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The airport is home to iFLY Indiana Powered Paragliding. A United States Powered Paragliding Association (USPPA) approved Paramotor school. iFLY Indiana Powered Paragliding was founded in 2018 and is a full service school providing instruction, gear and service to the Powered Paragliding community.
Powered paragliding, also known as paramotoring or PPG, is a form of ultralight aviation where the pilot wears a back-pack motor (a paramotor) which provides enough thrust to take off using a paraglider. It can be launched in still air, and on level ground, by the pilot alone—no assistance is required.
The United States Powered Paragliding Association (USPPA) is a non-profit organization based in the United States that endeavors to support a segment of ultralight aviation known as powered paragliding. Founded in 2001, its primary effort is a training program with pilot ratings that recognize different levels of accomplishment.
Students at these academies are organized as cadets, and graduate with appropriate licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard and/or the U.S. Merchant Marine.While not immediately offered a commission as an officer within a service, cadets do have the opportunity to participate in commissioning programs like the Strategic Sealift Officer Program (Navy) and Maritime Academy Graduate (Coast Guard).
Powered paragliding is the flying of paragliders with a small engine known as a paramotor attached. Powered paragliding is known as paramotoring and requires extra training alongside regular paragliding training. It is often recommended to become competent in paragliding prior to learning to paramotor in order to know fully what one is doing.
Flight Park is jointly managed by Utah State Parks and the Utah Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (UHGPGA). It is known as one of the best training sites for both paragliding and hang gliding. [citation needed] Just west of the parking lot there is a modelport for radio control airplanes and helicopters. [3]
A mum says she was "absolutely traumatised" after her 15-year-old was hit by a paraglider on the final day of their holiday.
Airways Airsports is an airpark at Darley Moor Airfield, Derbyshire, offering hang gliding, paragliding, paramotoring, and microlight training and flying. It is a British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association and British Microlight Aircraft Association (BMAA) recognised school.