In case you were wondering there are differences in the way different states regulates the usage and furchase.

Sure many people would say that the US doesn’t require a lisence for ultralights but in fact the definition of an ultralight there is slightly different then the definition in the U.K

Ultralights that are slightly heavier then the standard ultralight or that have two seats are considered now light sport aircraft in the US and one has to have his sport pilot license in order to fly it.

The lisence requirements in the U.K are considered harder but they are actually very similar to the requirements in the US.

Using ultralights or microlights between borders even inside Europe can be tricky as there are different requirements. I suppose flying from the U.K to France is easier then the other way as France has almost no regulation for ultralights.

But there are no international accepted standards and in an era when In most affluent countries, microlights or ultralights now account for about 20% of the civil aircraft fleet, I suppose the next step is to have the ICAO acknowledge this category to enable international flights more easily.

 

There are much more men then women that are into paragliding, there are much more young people then elderly ones in the field, but is there really a good reason? I’ve read this post stating the world age records and found out the people in their 70th are a rare but existing phenomenon in the paragliding field.

In Israel, paragliding has some history, starting with the Zoom Club pioneering efforts of Yair Shachar. He in turn taught a certain Baruch Gurwitz to fly, at the age of 70! In fact, in 1998 Baruch earned an entry in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s oldest paraglider pilot. He was 77. That record has not lasted though! Since then, a short film has been made about the exploits of a 79 year old Polish pilot. Miroslaw Dembinski produced the film, winning a prize in the Banff Mountain Film Festival.

As for gender, paragliding is fun and there are women that enjoy it but it still appeals more to men. Can you imagine your mother paragliding on their free time? Why not it sounds cool!

I happened to visit this post and checked a link to an online glide simulator that was claimed not to work but as I checked it out it worked just fine. If you want to try and play online gliding check it out. It took some getting used to but it is fun.

This bloger made a very interesting list of things he did and things we still plan to as a way of introduction for his blog.

He mentioned that he have been gliding once and dream of learning to paraglide, and it sounded so much like me before the paragliding.

Many go gliding, or at least plan too, and then decided to learn paragliding s well.

There are good courses out there for gliding and paragliding so if you like to try don’t leave it on some future list of things that might happen sometimes, make it happen.

Don’t try it at home!

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