Paramotoring  

Training : Experience has taught us and we recommend all would-be paramotor pilots to first sign up to paragliding courses preferably EP and or CP after which they then progress to the discipline of paramotoring.The amount of time taken to compleat these courses can vary from person to person, as personal ability and weather have a large influence, but to become a good pilot you should never be in a hurry as you are always learning something new through out your flying career. These courses consists of the following key points: launching canopy, air speed control, turning, approach for landing, weather, assembly-dissemble, fuel, starting, maintenance, throttle control, torque effects, trust effects, safety considerations while under power, weather, livestock considerations, noise pollution, air law etc......

Paramotoring is a very enjoyable and exhilarating sport and like paragliding it is advisable to sign up to  approved training courses, we have seen many fall by the wayside because of not signing up to these courses and giving up the sport shortly afterwards due to the fact of trying to self-instruct, :broken ankles, broken propellers, broken cages, chopped paraglider lines, flying in restricted areas, equipment seized by an Garda, end result : Missing out on the opportunity to join with like minded people who live the experience that's paramotoring combined with great financial loss........

We run most of our training courses in the Comeragh Mountains in the Clonmel / Waterford area.

Important : By taking instruction in the school environment you minimise or eliminate the risk of serious injury or even death to yourself or more importantly to other innocent aviators using the same airspace as you. By not taking proper instruction you are putting the sport at risk and you will not be very popular with sports aviation pilots who have put in the effort to do things the prescribed way.

Self instruction not advisable! 

Please do not sign up to courses abroad that offer no further instruction in your home country by qualified and experienced instructors on your return ! We have come across many students who parted with their cash on foreign courses only to return home untrained due to weather conditions etc...and left with no other option but to spend more cash and take the same gamble again abroad as there was no backup available at home from those schools.      

We know of several such cases!    

                                  Very expensive option!! combined with big disappointments.           

Some Air Law that applies to Paramotor pilots in Ireland

To fly legally you must apply to the IAA for an exemption after you have completed your training at a school that is registered by the authority. ( We are the only school operating in Ireland at present that has official IAA authorisation to instruct students in this activity) On applying for an exemption you must have evidence of training undertaken from an approved school (IPPHA syllabus is accepted)  also have a current Class2 medical Certificate and produce your pilots logbook .

 Class 2 medicals are available through IAA approved AME ( Aero Medical Examiner) A list of AME's are published on IAA website: www.iaa.ie

Irish Air Law

1 Have a current Class 2 medical cert

2 All Flights must be conducted in daylight Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and in Class G air-space below 5,000ft above Mean Sea Level (AMSL).

3 Any flights made under the exemption shall be in compliance with the requirements of the airworthiness Standards Department of the Authority.

4 Your pilot log book and Exemption shall be made available within a reasonable period to : a. An authorised Officer of the Authority. b. A member of the Garda . c. An officer of the Customs and Excise.

5 No flight shall be made for hire or reward or for any valuable consideration.

6 The pilot shall maintain a record of all flights made under this exemption in a suitable log book.

7 No passenger may be carried on any flight.

8 Any accident involving substantial injury or death of any person or substantial damage to the equipment being used for flying shall be reported in writing to the Authority, irrespective of any liability to report the same information to the Air Accident Unit of the Department of Transport.

9 No flight may be made at any height over: a. Any town, City or built-up area. b. Any area of commercial, residential or recreational use. c. Any open air assembly of persons, whether gathered in connection with an event of public entertainment or otherwise.

10The exemption shall only be valid while the insurance cover is in force.

11 These exemptions are valid for one year and need to be renewed and renewal can be refused at any time by the Authority.

                *The above Air Law can chance from time to time and its your responsibility to be fully aware, ignorance of the law is no defence in a court of law.