Flight Training Pictures of Powered Parachutes

Movie clips of Powered Parachutes demonstrate the ease of takeoffs and landings. Simply, Safe, Fun, Affordable. What more could you ask for?

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Look closely and you will see the Powered Parachute at the far end of the runway. After ensuring that the engine is warm and completing the checklist, that everything is in order for take-off, the pilot will slowly advances the throttle and starts his ground roll. As the cart starts to move forward, the chute quickly inflates and ascends overhead. A quick check by the pilot will confirm that the chute has properly inflated and with a little more throttle the Powered Parachute will take to the air.

Again look closely at the end of the runway along the right edge of the picture and yu will see the Powered Parachute coming in for a landing. The pilot has throttled back to allow for a descent rate of about 100 feet per minute as he approaches the end of the runway. Lining up directly down the center line and adding just a slight bit of power to slow his descent and there is a perfect landing. At the end of the landing roll the pilot will shutdown the engine and completely flare the chute which will cause it to slowly descend dehind the cart.

Jerry King has had several days of instruction and fortunately good flying weather. He's now ready for his first "solo" flight. For the past couple of days he has always had an instructor in the powered parachute with him, now his instructor is tethered to Jerry by a radio link. He has gone through his check list carefully and is confident about his ability to take his "solo" flight.

Jerry commences his ground roll, checking his chute as it inflates over head. A little more throttle and he'll be on his way to one the the most exciting days of his life. Having completed his "solo" flight, he is now left to practice his newly learned flying skills. Because Jerry is from the Rhode Island area, he spent several days in this area practicing as much as possible. Because of the number of instructors in the area, he was always able to find someone to field any of his questions. As one local instructor says, "we all play well in the sandbox together".
It's not important where you bought your PPC from or who your official instructor is, what is important is that you follow the rules, get good competent training,  have a safe airwothy machine, and ask questions.

Gene and Sherry have just received their new Powered Parachute. They have spent several hours learning about the various mechanical components of their machine. Now it's time to break-in the Rotax 582 engine and adjust the prop for the proper pitch angle. All new owners should experience ever part of their machine, first hand. The break-in will take them a little over an hour, then it will be time for them to start learning how to taxi their unit on the runway. When they have experienced enough for one day, it will be time to stop and let them relax and digest. Usually we head out for one of the local eateries to relax and reflect on the days events.