Eric Dufour's flights
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Fast &
Furious!
Eric
Dufour flying a Firebird Acro 14 meters glider with an SD rdm
125 paramotor. Dufour weights 180 lbs.
February 2005.
**Flying such a small glider is very dangerous
if not performed by a very experienced and skilled pilot, with
the right equipment and in the appropriate weather.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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Flying a paramotor back
front in duet
Eric
Dufour occasionally flies back front, but this time, he
did it in duet with Richard Good, an instructor he
trained and who is now one of the
best pilots in America.
**This maneuver is very dangerous
if not performed by an experienced pilot, with the right equipment
and in the appropriate weather.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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Slalom Cloverleaf and
foot drag
Eric Dufour, 1st place at the 2005
American national competitions, performing slalom Cloverleaf
in 46 seconds and foot drag task.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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Eric Dufour going for the win at the Alan Chuculate contest 2007
A few sequences of Eric Dufour's flight during the
look alike style contest in memory of
late Alan
Chuculate, one of the paramotor pioneers in USA.
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(1:58 min/6207.92KB)
Camera: Brian Thivierge
Editing: Elisabeth Guerin
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Eric Dufour flying the
Minimum
John Good's video
**Flying the Minimum is dangerous
if not performed by a very experienced paramotorist with the right
equipment and in the appropriate weather.
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No hands take-off
Eric Dufour's no hands take-off.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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Observing the speed limit,
while
beach paramotoring
Paramotor flight in the wind, on the
beach.
Simon Good's video
**These maneuvers can be dangerous
if not performed by an experienced paramotorist, with the right
equipment and in the appropriate weather.
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Lazy take-off
Eric Dufour takes-off in a very lazy
way.
No need to run,
but...
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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Eric Dufour's back
front take-off and landing
**This maneuver is very dangerous
if not performed by an experienced pilot, with the right equipment
and in the appropriate weather.
*Special thanks to William Corbett was a great help to place
this video on this Web site.
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Solos - Training
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Le The
"One day / One trike solo flying training"
Eric Dufour, who started this course,
has a good success with it.
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David Malis' first solo flights
Ever since he
was a child, David Malis had had dreams of being
able to fly. Here is a small video
highlighting part of his training, from his first
solo flight to almost the end of his formation.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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Glen & Susie Patch: Living it
up after 60
A 6 minutes video.
Edited by Elisabeth Guerin
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Susie Patch's training success story |
Mike Beck's Solo
16 years ago,
Mike Beck lost a leg and became paralyzed from the
waist down in a helicopter crash during his military
service. He didn't let his handicap stand in
the way of his desire to fly and came to Eric Dufour
to learn to fly a paramotor on a trike.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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Eleonaure
Dufour's solo at 15
years old
In February 2003, Eric Dufour's
daughter, Eleonaure, soloed for the
second time, after a previous flight
3 years before.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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13 years old Shane Ralph, first solo
flight
At 13 years
old, Shane wanted to fly a paramotor. Mike,
his father is a paramotor BFI foot launch and trike
pilot trained by Eric Dufour.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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Elisabeth Guerin's training and first solo
flight
After so
many years witnessing her husband Eric Dufour,
teaching and flying paramotor, Elisabeth Guerin
finally decided to try it for herself, in order
to experience it once and for all. Her
first flight was done on trike.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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Yolaine
Poulin's first solo
flight
After only
3˝ hours
of training, Yolaine did her very first
flight on trike. As she was
flying, her father Alain Poulin, watched
her with emotion from the sky.
With our teaching techniques, it becomes
easy to learn to fly paramotor quickly,
easily and in complete safety.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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minutes video (11533.78KB) |
Sara
Murray's training
and first solo flight
Sara came all the way from England in
order to train with Eric Dufour.
She decided to begin on trike.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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David Glick did
its first solo flight on a paramoteur with the SSS steering bar David Glick, a 68 year old student, did its first solo
flight on a paramotor trike with this new system conceived
by Eric Dufour. It is
David Glick who, after this first flight, named the
steering bar system "SSS", for " Shoulder Saving System".
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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here to see this2 minutes 39 video (13441.18KB)
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Record
of the most flights in one day by a
student during training
This record was recorded
on a clam and cloudy
day. Diane Colvin executed a record
breaking amount of 12 flights, during her third
day of training. This was the largest
number of daily flights by a student during
training ever to be recorded.
