Just Wanna Fly

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My name is Christian Cliffgard, my pomeranian canine is Molly. I live in Elkhorn, WI, and grew up in East Troy, WI, next to the airport in East Troy. I am 51, Molly is 11 years old. I am married, my wife is Deb, and we also have 2 other dogs (Winter and Javi, both are heeler mixes.) I am an independent business owner/operator, performing tile installations mainly, and consulting for some companies and architects out there. Just trying to keep it simple. My background is in building construction, light engineering, and being resourceful in fixing vehicles. I grew up in the country, near a stream and small forest. As kids, my pops had us learn a bit of wild life, and we also had horses growing up. When my pops bought a new horse, I would test him/her out in the field. We also raised a raccoon from a baby (eyes not open yet,) to an adult. The raccoon was one of the gang of us kids. My family consisted of my 2 brothers and 1 sister. We also raised a hawk from a hatchling, rescued an owl, and had some cats and a couple dogs growing up. Growing up, being the oldest, my pops always utilized me to work on vehicles, home projects and more, so I would learn, and gain a better knowledge of building and fixing things. Our entire life was under the landing approach of the East Troy Airport, and we would see planes, helicopters, skydivers, and specialty craft every so often on their way to EAA Oshkosh. After high school in a small town, I got into college, and did some construction as well, which was part of my degree I was pursuing. In the end, I ended up making my leap in construction management, without finishing my degree, or the last half year of school. I had also went through an officer program for the USMC, which gave you the option to join as an officer upon graduation, without having to be obligated, since it wasn't a scholarship or program to fund my schooling. I passed the program, but in the end, it wasn't for me in the long term, so I accepted an honorable discharge for the program I completed. After school, my activities included whitewater kayaking, rodeo boat style, motorcycles, a little on mountain bikes. I had always been interested in motorcycles and flying. I got super interested in motorcycles after watching the movie TRON. As for flying, the steven speilberg movie '1941' with Wild Bill Kelsoe (John Belushi,) as the crazy army air corps P-40 pilot, is what initially caught my eye to flying, then of course STAR WARS was the next one to hit home. In 2001, after many attempts to get friends to go skydiving, and everyone backing out, I went by myself, and after that first jump (which was AFF, Accelerated Freefall,) I was hooked, and kept going to attain my license. Years later, 2008, I actually rented the house on the dropzone in East Troy for about 8 years, before getting married, and merging into one household. In 2013, I lost my dog of 18 years to old age, and within 2 days, I looked into Molly through a breeder in Foster City, Michigan (the UP.) She was 4 weeks at the time, and I came back 3 weeks later to bring her home. She became my shadow, and keeps me in her site at all times. She has a bit of separation anxiety, so I take her almost everywhere. I had her riding motorcycles within 3 months. After a year, and being fully grown, I started constructing a harness system for her to skydive with me. After having it all completed and set with doggles, we went, and she was secure , as long as she was with me. That first jump, she thought it would be like a car window, but then we jumped and she froze for a couple seconds, trying to figure this out. After that, she pushed her paws against the air flow of freefall, and just started looking around. After we landed, she was excited, and running circles around me, trying to figure out what was next. A few years later, 2018, I started looking into paramotoring, as I saw it on the net, and was interested. Shortly after, I found an instructor, and started training to become an ultrlight pilot. The training was easy, because I had over 10 years experience in the air under a canopy/wing. Molly went to all my training, and once I was ready to solo fly, I just kept on going, eventually taking Molly all the time I could. Only time she is not up is when it is under 45 degrees on the ground. After flying for years, I started going to Fly-ins, meeting others in this discipline, and enjoying the culture. (Every sport has a culture to it, like kayaking or skydiving..) You can talk about the sport with minimal detail, and others in that sport understand you without too much explanation. Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/50885107...

https://www.madisonvilleairport.com/ / emilyattheairport Meet Emily Herron I’m an Airport Manager at a general aviation airport in Western KY and a private pilot currently working on my instrument rating. 3rd generation pilot and owner of a Piper J-3 Cub. Content creator- I enjoy sharing about all different aspects of aviation and bringing some education and entertainment. I’m a University of Kentucky graduate (Go Cats!), wife to Seth and mom to Will.

