The power sport for the 21st century is the safest and most convenient form of ultralight aviation in history. Cloth canopies developed for human flight have been around since Leonardo Da Vinci. They can be packed down to sizes smaller than a child’s lunchbox for easy transport, they have no moving parts as they are [...]
Ten year old SUPERJORDAN has now become the worlds youngest paramotor pilot. Not only that, this 10 year old super pilot foot launched! Congrats to SUPERJORDAN, great skills! With WPPGA certified equipment and training from a true expert your odds of dying even if you fly like a complete idiot are currently zero. THAT [...]
Before buying a wing, a paramotor pilot can have a general idea of how safe it is thanks to DHV, CEN and ANFOR certifications. This is great, but until now, there has been no place for pilots to access safety information on paramotors. In order to help increase safety in the industry and help minimize all [...]
These are 8 of the most basic safety features that would prevent the vast majority of serious injuries & deaths in the sport. Zero people to date as of 02/25/2011 have ever died on equipment that’s 100% WPPGA certified. For your safety and for the image of the sport, please make sure you get WPPGA [...]
Fail #1 Crumple Zone
Fail #2 Pilot Restraining System
Fail #3 Sufficient Cage & Netting Strength
Fail #4 Quick Release Harness
Fail #5 Certified Fixed Height And Width Hang Points
Fail #6 Handless Seating
Fail #7 Face Plant Protection
Fail #8 Trigger Throttle
2/8 Passes
Over the last 2 weeks there have been 2 serious prop strike accidents that occured in the USA. Both of these have been kept quiet but word came through to us so we felt the need to inform the public. Both prop strike occurred on the ground and are believed to have been during full power run ups. One of the incidents had the pilot slip and his hand went right through the netting into the prop. The propeller apparently pulled out some of the pilots muscle all the way up to his shoulder. This is horrifying. We don’t know how many fingers were lost but we are told that people were looking for fingers around the accident area for hours after it occurred. The pilot was flown by medivac helicopter to a nearby hospital. That’s all the info we have it this point.
We hope the pilot is doing well on the road to recovery.
Fellow pilots, there is only one paramotor that has passed all of our paramotor safety tests for situations like this. The Flat Top paramotor. If people want to fly something else, they are putting their lives in unccessary danger and asking for accidents like this to happen. Please read up and do your homework before buying your next paramotor! Don’t be the next one to lose your fingers or worse because you didnt care about safety.
If you hear of anyone offering a 2-3 day paramotor training course, please let us know ASAP. People need to be aware of these so called instructors promoting paramotor training in such little time. Most people cant even get basic kiting skills in that short of time without the right instruction, let alone be off on there own flying a ppg! Paramotor training is not something to skimp on. Get with a certified paramotor instructor through the WPPGA and ensure you master your craft!
13 year old Kenton Neudorf is officially the WPPGA’s worlds youngest paramotor pilot. Kenton went through a full intensive training session with wppga lead instructor Dell Schanze where he learned expert kiting skills. On June 26, 2011 Kenton took to the skies on a flat top 120 w/ air trike attachment and a U-Turn Speedmaster Rocket speed glider. Kenton performed flawlessly and landed as a world record holder. Nice job SUPERKENTON!