Diane, a strong and healthy young
woman of 28 years of age, aided by willing
weather conditions, took her preceding record
breaker's title; Frenchman, Gilles Roger, who in
July of 2001, held a record of 11 flights, in
Quebec.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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Joseph's first solo
flight
During his visit to our school,
Joseph Maden, from England soloed on
a trike.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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A new approach in
teaching
paramotor on trike
These are some of Eric
Dufour's newest teaching innovations. These new
techniques enable a student to acquire skills for taking
off on wheels, making the learning
process safer and more efficient.
Elisabeth Guerin's videos
Video of the training bench (2:15 / 11503.54KB)
Video of this other technique to learn to inflate the glider on
a trike (2:47 min. / 14253.72KB)
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Dédé &
Mireille from France,
training at Fly-By
Ranch
During a memorable 6 month RV trip in
America, Dédé, a friendly
paramotor pilot from France, his
charming wife Mireille and their two
children, came to visit us.
They enjoyed their time here, as Dédé
took this opportunity to fly with us for
a few days.
After having witnessed the way students
are taught how to fly, Mireille felt
safe with the idea of taking a
beginner's course with Eric Dufour,
which she completed very well as her
husband spent some "quality time" with
the kids.
Afterwards,
Dédé offered himself an advanced
training to perfect the skills he had
already acquired, as well as a trike
training course. They appreciated
very much having had the opportunity to
learn these skills in their own native
language with Dufour who is
French-Canadian.
Later on, Mireille decided to try flying
with a paramotor trike, as her husband
had begun doing, which is how she
completed her advanced training, leaving
our school with 15 great flights.
Before returning to France,
Dédé decided to add adjustable j-bars to
his paramotor, in order to achieve
easier take-off's and landings.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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Simon Good's solo flight
After his first solo
flight, Simon Good decided to produce a film as one of
his more memorable moments.
Simon Good's video
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TV program "Plein
Air Sans Limites"
October 4th 2004
Ms. Claudine
Douville takes the "1 day/2 flights" course with
Eric Dufour and the
Paramotion
's instructors in Montreal, Canada.
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Events
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The Basse-Ham fly-in 2006
Basse-Ham (France) became
the world biggest paramotor fly-in. The following videos are in not official of this
PPG event. They
simply reflect the good time we had going there.
On our way to the Basse-Ham fly-in
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Basse-Ham fly-in 2006 - Part 1
(8:53 min/68521.73KB)
Basse-Ham fly-in 2006 - Part 2 (12:32
min/97632.46KB)
Francis Cormon's eagle view of Basse-Ham 2006 (4:36 min./ 21021.64KB)
Elisabeth Guerin's videos
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Very
first American clinic on
the international
paramotor competitions
This very first American clinic,
focused on international paramotor
competitions.
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"Fiesta
Dell'Aria" fly-in
in Pizzo,
Italy
This video highlights the Italian
Gathering, which occurred in May of
2003, in a beautiful little town
bordering the sea.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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6minutes video (15041.36KB)
 Fiesta Del Aria
Web site
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World Parastars
Convention 2003
Video on the 3rd Parastars
convention held in Florida.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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6minutes video (16842.28KB) |
Rimouski
paramotor
fly-in
In
Quebec, on the borders of St-Laurence's River, was
held this bi-annual gathering, which offered to the
pilots, some of the most beautiful flying locations
of Quebec.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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Welcome Day at Fly-By
Ranch
This
Welcome Day occurred April 2003.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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Mini
fly-in at
Fly By Ranch
This video highlights the first
mini-fly in at Fly By Ranch.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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video (14070.95 KB) |
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Tandem
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Tandem flights with the new SD Ross/RDM
125
With 135 lbs
/138 lbs of real thrust, it is possible to fly
tandem with this paramotor. Eric Dufour,
Richard Good and Sebartien Cayer have tested it.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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Laura's XCiting flight
John and Cynthia Booth wrote
the article
"Earthbound?"
about Laura's flight with
the XCitor in the
December 2005 issue of the
Aero Connections
magazine.
Elisabeth Guerin
edited a video about
this flight.
Info
on the XCitor
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Flight of a tandem training
course
John Good's video
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Base Jump from a
Paramotor
Lee Werling "Skypunk"
(a professional skydiver) jumps from a paramotor, while Eric Dufour's
tandem passenger
**Doing a base jump from a paramotor can be dangerous
if not performed by a very experienced paramotorist and base
jumper, with the right
equipment and in the appropriate weather.
