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 & Knockmealdown Mountains in the Clonmel / Waterford
/ Tipperary 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.
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 .NB. PPG
licence issue must be applied for within 3 months of completing and passing
course or assessment will apply.
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.
Terms and Conditions
