Flights

Discovery Flights

Sit back and relax, or take over the controls - the choice is yours

The best way to get introduced to the sport of powered parachuting is to go for a Discovery Flight. This flight will help you to determine if the sport is what you want to do.

During a Discovery Flight there is no pressure to fly the machine and you can have confidence in the skill of a certified and skilled instructor. You will also get the chance to try the controls so you can have a true hands (and feet)-on experience operating the aircraft, if the conditions allow for it, and all under the supervision and guidance of your flight instructor. After a thorough pre-flight check of the aircraft, you sit behind the pilot and buckle into a harness. Once the take-off area is cleared, the instructor will add throttle to the engine which will start the aircraft on a forward roll. With increasing speed, the parachute inflates overhead, and gently lifts the aircraft into the sky.

DURATION AND COST:

HIGHLIGHTS OF ALL FLIGHTS:

UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW - unlike a traditional aircraft, there is no enclosed fusealage in a powered parachute, providing magnificent all-around views
PICTURES AND VIDEOS - bring a camera or phone to record your in-flight experience, but please be sure to have a lanyard or some other means of securing your device during flight
INSTRUCTOR GUIDANCE - your pilot is an FAA Certified Flight Instructor for Powered Parachutes, with many years of aviation experience - you're in good hands!

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED! Prior reservation is required for all flights.
How it works:
We maintain an email list of everyone who is interested in flying with us, and send notification out to that list (including to those who purchased Gift Certificates) as to when we have available slots to fulfill Discovery or Discovery Training flights, and that is typically 2-4 days in advance of the actual date we will be flying. This is determined by the weather and our training schedule, and we give first right of refusal to students we are training that have purchased aircraft from us, and then to those who have purchased Gift Certificates. Because of the unpredictability of the weather, as well as people's ever-changing schedules, we do not provide advanced or future reservations for specific dates, beyond what is described here. You can get on our email notification list by contacting us here. You must also complete our Waiver and Release of Liability, which you can download here, print, fill out, and bring with you when you come for your flight.

WHAT TO BRING:

Comfortable Clothing - even on warm summer days, it will be cooler flying at altitude in an open cockpit aircraft. Bring at least a light jacket, or if flying in colder weather, a warm jacket and gloves
Sunglasses - not only to protect your eyes from the glare of the sun, but to provide some extra wind protection as well
Camera - we welcome cameras, phones, etc., and simply ask that you have a way of securing it with a lanyard or similar so you don't drop it

Discovery Flights

Sit back and relax, or take over the controls - the choice is yours

40 Minute Flight

60 Minute Flight