Adventure trip pics from the road

Just a sneak peek

Flying in Warren

Making the most of the trip

Adventures in Bethel, ME

Randy has been very busy instructing new PPC pilots. Congratulations to both Jeff H. and Hank H. for completing their first solo flight Saturday!

Scott R. on his first solo cross country trip.

Jeff & Hank after their solos.

Annual Adventure Trip ready to go!

Following last year's format, our trip this year will start out in Warren, ME where we'll stay from Friday (8/13) night until Tuesday. Then we'll fly and/or drive to Merrymeeting airport in Bowdoinham, where we'll stay until Friday, and then go to Twitchell's airfield to join the Auburn/Lewiston balloon festival that weekend. So, here it is in a nutshell:

8/13 (Fri) to 8/17 (Tue) - Ed Grennel's field (Warren)
8/17 (Tue) to 8/20 (Fri) - Merrymeeting (Bowdoinham)
8/20 (Fri) to 8/22 Sun) - Twitchell (Lewiston)

From each of these places, we'll be taking day trips - meaning we have destinations that are from 15 to 30 miles away, and we'll fly there and back (after refueling, probably). Lots of great places to see along the coast. Of course, everything is subject to weather.

Again, as usual, we'll be camping at each of these locations thanks to the hospitality of the field owners (Ed G. in Warren, Mark B. in Bowdoinham, and somebody at Twitchells - Mike T. and Steve G. have set that up - Thanks!).

Anybody from the club is welcome to join us on this trip - stay for the whole event, or come join us for a day or two or a day trip or two. We always have a great time!

Contact John G. (207-852-7300) or Jerry S. (207-691-3800) if you have questions or need better directions than what's available under the "Directions" tab on the left.

Ed's field is on Route 1, just about 1/4 mile north of where Rt. 90 runs into Rt. 1 (in Warren). It's on the right (traveling north on Rt. 1) - look for a large green water tower (I think it's water???)

There have been a number of people contacting us lately to get orientation rides in a powered parachute, and several MPA members who need biennial checkrides. This will be an excellent opportunity to do both those, as there will be two CFI's available most of the week, as well as a number of our club members who can give introductory flights.

Ahhh... The Life of a PPC Pilot!

Dave S took this breathtaking photo back in June. What a sight!

The annual MPA Adventure Trip begins this weekend - come and join us at any
one of our stops around Maine. Details are still being finalized, but we
plan to start off at Ed's Field in Warren. Stay tuned for further
developments!

Flight from Presque Isle to the Old Loring Air force Base and Back

Here is a recent note from MPA member Gary L:

Hi Everyone, Three other Powered Parachute flyers and my self just got back from a flight to the old Loring Air Force base. Now the Loring Commerce Center. The flight weather was perfect. I'm glad I took a sweat shirt though. The air was just a bit cooler this morning. But nice.

There is a weekend hot rod speed run that a national club is putting on at the hugely Loring runway. Some of the motorcycles and cars are going 200mph and closer to 300mph. These pictures are from this morning before the crowd starts pouring in. I'll attach a few pictures of the runway from the air.

My powered parachute is running really well with about 400 hours on it. I flew for 2 hours straight this morning and used only 5 gallons of gas. I went about 65 - 70 miles averaging about 33 mph in a round about round trip. My PPC always has been good on fuel anyway. so conceivably I could go 4 hours on my 10.5 gallon gas tank of fuel. Hope everyone has a good weekend and think calm skies, Gary

Another First Solo!

Randy A's student, Bob Marquis, experienced his first solo PPC flight this week - way to go Bob!