John Good's video
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Tandem Pick Up with a Paramotor
Click
here to see a paramotor tandem pick up performed during
the 9th
Annual Paratour Meet (1.28 KB)
Click
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Doggy flights
Tiny the dog, having a tandem instructional flight.
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see it in Quick Time version
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Tandem flight over a
deserted island in Florida
John Good's video
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Flying the XCitor
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Flying the XCitor
Eric Dufour introducing the XCitor in
America.
Info on the Xcitor
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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A blond, a redhead and a brunette
A 5 min. video on women
pilots.
Edited by Elisabeth Guerin |
Laura's XCiting flight
John and Cynthia Booth wrote
the article
"Earthbound?"
about Laura's flight with
the XCitor in the
December 2005 issue of the
Aero Connections
magazine.
Elisabeth Guerin
edited a video about
this flight.
Info
on the XCitor
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Flights with the Mini PPCg
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Video on theMini PPCg
Edited by Elisabeth Guerin
Info on the
new PPCg
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A winter flight with the Mini PPCg on skis
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Cyril Sansey's videos
Info
on the Mini PPCg |
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Miscellaneous
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A Man and his
Toys: Scott Adair
Scott and his
wife Bobbie are now retires and enjoy life as much
as possible.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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A glider back to life
Video on the repair of a glider.
See pictures of this repair
(bottom of page)
Edited by Elisabeth Guerin
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Flying with the cruising
bar
There is now a bar that allows you
to fly with lowered hands. It is
excellent for those who enjoy long
flights.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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Flying with
the SSS (Shoulder Saving System) Steering Bar.
Eric Dufour came up with
the SSS steering bar for paramotor on trike.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
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Barrel Roll with
a Silex glider and
an SD paramotor
Click here to see the
video of a barrel roll with a paramotor performed during the 9th
Paratour Meet (672 KB)
David Sigier
who was
trained by Eric Dufour as a pilot and later on, an instructor,
performed a barrel roll.
This
maneuver is dangerous if not performed by a very experienced
pilot, with the right equipment and in the appropriate weather.
Click here to see
another Barrel roll on video (673 KB)
*Special thanks to William Corbett, a paramotorist from Florida, who
was a great help to place this video on this Web site.
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Full stall executed
by Richard Good
Richard Good, who was trained by
Eric Dufour as a pilot and later on,
as an instructor, performed a full
stall. Richard Good is
actually one of the most skilled
paramotor pilots in America.
A full
stall requires great control in
order to recuperate. The
pilot's skill and reaction is
greatly in demand for this maneuver
to be performed effectively and in
this case, a Sting glider shows
great reaction as well.
The full
stall is not the most elegant
paramotor maneuver, but it is very
impressive to execute. If the
full stall is not performed by
someone of adequate skill with the
proper equipment, it can degenerate
asymmetrically, becoming a spin or a
twist, as well as in worse cases, a
frontal collapse resulting in a
cocoon (falling in the glider and
stay prisoner in it).
Elisabeth
Guerin's video
**This maneuver is very dangerous
if not performed by an experienced pilot, with the right equipment
and in the appropriate weather.
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SAT performed in
paramotor
SAT performed by Richard Good,
who was trained by Eric Dufour as a
pilot and as instructor, is now one
of the very best paramotor pilots in
America.
Elisabeth Guerin's video
**This maneuver is very dangerous
if not performed by an experienced pilot, with the right equipment
and in the appropriate weather.
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Various maneuvers in flight
with a paramotor
Those maneuvers are dangerous
if not performed by an experienced paramotorist with the right
equipment and in the appropriate weather.
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Stand up on his harness in
flight
David Sigier made it. He is an
instructor who has been trained by Eric Dufour.
**This maneuver is very dangerous
if not performed by an experienced pilot, with the right equipment
and in the appropriate weather.
Click
here to see the video (1887 MB)
*Special thanks to William Corbett who was a great help to place
this video on this Web site.
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Florida flights
Eric Dufour and Richard Good
flying in Florida.
John Good's video
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Doggy flights
Tiny the dog, having a tandem instructional flight.
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see it in Quick Time version
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Eric Dufour Grass Skiing
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Flying a paramotor with the
space shuttle
John Good's video
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