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Paramotoring for beginners: from ground handling to a first flight

With Sky School UAE in Ras Al Khaimah, Paris learns to raise a wing, gets towed into the air and then flies under his own engine over the desert.

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Paramotoring is the simplest way to put a human in the sky: a paraglider wing overhead, a small engine on your back and nothing else. Paris begins the APPI PPG licence course with Sky School UAE in Ras Al Khaimah, and the first lesson is not flying at all but ground handling.

He spends hours raising the wing, turning to face the wind and steering with the toggles while the instructors shout corrections. Next comes towing, where a line pulls him aloft so he can feel the wing without an engine. Only then does the motor go on.

The flights happen about 45 minutes' drive into the desert, where the ground is flat and empty. Paris describes hearing only wind, and he spots the Burj Khalifa as a pinprick at sunset. He logs three flights in his first week. The licence needs 15.

In this episode

  • 0:00 What paramotoring is
  • 1:34 Ground handling
  • 3:41 Getting ready to fly
  • 6:46 The first flight

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Which school features in the episode?

Sky School UAE in Ras Al Khaimah, which trains pilots for the APPI PPG licence.

How many flights does the licence need?

The episode says 15 flights are required before the licence.

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