Fifth day training with Dan Decker of PPGTennessee.com.
Today is the day for my first flight!
I got my wing back and it passed inspection. Paratour was great and took good care of my wing.
We started off with a few taxi runs with my wing. Oh what a difference it was. My Edel Power Atlas inflates and comes up so much easier than the practice wing. It felt like I was barely moving to keep the wing up.
After some good taxis Dan said I was ready to go up.
The plan was to fly a couple of patterns around the field and then land and get ready for a second flight.
Taxi with the wing… go full throttle… and… lift off!!! The feeling is both exhilarating and terrifying at the same time. Totally awesome! The take off was pretty smooth. My first turns were slow and cautious. I didn’t really know how much you can pull on the breaks. Taxing and flying are a bit different. I didn’t want to collapse the wing or turn too tight or go into a spin. Slow an cautious keeps you safe. The patterns went well. The landing was almost effortless. It felt great.
Once I was down, we looked over the machine again to be sure it was ready for another flight. We found that one of my exhaust spring bolts was missing. So much for the second flight.
Couldn't ask for a better first flight. It was awesome. It was awesome to have my kids there to experience it with me. They all want to fly.
Filmed these with the Sony Action Cam AS30 and iPad Mini. Used iMovie to put them together.