Meet Ryan...My powered paragliding journey began many years ago, like most everyone’s does, with obsessing over YouTube videos of people flying. I wanted to find a way to get into aviation but didn’t want to shell out the kind of money it takes to learn to fly and own a fixed-wing plane. A pilot friend of mine told me about PPG and I couldn’t get enough. I finally decided that I wasn’t going to waste any more time – so I contacted Mojo’s Flight School in Charlotte, NC and started classes. About 5 years later, I became one of the owners. Today, we’re 11 years old and have 3 sites across the Carolinas. I have my PPG1, PPG2, PPG3, WLPPG1, WLPPG2, WLPPG3 ratings and obtained my Foot Launch instructor, Wheel Launch instructor, and tandem instructor ratings from Noah Rasheta. Since the first day my feet left the ground, this is all I want to do. I love to fly because it is just me and the air with no distractions and no problems. The sky is where I go to decompress, to escape the day-to-day grind, and to have an absolute blast. When I’m not flying, or talking about flying, I’m thinking about flying, scouting for new places to fly, and checking the weather for the next flyable day. I’m passionate about this sport and helping others to experience that absolute euphoria that comes with flying a powered paraglider. I have worked to build on our legacy of integrity, safety, and community. It is important to me that all the students that train with Mojo’s leave with light, high-quality gear and learn to be great pilots that are safe and care about the integrity of our sport. Outside of Paramotoring, I like to spend time on Lake Norman on my boat, get out in nature with my Rhodesian Ridgeback named Walt, explore the local brewery scene, and travel.

Meet Shane Wyman... (Trevor Steele & Yordankes Garcia even dropped in) Lives in SE Michigan on what's left of a 4 generation farm. Been a skilled tradesman in the automotive industry for 29 years. Life long aviation crackhead, started building an airplane when I was 21. Did PPL training at 26 and 23 years later I'm flying paramotors! This will be a big year for me, turning 50 in May, starting a new business in hopes of starting a new career. I trained with Kyle O and plan to talk about that, my first 2 years in paramotoring, Bad Apples experience, meeting Hot Buttered Steve that sent me in a ticked off spin (he doesn't know about it so make sure you say something, it will drive him nuts!) And I'll talk about being around YouTubers for the first time. Wouldn't mind talking progression in the sport if there's time, my personal progression I mean

Teresa works as an Instructor at her brothers PPG school, FlyPPG, in Fowler, IL where she helps people catch their dreams.  She is a Mom, who has so many talents, from flying, teaching and remodeling homes in her down time.  She loves four wheeling, horseback riding.   #FlyPPG #PPGInstructor #Illinois #horseback riding #remodeling #girlpower #mom #Wisconsin #PPGtrike #Girlswhofly Music in this video Learn more Listen ad-free with YouTube Premium Song Unstoppable Artist Sia Album This Is Acting Writers Chris Braide, Sia Licensed to YouTube by PIAS, SME (on behalf of Inertia Music); LatinAutor, Concord CSPAC, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, LatinAutor - SonyATV, ASCAP, Sony ATV Publishing, SOLAR Music Rights Management, MINT_BMG, CMRRA, Abramus Digital, Polaris Hub AB, LatinAutorPerf, and 13 Music Rights Societies

Meet Zak, he's a pretty cool dude!! Loves his flying!!

Streamed live on Feb 21, 2024Bring your questions, and ideas, to give give to the designer of this cool APP that lots of of use, and he will be happy to listen and write down our ideas for any improvements to Gaggle! Hennie is a tech enthusiast and software developer with a 12 year career in designing and creating software solutions for companies around the world. In 2020, his journey took him to the skies when he discovered paramotoring. Realizing the lack of modern apps for pilots, he created Gaggle, an app designed to enhance the flying experience for every pilot. Gaggle, now a staple in the paramotor community, boasts over 4,000 pilots that record more than 20,000 flights each month. It's packed with features to keep pilots safe, informed, and foster connections among them, including an in-flight computer, alerts about nearby aircraft, and the ability to share live-locations. Hennie's vision for Gaggle goes beyond simply tracking flights; he's committed to making it the go-to app for pilots seeking community, progressing their craft, and finding more opportunities to fly. This year, Gaggle has plans to introduce more community-driven features while refining existing functionality. Hennie is also busy working on his next product, a solution aimed towards the motorbike loving adventurers out there.

