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2007-11-12 Extras
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- Phil Russman
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Powered Paragliding Radio
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Powered Paragliding Shows by Date
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Master PPG1: Advanced
Ground Handling --
What's it all about, part 1 plus some tips.
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Master PPG1: Advanced Ground Handling --
What's it all about, part 2 plus some tips.
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Why People Get Out Of Powered Paragliding + Paul
Anthem's "Rocket Man".
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Going To Mexico --
Dispelling Myths as Brian and his Wife visit Michael.
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Oshkosh -- A big airshow, a little presence of
PPG; but what was there was fun.
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Listener Email Questions -- Fuel, straps,
Definitions, Others.
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Landing touchdown --
those last few seconds. For beginners and experienced pilots.
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Putters vs. Drivers -- a look at small and large
motors and which you'd rather have for different types of flying.
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Hang check and hang angle -- what's right and
what's the difference.
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Interesting things to
do with a Paraglider, Kankakee Fly-in, Obnoxious pilots setting up in
front of you.
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Fear of Heights -- Is it warranted?
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Tandem -- difficulty, exemptions and other.
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Are my motor problems
fuel Related? Troubleshooting & Avgas.
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Afterthoughts on Avgas: Mixing with Regular Gas.
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High Altitude, REALLY high altitude fly-in at
Bubba's.
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Thoughts on Training and the state of
Instruction.
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Paramotor PR. How to
improve public relations for paramotoring. Paul discusses upcoming Indy
Air Hogs airshow (local club) participation in a major airshow and more.
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Risk to non-flyers. Jeff looks at the risk to
spectators, both pilots and non-pilots including several past and one recent
injury event.
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Unusual uses for a
paraglider. Besides the obvious, you can have fun with paragliders in
other ways. Jeff describes his shenanigans in Milwaukee.
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Maintenance Warning Signs. Paul Anthem leads
with some of what you don't want to hear, from your paramotor anyway.
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What's new with
wheels. Michael has been doing lots of training with wheels, what's the
latest?
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Roy Beisswinger, PPC
Guru, Ultraflight Radio
host and U.S. FAI representative talks about the state of powered
parachutes and wheeled powered paragliders since sport pilot. The we
talk competition in the U.S. and worldwide.
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Richard
Meredith-Hardy, the organizer of more European competitions than
probably anyone, discusses the coming world air games and other matters
about the international state of paramotoring. He also talks about the next
world paramotor championship, currently scheduled to be Lebenon, 2010.
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A group of 6 pilots started and 1 finished an
incredible paramotor journey from Tip to Tip of the United Kingdom. We talk
with two of those involved including the lone pilot who made it. They are
part of www.ParamotorClub.org.
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There's been a change at the USPPA and
Chad Bastian now leads the Training Committee. We'll talk about how he
hopes to help improve the training tools available to pilots and
instructors.
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A minimally trained pilot shows up at your field with marginal skills and
knowledge. What to do? Chad stays with us to explore options.
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PPG Adventure Tours and a small change in venue for Paratoys 2008 Salton
Sea. Bob and Mike fill in the details.
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Joe Onofrio
talks about the event that was Monument Valley: its planning, possibilities,
running and future. What led him to organize it and how he'd like to see it
done next year.
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Andy
McAvin of MacPara talks about the Houston area fly-in on the west end of
recently devastated Galveston, Texas.
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Andy stays with Michael and I to delve into
detail as to how wings really turn and some of the differences between
reflex, semi-reflex and standard wings.
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Mo Sheldon
shares his thoughts about the recent tragedy in Monument Valley that took
the life of paramotor pilot Martin Maxwell. Mo was both his friend and
instructor.
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Bob lists, in no
uncertain terms, his least favorite things about PPG.
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Beery Miller,
www.TXWingNuts.com talks about
Houston's suffering after Hurricane Ike, on of the centuries more
destructive storms.
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Cool Flying Sites
and Michael's PPG Adventure trips
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All about flying
into the Boxing ring on Fox TV's "Sports Science".
Finally, we're back!
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USPPA's Tandem exemption 9751.
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World Air Games
Qualifier.
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Bob answers some
accumulated emails from listeners.
Discussion of John Black's Accident
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John Black joins us to talk about the accident
and expert pilot Chris Santacroce
analyzes it.
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Chris Santacroce
talks about how to avoid and how to handle large deflations. He also
discusses the benefit of Over-water maneuvers clinics for paramotor
pilots.
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Avoiding Mid airs.
Discussion on recent flying at the Salton Sea and
others. Launching a newbie in one lesson.
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A pilot crashes in in Colorado. What happened,
what, if anything, could have been done.
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Answering a question
that comes up frequently: "I've got 50 flights and want to advance, what
are some things I can do?"
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Continuing on what
things can be done to improve a pilot's skills.
Discussion recent flying at the Salton Sea and
others. Launching a newbie in one lesson.
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Chris Bowles on what's new at Fresh Breeze
including the Electric and, get this, a PPG Car.
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Continuing series on
wheel launch. Chris shares his tips for success.
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How NOT to fall, even
for an experienced pilot there are traps that can be avoided.
Discussion recent flying at the Salton Sea and
others. Launching a newbie in one lesson.
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Field cures to get your motor running.
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What equals pain in
PPG.
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Continuing series on
wheel launch including training techniques.
More on wheeled teaching techniques and how to
launch a PPG cart. Bruce Brown is the
king of cold, calling from Toledo, Ohio and training through late fall.
