in Florida so I flew my Challenger II Saturday morning from the Havelock Airflied. Had a great flight!!