I have my brother-in-law coming out with us for our Easter weekend trip and he is going to bring his powered parachute. He is an experienced pilot, but he has never flown his powered parachute in the dunes. The picture below is of a powered parachute similar to the one he is bringing. We usually camp in the washes, but I'm not sure if that is going to be a good place for him to land and takeoff or not. I have heard that you cant launch from Gecko, but not sure about any other rules. I wanted to see if any of my glamisdunes peeps had any experience and advice for us: where to take-off and land, any restrictions on where you can fly?

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It is a two-seater, so I am going to get his passenger to take some aerial video of us duning, Should be pretty sweet as long as we keep the speed down. I guess it only does about 20-30 mph, which should be fine for when we are in the bowls since it is going in a straight line at 20mph.

Talk to the Guy at Toy Junkies he used to bring his out there all the time. Probaly give you some good info.

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/elcentro/re...rules_regs.html

not sure of the rules but did see two different guys take off from the back side of vendors row. only needed about 200 ft of room at most to take off.

Launching fron Gecko is the the only restriction I am aware of.

Launching and landing in the washes is easy enough, just need to find a fairly hard packed area.

The only thing that bothered me about flying in Glamis was the thought of some yahoo with a bottle rocket.
I fly early before most are awake.

no idea of the rules but I've seen them flying at Glamis.. this was taken from the compound (behind the beach store) January 09

hey if he needs a passenger let me know i allways wanted to do that

Im a little surprised there are no military restrictions with a ll the helos and aircraft flying through...


looks fun though!

He knows he's going to need paddles, right....

Dont forget the flag and green sticker! No race gas either...

Thanks guys. It is a lot of fun to ride in. I've been in an ultralight too and these seem a lot safer. He took me up to about 4,000 feet and then just shut the motor off. You just glide around with no power. I'm really looking forward to geting some video of our rails from the air. Should be sweet.

Anyone have any advice about the length and width of the area that we will need for takeoffs and landings in the sand? How firm does the ground need to be, most of the washes are pretty soft. If necessary, I'll just tow it with my rail from our camping spot to a takeoff/landing spot.

I was in Glamis earlier this year when there was a powered parachute get together, there must have been over 100 of them flying everywhere. I didn't see any get hassled by the cops.

I will take both you and him for a ride in my 1500Hp Tatum or I will give him 200 cash for a demo. Pls have him call me, I would like to try a flight before I take lessons on my own and I have not seen a 2 seater in forever. I will be on pad 3 and meet you wherever you are. Thanks Craig 310-351-6666

Send a PM to GlamisPilot. Maybe you can make him a deal
on using his air strip over by vendors.

I'll talk to him today and let you know. I hope he goes for the ride for him and me in your car rather than the $200....

well i don't have 1500 hp car but i do have some beer and a good time for a ride

SO DID HE GET THE RIDE IN THE AIR ANYONE