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October Highlights

Posted on October 23, 2012 in Maren Ludwig   

October has produced quite a few great flying days here in the Pacific Northwest and given us the opportunity to do some free flying on the coast and both PG and PPG in the Columbia Gorge. We have been training using our tow system on the beach and doing some motor flying/training in a few different locations. Our newest motoring location is a spot that we just recently discovered and provides nice and easy conditions for the students, and great views of the Columbia River and Mt. St. Helen’s. Pretty cool to see lots of big ships moving by from so close up.

Some recent highlights have been working with two of our students, training them to fly their new Parajet machines. One of them just got a V2 Compact and the other one just received a Zenith V5 with the Bailey engine. The Zenith looks stunning with the red spars for sure. Both of the students were doing really well learning how to handle their new machines getting plenty of airtime. Everyone had lots of low passes, touch and goes, and take off and landing practice. Pretty sweet spot with really smooth winds and a nice sandy beach for a runway. Great fun to see so much progression in just a couple of days. Such an easy learning curve if you come prepared with the good ground handling skills and free flying experience that both of these guys had.

Another highlight was taking one of our students from about 8 years ago, and now taking him through his first tandem clinic. It’s such a privilege to take people on tandem flights and experience their first flight excitement, as I do almost daily during the summer months, but it was even more special to be able to work with our former student (and now good friend) as he is earning his tandem ratings. He’s got great skills and more importantly great judgement and his energy and passion for both PG and PPG flight is incredible. (He’ll be sporting a new Zenith 200 hopefully in just a couple more weeks!)

I’m very excited to have him be out there introducing people to our amazing sport very soon. Great fun and good experience to be in the passenger seat of the tandem for a change. Looking forward to flying with him again, and eventually sending students his way.

Looks like another great day for soaring the sand dunes out here at our local site and we’re going to go get a part of it.  Looking forward to some more mid-week motoring next week too!

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