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Had Robinson and Lee Boone, Amigo Airshow Oct. 20th. – 21st.

Theron — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:25:43 +0000

Our last article featured a great video by Had Robinson, How to: USHPA and USPPA Advanced Instructor Revo2 review.

In this article I mentioned how him and pilot Lee Boone have two events coming up, the Amego Airshow and the Extremo Air Show.

They just finished the Amego Airshow on October 20th. and 21st. Along with the GTR display team there were 13 other performances coming from all over the USA including the Air Force Thunderbirds and the Army Golden Knights.

Enjoy the photos and stay tuned because Had and Lee will be doing another display with the Extremo Air Show in Chihuahua City, Chih., Mexico October 27-28, that is in just a couple days!

The Extremo Air Show brings thousands of people to watch hot air balloons, motorcycle stunt riding and circus rides of all kinds. Expect great food and plenty of fun!

To view a more detailed report and description head to the El Paso Paragliding website.

Photos: John Shaw

Quebec, Fly Games World update from Dean Eldridge

Theron — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:53:11 +0000

After a leisurely time for the pilots while the authorizations for flying in Quebec were being finalized, we eventually got to test our equipment out yesterday afternoon and get a feeling for the course that we’ll be competing on in the coming days.

Unfortunately I had some problems getting the carburation sorted on my machine so spent the majority of the time fettling on the ground which was a little frustrating. In the end I found something that worked despite running hot and spent the final few minutes of daylight by myself on the course.

I then spent the whole evening with the Canadian Paramania pilots who have come down to support us, stripping the motor down and looking for anything that might be giving me an issue.

I really take my hat off to these guys for being so helpful and supportive to all of us Team Paramania pilots that have traveled here. It’s great being part of a big family wherever we are in the world!

Thankfully there are no issues with my wings, the only problem will be to decide whether I use my 18m or 20m GTR as it is not possible to change wings during the competition. The 18 is the faster of the two and it’s a pretty long circuit suited to this size but there are a few tasks where it is necessary to touch the wing tip on the water or have a heavy penalty and this favors the 20…

We have another day of testing today so I’ll make sure my Polini 200 is in tiptop shape and make a final decision after looking at the weather for race days. It could come down to being the 18 if it’s windy or the 20 if it looks to be calm…

- Dean Eldridge

Quebec, Invites 4 Paramania Team Pilots for 9,000 Cash.

Theron — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:59:25 +0000

For the full report go to the Paramania Website.

I will use the blog over the next couple of days to hopefully get up to date reports and some photos from the pilots in Quebec.

Right after Deano landed he sent me this message:

We have arrived in Montreal and waiting connection for Mont Joli. Unfortunately Danny Crespo’s machine has been confiscated in transit in Frankfurt and they’ve taken my fuel tank too. All things to sort out in the coming days.

-Deano

The pilots have a tough competition coming up in the next couple of days and 100% of it is over water! Take off and landing is on a 50m x 50m platform.

Intense.

Flying the Cochise Stronghold – By Glenn Tupper

Glenn Tupper — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:37:12 +0000

On my way to Tucson recently I stopped at the Cochise Stronghold.

The Cochise Stronghold is located to the West of Sunsites, Arizona in the Dragoon Mountains at an elevation of 5,000 ft. This beautiful woodland area lies in a protective rampart of granite domes and sheer cliffs which were once the refuge of the great Apache Chief, Cochise, and his people.

This rugged natural fortress was, for some 15 years, the home and base of operations for the famed Chiricahua Apache Chief, Cochise. Cochise and about 1,000 of his followers of which 250 were warriors were located here. Sentinels constantly on watch from the towering pinnacles of rock, could spot their enemies in the valley below and sweep down without warning in destructive raids. No man, woman or child within a hundred miles was safe from these attacks.

Born in Arizona, Cochise led the Chiricahua band of the Apache tribe during a period of violent social upheaval. In 1850, the United States took control over the territory that today comprises Arizona and New Mexico. Not hostile to the whites at first, he kept peace with the Anglo-Americans until 1861, when he became their implacable foe because of the blunder of a young U.S. Army officer, Lt. George Bascom.

In that year, Cochise and several of his relatives had gone to an encampment of soldiers in order to deny the accusation that they had abducted a child from a ranch. The boy was later proved to have been kidnapped by another band of Apaches. During the parley, Cochise and his followers were ordered to be held as hostages by Bascom, but Cochise managed to escape almost immediately by cutting a hole in a tent.

Bascom later ordered the other Apache hostages hanged, and the embittered Cochise joined forces with Mangas Coloradas, his father-in-law, in a guerrilla struggle against the American army and settlers. The capture and murder of Mangas Coloradas in 1863 left Cochise as the Apache war chief.

The U.S. Army captured him in 1871 and prepared to transfer the Chiricahua to a reservation hundreds of miles away, but he escaped again and renewed the resistance campaign. The following year after negotiating a new treaty with the help of Thomas Jeffords, his only white friend the band was allowed to stay in their homeland.

Cochise is reputed to have been a master strategist and leader who was never conquered in battle. For ten years Cochise and his warriors harassed the whites by raiding lonely ranches and attacking stagecoaches and miners.

He died peacefully on the newly formed Chiricahua reservation in 1874. His son, Taza succeeded him as chief. Upon his death, he was secretly buried somewhere in or near his impregnable fortress.

The exact location has never been revealed or determined.

Written by Glenn Tupper published by Theron

Ojovolador to review Paramania Action GTR 24

Theron — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:01:05 +0000

One of most exciting power wings of the moment, the GTR provides the most radically closed turns we have experienced up to now, with immediate response, solidity and poise. All, in a paraglider featuring magnificent profiles and that, surprisingly, also offers very good performance to navigate and short take off. Testing the size 24 footlaunched, we could take off in 4 steps while with the paratrike loading 160 kg we did not need much more.

Daniel Crespo and the Ojovolador team will be soon post a full review on Ojovolador.com, stay tuned!

Paramania Action GTR 24.

Content and photos Ojovolador and Daniel Crespo

Paramania Australia – uses the GTR 24

Theron — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:39:23 +0000

About 6 months ago Paramania sent a GTR 24 to Australia as a demo, we wanted to see how the pilots would react to such a wing when most normally they enjoy cross country flight.

Here is the feedback from Andrew.

The GTR is going great. I have been taking it around to fly-in’s whenever they have been on. It is on it’s way to a Queensland fly-in (2,000km’s north) with one of my sponsored pilots (Rick Clarke) this week so it can be demo’ed and displayed at the event.

Personally I find the GTR very nice to fly. It’s great down low flying along the dry creek beds and around trees in the paddocks here. Very responsive and still very stable.

Andrew concluded by saying.

I can only compare the fuel economy with the Revo2 I had been flying with my newest paramotor (TOP80) and it seems to be about the same. Having said this I am flying the GTR more aggressively than I would the Revo2 and still using the same amount of fuel. I am impressed with this, and the lift, given the GTR is 2 sq meters smaller than wings I usually fly.