Streamed live on Nov 1, 2023 🪂Just Wanna Fly 🪂Join us, and lets talk about cold weather flying, now that 1/2 the U.S. got cold the past couple of days, and hear what everyone does to keep warm when flying Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/50885107...

Streamed live on Oct 11, 2023 🪂Just Wanna Fly 🪂Meet Deb & Jim Hayden - Jim and I married 53 yrs, 3 kids. Neil, wife Melody, Michael, wife Kristy, Alli and Alli’s partner Zac. 5 grandsons, Nic, wife Natalie, Luke, wife Katie, Jake, wife Jazmin, Josh, girlfriend Jennie, Westley. 4 great grand kids Logan, Brynlee, Noah, Nina. Deb: Nurse , returned college MSN Neonatal & Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. Jim Worked at Exelon , in charge of Nuclear Simulator , Training operators. Jim is pilot, over 2000 skydives, parachute rigger, road bike in 100 mile event several yrs, PPG, competition shooting: glock, 3 gun. Built Flightstar ultralight. PPG, 30 hrs 73 flights on parajet, miniplane, muse 3, first flight June 2016, haven’t flown since total knee replacement. Scott Baxter and Steve Reed our instructorsI also have over 1000 skydives, we owned Kankakee Skydiving Center at Koerner Airport in 1980’s. We are USPA instructors but are not active any longer after selling business. Interesting jumps , demo jumps, 727 jet and C130 , hot air balloon. I sew clothes, costumes, embroidery, started quilting, like to garden, grow flowers and indoor plants, we travel some in motorhome. Volunteered at our children’s school, in PTA and booster organizations, boy and girl scouts. EAA. Volunteer 27 yrs, have gone 33 yrs, every yr since Alli was 3 months old. Chairman of volunteers on flightline then special events AKA ..party girl.. Jim parking chairman. Retired 2 yrs ago from chairmen, Alli is now volunteer coordinator chairman. Carrying family tradition. Deb is on a women’s precision pistol team, and a competitive shooter. We belong to a group of seniors that went 3 mornings a week for coffee and conversation and I volunteer my medical knowledge. Enjoy most spending time with family and friends.. eating sushi, saki and chocolate. I am the “ on call” nurse for family and friends., which I love Once a nurse.. always a nurse.

Meet Jon-Alan - I have loved all things aviation as long as I can remember I grew up on a ranch in rural Idaho and was involved in rodeo and mule shows at an early age. As a teen I loved to fly and had family friends that owned bush planes that I would climb into every opportunity me and my dad bought a hang glider trike about 16 years ago and then I was introduced to paramotor 10 years ago when I moved to Maricopa Arizona and found Airparamo right down the road from my house. I took one flight and was instantly hooked it took me a couple years to get enough money for one and I began my paramotor journey in 2015 working with Mo there as an assistant instructor for a couple years and then ventured out on my own starting Windpirate PPG . My dad had a saddle shop and custom leather shop so I was already very familiar with commercial sewing and failing to find any high quality covers on the market at the time for my paramotor I decided to make one and immediately had interest from others in my flight group for orders so I began making and selling custom paramotor covers, kiting harnesses and a few other items. I began training and providing paramotor equipment full time in 2017. traveling to the Northwest in the summer and training in Arizona in the winter Last year I purchased 40 acres near tombstone Arizona to put in a full service paramotor flight Park with a grass field . I am currently An Instructor admin with the USPPA and do instructor clinics as well as regular classes

Meet SKY HIKER MIKE - I grew up in Minnesota in the Plymouth Minnetonka area, ended up in Brainerd for High school. College brought me to Colorado and I could never go back. I studied aerospace engineering, astrophysics and planetary sciences. After college, I worked for a couple different companies, settling in at an energy research company. But I didn’t really like the work. I had always been wanting to learn to fly, but was always deterred by the costs. I would go to the local airport, talk about lessons, then I would tally up the cost and just couldn’t justify it. Then find myself there a couple years later remembering I had already done this… eventually I stumbled upon paramotoring. And just like everyone, started with “that’s crazy”, then doing more and more research and more video bingeing, understanding more of the risks, I just had to do it. Got training. On my first flight attempt I face planted, went home to think it out. Next day I started flying and nailed out several flights. Since then it has just been and epic adventure after epic adventure. Ive also always loved teaching, mostly math and sciences, but it’s has been extremely rewarding combining the two passions to open Sky Hikers.