Picture yourself in the not too distant future, ready to take your first flight at home with your paraglider...
This is what a bunch of us in Tulsa, Oklahoma are getting ready to do....head West and learn to fly.
We have found a farm field, part of a sod farm, for us to start getting use to the joy of paragliding. The picture to the left is the first kiting of a brand new Muse...gorgeous....marvelous....pure platinum joy.
We will soon be headed out West to take instruction from the world renown Bob Armond. The goal of the training course is to provide us with the skills and knowledge to set up the equipment, properly ground handle the paraglider, launch and land with instructors assistance and to reach the goal of flying without the instructor’s assistance in just a few days. Hopefully we will learn all aspects of Powered Paragliding including Reverse & forward launch’s, tips and tricks, equipment maintenance, weather, flying techniques, and many other items that would normally take a student many years to learn on their own. Below is a picture of Bob taking off from slope near the ocean:
There are four of us going...Dave, Posey, Robert, and Ken. We are counting down the days. For now we are trying to get in as much ground practice as we can in the 105 degree weather here in Tulsa...the day the above picture was taken it was 105 with a heat index of 110....we drink lots of water.
We don't have many pictures right now....hoping to have plenty to add when we return from our training with Bob. We hope to keep a list of good paragliding links, a forum, and gallery on PPGOK.Com. For now....a few more pictures of the crew getting the hang of the wind and the Muse.
Laying out the new Muse
Checking the Oklahoma wind
Building the wall.
