Later I joined Glenn Tupper In El Paso, Texas. Glen is an Army surveillance pilot who loves the maneuverability and low flight capacities that a paramotor allows. Flying together, we followed the US/ Mexico border toward a mountains overlooking the city. After circling the crux on top of the hill, we came down the Rio Grande. The trip started under the best auspices.

At Apache Junction, Arizona, we continued on Lost Dutchman Road, turned second right on Gold Trail and were within a wingspan of Superstition Mountain. According to the legend, in the nineteenth century Jacob Walzer a German immigrant discovered a vein of gold ore. He only revealed the location on his deathbed. Another legend native Indians believe is that there is a hole which leads down into the lower world and is located in the Superstition Mountains . Winds blowing from the hole are supposed to be the cause of severe dust storms.

What did we find? Which legend did we verify?

The breeze was light, the Mountains turn golden at sunset, and we had some priceless flights. The silky fabric of the glider was dwarfed by the rock solid flat iron Peaks…

The full story will be published in the coming issue of Paramotor Magazine.

- Franck Simonnet

Nico taking 3rd place at the French Nationals

Two of the Paramania Pilots took places on the podium at the French Championships.

Nico Salinas took 3rd and Phil Jennings placed 3rd as well, as a non-French winner and contestant.

Nico has worked hard with the French team and as a Paramania pilot and should be recognized. Nico is a good pilot that deserves to be noted. At the French Championships he sportingly took third place where the option was open for him to have taken first place. Where many followed others, Nico stuck to his understanding of the rules and positioned himself correctly. After much influence from other pilots and advisers Nico chose the lesser of podium positions and took third. For future

Pascal Campbell-Jones congratulating Nico!

pilots, this event should be remembered.

Phil taking 3rd!

Phil has been training with Dean Eldridge; we are happy to see Phil out there making advancements in his skills and placing at competitions!

Great job to both of these pilots!

Some of the Paramania team will be at beach blast including team rider and fourth place 2009 world champion Emilia Plak.

Team Pilot Emi Plak

At the event we will have demo wings to use; Action GT, Fusion, Revo 2 and Taxi. We will also have wings for sale at special Beach Blast prices.

Also, Mike Campbell-Jones will be talking about reflex technology. In the USA there is much debate as to the safety and performance of Reflex. Some of the major points Mike will cover in his talk are:

*About reflex technology
*Why reflex (pitch positive wing sections)
*Wing Certifications and how we meet them
*Future wing design

Come to Beach Blast and listen to Mike Speak, ask him questions and possibly have some one on one time with him at our booth. He is speaking on Wednesday the 4th and Friday the 6th.

Mike Campbell-Jones

Updates via our Twitter account will keep you better informed at this show with what we are doing. Keep up to speed with the times and places Mike is speaking through the twitter account, follow us on twitter for the updates.

Join Mike Campbell-Jones and Mathieu Rouanet as they speak about the topic of Reflex wings and the technology behind it, theory of flight and motor geometry. They will also be joined by Ali Al Hammadi, Pascal Campbell-Jones and others.

Some of the topics at the event will be:

• Reflex technology and debate about the system
• Theory of flight
• Certification and testing methods
• Maintenance and inspection
• Assessing meteorological conditions
• Competition flying
• Pros and cons of hang points and it’s geometry on a motor
• Inspection and Maintenance

and much more…

For more information and to reserve your place please contact event organizer Ali by email ( Ali.hammadi.85@gmail.com) or call +971 50 422 7335.

We know many of you have been waiting for the new performance wing to come along and we had promised to finish it much earlier. But to create something really new, to replace the well known Action GT is not an easy task! We have been working on prototypes for the new GTX which has still not met the high Paramania standards that we approve.

Here is a sneak peak of the GTX

So hold tight customers and fans, you know when it is here it will be the biggest news to the Powermotor sport sense the rest of the Paramania’s line of reflex wings.

Thank you for the feedback and concern for bringing out new wings and to make our products better, although we might seem silent from an outside perspective at times, we are busy at work getting your new toys to you As Soon As Possible.

Dear Paramania,

I have been a PPG pilot since 2006 and my first wing was a Revo, I bought it from Land & Space Aviation school in Saudia Arabia, I was trying other wings from other brands but I did not feel comfortable with them. My friend Ahmed Al-Zahrani who I lost three months ago advised me to get the first Fusion and I did and I really liked it soooooo much – that was in late 2008.

After 2008 I wanted to upgrade wings again, and again I tried many wings and did not feel comfortable with them. My friend Fahad Al-Zkeri who runs the school now advised me to get a Revo2 and I just got it a week ago and guess what? It is an amazing wing, I really really loove it.

I think this a continuous successes of your products and this is the reason of making me one of the Paramania fans.

So thank you for making my flying dream nicer and safer.

Friendly note:

If you make the wings with more color options without any extra expense it will be very very nice. Make many colors, make it happy colors, just like the old Fusion.

Best regards,

Awod Saeed Al-Ahmar