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Wings and Strings Event at Fantasy of Flight
Dates: November 9th, 10th and 11th 2001
Place: Polk City, Florida, USA
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** "The following is not an
official report, but my personal view of this event." Eric Dufour |
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About 20 paramotor pilots attended this friendly fly-in
organized by Jim Jackson of Para-Lite,
during the Wings and Strings event at Fantasy
of Flight, in Florida.
It included a Bluegrass music festival (5 stages, over 100
shows), lots of family entertainment, good food and festive
atmosphere.
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All weekend, flying conditions were good and
it was nice to fly with the local pilots.
I did a few tandem rides and played Paraball. Richad
Good and Jeff Thompson joined me at the game.
This game consist on kicking the ball while flying low and/or
grabbing it with your feet and try to put it on a basket or else. |
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The active Parastars group opened the
ceremonies, flying in a formation with the American
flag flying from many wings Terry Alford, president of the Parastars,
as well as Bill Hocker, vice president, were flying with us. |
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About 15 air balloons took-off every
morning and some of them glowed on the Saturday evening. Hangliders from Wallaby Ranch
center released for solo and tandem soaring.
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Spectators could enjoy rides with antique biplanes. |
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Jeff Thompson and Bill Hocker went to 8,823 ft. AGL for an
altitude record for a Sky Cruiser paramotor before running out of fuel. |
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We had the pleasure to meet with Lon
and Deborah Chaney, nice people from Six
Chuter Inc., who were among us.
Lon who operates a PPC school in Orlando area, did powered
parachute tandem rides during the event.
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The Fantasy of Flight is a nice display of
antique and war aircrafts, in Orlando area.
A nice place to visit for those who
are interested in aviation history. |
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