This weekend we christened our new scooter tow! Bill Hall, a paragliding pilot for 15 years and hang gliding pilot since 1978, taught paragliding with Chris
Santacroce, of Super Fly. Fun was had by all as 8 of us flew with the assistance of the scooter tow. Each of us were at different levels. It was Teresa's first flight ever, John's second flight,
hangglider pilot John's first time to 360 in a
paraglider,
Hadi's first flight with a scooter tow, and some P4 and master pilot ratings had their fun too. The flights went all the way from 40 feet high up to 700 feet, with Chris throwing down with a helicopter spin at the top after release, a spiral dive right to the deck and a nice relaxed landing and a big grin on his face, like it was his first time. A big thank you to Chris for all the high energy instruction and enthusiasm!
The first day we did 17 tows in 4 hours and the second day 12 in 3 hours! . As the wind changed directions all we had to do was turn the scooter tow. The scooter tow was built by Bill Hall. It's already proven its worth in just one weekend of towing. L.A. is a great area for paragliding with several sites really close and many more within a two hour drive, but we did not have a close training hill, till now.
