| Aug. 23, 2009 | Welcome Pilot Robert Archer | Robert had his solo flight yesterday under the tutelage of John Black. The takeoff was terrific and although the landing was "interesting", Robert was quite excited by the whole experience. We look forward to having more safe flight with Robert. Click here for pictures and Video. |
| Aug. 13, 2009 | 1000th Flight | Captain Black flew his 1000th flight today with Kevin Kelsey. A huge accomplishment in the world of PPG. Click here to see the YouTube video. Congratulations John! |
| July 20, 2009 | 300 Flights Club | Mathew and Joe have both recently logged their 300th flights. They join the ranks of several of our other pilots who have logged more than 300 flights. Congratulations Joe and Mathew! |
| June 15, 2009 | Welcome Pilot Blake Pelton | Blake "Speedy" Pelton (click for picture and profile) has recently joined our ranks. He started flying PPG's in January 2009 and has been involved with Ram Air kites for over 20 years. We also owe Blake a thanks for recently introducing his friend Shad "Shadow" Coulson to the sport. Welcome to both of you. |
| May 27, 2009 | Kevin Turns 300 | After less than 2 years of flying PPGs, Kevin logged his 300th flight today. Congratulations Kevin! |
| May 27, 2009 | Kevin Flys Deweese |
 Kevin
headed up to the mountains this last weekend and got to do a
little flying around Deweese reservoir near Westcliffe Colorado.
The LZ was at 7700 feet. This shot shows Kevin with the
Sangre De Cristo mountains in the background. |
| May 25, 2009 | New Mexico Fly-In Coming Up | Jerry and Kevin are planning to attend the Paramotor City's 9th annual fly-in in New Mexico. |
| May 25, 2009 | Endless Foot Drag | Alex and John just returned from a few days at the "Endless Foot Drag" in Oklahoma. Click here for photos.. |
| May 25, 2009 | NEWS Page Started | Although our web site has been up for many years, we have finally started a NEWS page. We plan to keep postings of the upcoming events, new pilot welcomes, and other club news. A few recent news items were added that predate the start of the news page. |
| May 17, 2009 | John's SAT is Phat | John pulled off his 1st SAT recently in Florida. Don't try this without EXPERT training. Here's the video on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjgjE2sX0EU |
| May 17, 2009 | Congratulations Alex | In just under four years flying PPGs, Alex flew his 400th flight tonight. The air was a little bumpy, but it was fun to get some practice flying straight lines toward the horizon at 10ft or so. With the jitter in the air it ended up being good practice at active piloting. Congratulations to Alex. |
| May 17, 2009 | Shadow's 1st Flight |
From trainer
John Black:
This morning Shad Coulson
(click
here for picture and profile) made his first ppg flight at
Springs East Airport. Shad pulled off a forward in 1-2 mph
made a 20 degree correction in course to run under the wing
and away he went! Shad worked one night for hours it was
dark and only had light from a nearby softball field. As
Shad ran across the field with the wing I noticed his Shadow
following him.....thus I have presented him with the call
sign "Shadow". Please all welcome our newest ppg pilot to
the club. Here is the you tube link to his flight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEBteWIzQ7Y |
| May 10, 2009 | Beach Blast was a Blast | Our own John Black organized the very successful fly-in in Panama City Beach Florida. The Beach Blast was well received and had a huge turn-out of over 180 PPG pilots. Photos can be found all over the web. A few can be found at txwingnuts.com and John's youtube page. |