Unfortunately, we got distracted from that subject but had interesting
discussion on learning with wheels first.
Andy McAvin, MacPara importer does a lot of training in Texas and shares
his experience, too.
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Bruce Brown talks about the latest with FlyOhio
and how the foot starter works in practice. He's realistic about paramotor
expectations.
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Andy McAvin talke
about the new motors from HE Paramotores including 8dels. He also
details the new MacPara reflex wing and Spice follow-on, the Envy.
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We all discuss the
merits and drawbacks of training on wheels. Both of these instructors
prefer to teach foot launch over wheel launch.
Improvisation at work. The last two shows were
recorded during overnights in Salt Lake City. I bring the microphone,
cabling and mixer with me. They stuff nicely into my inline skates. As long
as I can scrounge up a good internet connection this works well.
For the technically interested: The key to
improving sound quality was a connector that takes the combined mixer output
and feeding it back into one of the mixer's two channels. This is required
because, although the mixer had audio from the computer, it only put it on
the output bus and never sent it back into the record channel. Levels are
adjusted so there is no feedback and full, high fidelity volume can be
achieved. Of course then we compress the snot of it so that it downloads
quickly.
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Mike Steen, Matt Gerdes are extreme sport
athletes and Ozone team pilots who bring their expertise to paramotoring.
It's an interesting lifestyle. They regulars on the TV show Nomads. We talk
about their various flying gigs including paramotoring. Both have been all
over the world.
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How to Winterize your
paramotor. A bit about the brake toggle in prop incident and others.
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Paratoys Low Boy
Quad. Bob discusses how his latest creation has proven so tip-resistant.
2007/Nov/12
2007, Nov 12 Show.
7.7 Mb. Hosts Phil Russman, Jeff Goin. File is 7.0 Mb mp3
See show extras added
2007-11-15
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Don Jordan visiting Australian Richard Shelton
and Bohdan join Phil Russman and myself to discuss flying in Australia
from a rule and land perspective.
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Richard and Bowden
talk about what equipment is prevalent and how the schools work.
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Mo Sheldon talks
about a student who just soloed and trike training tips. Don Jordan and
Phil Russman offer their suggestions.
Note: Audio is still a problem and we've got a
few more things to try but at least Jeff doesn't sound like he's talking
over the guests.
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Michel Carnet talks about China. Marty Hathaway on St. Johns River adventures
aboard the S.S. Parabarge
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The Electric PPG gets another nat's hair closer
to reality. Michel flew one and talks about what electric paramotoring
promises.
Note: We're still trying to figure out the call
host (Jeff Goin on this and the previous 4 shows) channel records 1/2 second
prior to the other guests. It sounds like the call host (Jeff) is talking
while the guests are finishing. We and apologize for the inconvenience. We
HAVE figured out how to improve the levels and the music will be redone to
be at a lower volume. Starting with this show, automatic gain control is
being applied to bring up the quieter guests and tone down the louder hosts.
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Marty Hathaway on St. Johns River adventures
aboard the S.S. Parabarge
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Flight Service Station briefer George Tuonemon
and Operations Manager Kevin George join to talk about how easy it is for
Paramotor Pilots to use their growing services.
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Chad Bastian shares about his latest creation the
TrikeBuggy and other tidbits about wheeled flying.
Note: We're still trying to figure out the call
host (Jeff Goin on this and the previous 4 shows) channel records 1/2 second
prior to the other guests. It sounds like the call host (Jeff) is talking
while the guests are finishing. We and apologize for the inconvenience. We
HAVE figured out how to improve the levels and the music will be redone to
be at a lower volume. Starting with this show, automatic gain control is
being applied to bring up the quieter guests and tone down the louder hosts.
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Wayne Mitchler and Preserving the sport. Bob
joins in mid-segment with comments on preserving the sport and his
Paratoys show. Plus Bob's big almost announcement--something big on Jan 1,
2008?
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Wayne Mitchler joins us to discuss Flying in
regulated Canada, what’s the difference and what’s new.
Sky Biker Aviation
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Mike Britt, Paramonster pilot and the man who can
fix anything. What's up with Aluminim welding and how can we get it done.
Also, how did the Parabarge come to be.
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Reducing our sport’s most prevelant injury: Prop
Safety – what’s new.
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Wayne Mitchler joins us to discuss Flying in
regulated Canada, what’s the difference and what’s new.
Sky Biker Aviation
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Wayne Mitchler adds to Bob's continuing series on
transitioning from foot launch to wheels, Part 2.
Sky Biker Aviation
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The fastest growing segment of our sport, why,
and what the choices are. Trikes, Quads, Buggies, Flykes.
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Mo Sheldon talks about the his trike and the
flash trike. www.AirParamo.com.
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Mo Sheldon adds to Bob's discussion on
transitioning from foot launch to wheels, Part 1.
www.AirParamo.com
2007, Aug 11 Show. 10.5 Mb. Hosts
Bob Armond,
Jeff Goin, &
Phil Russman. This link goes to MediaFire which is an
advertising supported hosting service where you can download the 58 minute
long show. 10.6 Mb mp3
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Wheel Launch: Bob Armond PPG to PPG and other
aspects of wheeled training.
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The New Paratour: Eric Dufour and what's in store
for his new digs in FL. www.Paratour.com.
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New Plans-Built Paramotor: Jeff Baumgartner talks
about his newest plans/kit creation.
www.PPGPlans.com.
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