paraglider pilots?

[ProWraps]

any?

im about to switch to a ppg (black hawk). i have to think with this site being nationwide there are at least a few glider pilots (hang glider pilots are welcome).

 

[astro8]

i have to think with this site being nationwide

I must be an illegal alien...

 

[JimJenson]

Not a paraglider pilot, but I do hold a PPL, with INS and COM privilege.
Have about 1800 SEL PIC, 100 SES dual and 100 airship dual. Sold my plane 3 years ago, medical is not current and with issues.

If I fly again, I will most likely go the route of LSA.

 

[SignManiac]

This looks like a fun toy...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/THE-BEST-LIGHT-SPORT-AIRCRAFT-ON-THE-PLANET_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ63677QQitemZ170406140245#v4-34

 

[ProWraps]

oh man that looks fun. only one problem. thats about 120$k more than my ppg. heh.

 

[signmeup]

i have to think with this site being nationwide.........

Typical Yank astro8. This site is global :Canada:eh?

 

[ProWraps]

yeah yeah my bad. was reading something about nationwide ppg pilots and it stuck in my head.

 

[Fuzzbuster]

This looks like a fun toy...

That things a death trap dont think its a proven aicraft..

Better off with a Legend

It looks the same but it definately aint

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfzLuOGA_q0

still havent tryied to post pics of the planes i`m involved with...

Theirs a few members on here that know who `i am

 

[CheapVehicleWrap]

I have a buckeye powered parachute for sale

 

[ProWraps]

what is the diff between a ppc and a ppg?

 

[woolly]

this is what i fly

 

[Boomer]

I am not a pilot but have been up in sailplanes several times.What a blast.I have helped assemble a few also. My stepfather is a pilot and sailplane pilot and lives next to a glider port.I try to go there on weekends to hang out and "run" some wings on take off.

 

[zmatalucci]

we've been having some shit-y luck around here w/ airplanes. There have been around 4 crashes in the past three years. The most recent was last Sat., a middle aged man and his 12 year old son tried flying to Indiana for a hunting trip during the end of the storm that we had. Both perished in the crash not 2 miles after takeoff.

 

[Mosh]

I never have had a license, but my dad had a Cessna 180, I would take the controls alot when we would take trips. Sold it 15 or so years ago, guess he got tired of it.

 

[John L]

We had a guy put one of those gliders down across some property we own in Pa. He was fine and, other than a few ruts from the rescue trucks, there was no property damage. I did see a pic that showed his landing gear ripped off and the plane setting on it's belly. I was out of town and never really heard what happened.

Is there some kind of site online where you can look up what the FAA (or any appropriate authority) has to say about crashes, etc?

 

[JimJenson]

Is there some kind of site online where you can look up what the FAA (or any appropriate authority) has to say about crashes, etc?

Sure, here's the link to the searchable database.

http://ntsb.gov/ntsb/query.asp

I was a contributor to the data a little more than 4 years ago.

 

[Boomer]

Hey John what part of Pa.? There is a glider port near Fairfield Pa. I have done a few retrieves for pilots from there.

 

[SignManiac]

Here's my next ride!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ETVoQ8BN38

 

[John L]

"22' chicago brake"

I just saw all of that. That's some funny stuff.


Boomer.. PM sent.

 

[Mosh]

Why is it 22' only on that one post? I thought I might have wrote it wrong, you know I would NEVER make stuff up. Weird. look at my other posts. I do have a 12" brake. Break?