
Joe Onofrio Powered Paragliding
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This blog documents my experiences with powered paragliding since 2005. I started it as a training tool for myself and to share photos with my friends and fellow pilots The bulk of the material is strait forward flight log entries but occasionally I got inspired and expand on the experience. Lately I've added bits from previous logs, trip dairies and old photographs.
Joe Onofrio Powered Paragliding
5d ago
Another satisfying flight after more than a month off ..read more
Joe Onofrio Powered Paragliding
1M ago
This was fun. Explored to the NorthEast, found a solar farm and ran into a migration of Igrets ..read more
Joe Onofrio Powered Paragliding
3M ago
It’s been a month but it feels much longer. The dew point was concerning. Several launches in September and October were wet hot messes. With me dragging a soaking wet wing into the sky. The videos are not pretty. This morning the field was mostly dry. The wing got into the prop wash before I ..read more
Joe Onofrio Powered Paragliding
5M ago
Four flights in mid Sept. I cracked off 4 this week. The first was pretty standard. The only thing of note was that I noticed one of the batons in the nose of the wing had gone missing. I also noticed that the right wheel strut was damaged. After much head scratching trying to find ..read more
Joe Onofrio Powered Paragliding
5M ago
The sky was 100% overcast and the wind was light and variable from the East. I launched East across the runway and turned North for launch. At 200 ft. I entered a dense haze with no top in sight. At 250 ft. I lost sight of the ground and began to descend. Turned back to ..read more
Joe Onofrio Powered Paragliding
6M ago
Another good one after a no fly day yesterday. The wing got totally soaked during layout and initial propwash. The combination of wet heavy wing and moisture laden air made it sluggish to come up and susceptible to wild swings and collapse. Two attempts and two aborted. Today I tried to dry the field as ..read more