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Basse Ham - Another weekend, another road trip!

Posted on July 04, 2012 in Phil Jennings   

Last weekend was the Mondial Paramoteur (Global Paramotor) event held at Basse Ham, a small village in north eastern France. I’d been looking forward to this event for quite a while as it only happens every two years and I was relishing the thought of lots of flying and a great social without the stress and worry of a big competition.

Arriving midday Friday the show was in full swing with every major paramotor manufacturer from all over the world present along with all their demo machines, I was like a kid in a sweet shop!

Saturday morning was a late start as the Belgians had been showing their amazing hospitality by giving away free beer into the early hours. So when I finally got to the launch deck there were lots of pilots flying. During the afternoon I tried the new Dudek Hadron 18, Diego’s new fuel injected Top 80 engine and Paul Baileys prototype fuel injected V5. Both engines were amazing and the Top 80 will probably be going in my Zenith as soon as one is available!

Sunday heralded an early start as Deano and myself wanted to fly with Andy Campbell with his new Parajet trike and film him for his current Pushing the limits trip. So at 7 we all launched into early morning still air and had a great flight around the local French countryside. This flight was even more fun for me as I was flying Deanos Polini 200 Zenith which has more thrust than my body weight!

After a great long weekend it was time to go, I’d caught up with lots of friends and made many new at a great event. Bring on Basse Ham 2014!

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