Go-rilla!! Way to go!! I've been pulling for you. Your area of Florida is the best! I was at Avon Park for a week in December flying with Shannon and Lorran. The mornings and evenings flying were magical..... Beautiful sunrises and sunsets and calm air. You are very fortunate. Thanks for the videos! Bill
Congratulations on a great first foot launch! I got to admit that if I had decided to foot launch instead of on wheels there is no way I would have self taught. Having my quad gave me the confidence to do it all on my own. So many advantages to wheel launch: no running in heat with 80 lbs on your back, nil wind never an issue and I can drive my wing all the way up the airfield to the car. Not to mention more carry capacity. Yeah, I'm sticking to wheels.
PPG Adventures I absolutely agree with everything you said here. I won't even try to foot launch in nil wind or on those hot days. I will most likely fly my wheels most of the time. The foot launch does however open up some new opportunities like beach flying into laminar winds, launching into moderate strong winds I wouldn't want to trike into and most of all Adventure flying like Costa Rica, Italy, or Iceland. Have you seen the trips @One Up Adventures put on? This might even be the precurser to free flight. I watch videos and dream of flying those exotic locations. Even if that never happens I'm happy I had the opportunity to experience a new part of flight. I'm still in The Brotherhood of Wheel Launch!!
@@PPGGORILLA I agree with you on all the above. Many of the exotic locations provide no adequate places to land on wheels in an emergency. I still give you high fives for making the effort to get training as if you were a new pilot. Too many pilots get complacent and over confident in their abilities.
Damn wheel launchers....always taking so much room to launch !!! Lol ;) so excited and happy for you Rick.... great video and great job... thanks for taking us along
Congratulations!!! Man, I really would like to foot launch. Gotta stick with the Trike 'cause I have bolts in my back from a sciatica surgery so I'm seriously jealous... But GOOD FOR YOU DUDE...
Great job Rick , that was awesome. Congratulations!!! Flying in shorts...ahhhhh! lol Just down from 8000 freezing feet of awesomeness here in the Rockies! (: Cheers!!!
So happy for you brother! I was waiting in anticipation to see if you had the chance to fly on Sunday. From what I saw in the video, with no movie magic, you nailed it! We all knew you would do it, but seeing the video and how easy you made the first launch look, was beautiful! Just imagine 25 flights or so in the future, how much easier it will be. I have a few extra secret spots to share with you now that you are a foot launched Gorilla! Well done! Excited to fly with you soon!
Good job Gorilla ! You made it. Like your passion for PPG and showing the community that this sport is for everyone. You might need to tighten those shoulderstraps before next launch. Prop torque really twisted your frame/harness while running at full throttle. Are you continuing foot launching from now on ? Keep on posting and sharing 👍👏. I`m like you, fairly new to ppg and 50+
Just subscribed. I'm a good sized guy like you (250lbs or so depending on what I had for dinner the night before) and had my first flights a couple of weeks ago. Waiting on my motor and wing to arrive then will head back down to get in more flights with the instructor (Kyle O) in my ear to get comfortable enough to carry on on my own. Oh, I also trained on the Universal 1.1 31M and its the wing I bought for myself. Looking forward to more videos.
I need a trike, or a way to get my wheelchair fitted to a paramotor... I really want it so bad , but not being abel to walk holds me back, wish I did it earlier , before my back broke
Gorilla, how big are you? I've been wondering how big a problem my size would be with finding motors and wings that would perform well enough that I wouldn't need a lot of extra space to take off and land. I'm 6'4" and about 280# and it's mostly in my chest and shoulders (huh, at what point does the harness become a problem? I wear a size 58-60 suit but only 33 pants)...
I can't remember who taught me this line but, Gorilla, you are not an extraordinary Gorilla, but a Gorilla that does extraordinary things......... Congrats buddy, maybe I can foot launch after I have my knees replaced next year...
Great Go! Go-Rilla! You're an inspiration to this 71 year old!
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Congratulations!!
Rick, it was great fun to hang out with you and even more fun to watch you take your first foot launch! All the Best!!
Great to meet you as well Clay!
@@PPGGORILLA Will you be at Palm Bay?
Clay Baldwin We will be there Thursday morning
@@PPGGORILLA I will see you there!
Rick. Awesome video. The sky on the tow day was definitly awesome. Great job!
Go-rilla!! Way to go!! I've been pulling for you. Your area of Florida is the best! I was at Avon Park for a week in December flying with Shannon and Lorran. The mornings and evenings flying were magical..... Beautiful sunrises and sunsets and calm air. You are very fortunate. Thanks for the videos! Bill
Congratulations on a great first foot launch! I got to admit that if I had decided to foot launch instead of on wheels there is no way I would have self taught. Having my quad gave me the confidence to do it all on my own. So many advantages to wheel launch: no running in heat with 80 lbs on your back, nil wind never an issue and I can drive my wing all the way up the airfield to the car. Not to mention more carry capacity. Yeah, I'm sticking to wheels.
PPG Adventures I absolutely agree with everything you said here. I won't even try to foot launch in nil wind or on those hot days. I will most likely fly my wheels most of the time. The foot launch does however open up some new opportunities like beach flying into laminar winds, launching into moderate strong winds I wouldn't want to trike into and most of all Adventure flying like Costa Rica, Italy, or Iceland. Have you seen the trips @One Up Adventures put on? This might even be the precurser to free flight. I watch videos and dream of flying those exotic locations. Even if that never happens I'm happy I had the opportunity to experience a new part of flight. I'm still in The Brotherhood of Wheel Launch!!
@@PPGGORILLA I agree with you on all the above. Many of the exotic locations provide no adequate places to land on wheels in an emergency. I still give you high fives for making the effort to get training as if you were a new pilot. Too many pilots get complacent and over confident in their abilities.
I bet the feeling of foot launched felt just as good as you first trike launch. Nice one Rick.
It sure did Giles! Another great experience.
@@PPGGORILLA life is to be lived. You looked quite nippy on your feet.
@Paramotor Crazy what if we get a group together to do Costa Rica next year with @One Up Adventures?
Well done Sir! Way to put in work!
Damn wheel launchers....always taking so much room to launch !!! Lol ;) so excited and happy for you Rick.... great video and great job... thanks for taking us along
Bart Berry Thanks Scary!!
Good job Rick! Such a motivating video, congratulations!
Just awesome
Dude again. Super proud of you. Thank you for sharing.
Nice work buddy!
Congrats on your 1st foot launch. Welcome to the “other side”. What an amazing group of professionals you had an opportunity to work with!
Military Mike You got that right Brother! They are the best
Congrats mr. G
Great job! Congratulations! Great edit too. Mojo XL is what I learned on. Thumbs up :)
Way to go Rick! It's going to be weird flying with you without the trike.
GREAT CAPTURE OF AN UNFORGETTABLE TRAINING EVENT WITH SO MUCH TALENT LOOKING AFTER YOU. CONGRATULATIONS RICK..
Thank you Walter!
That was awesome. So happy for you!!
Congratulations!!! On a NITRO taboot. Landing looked awesome, I was so jealous. What a week!!
Congratulations!!! Man, I really would like to foot launch. Gotta stick with the Trike 'cause I have bolts in my back from a sciatica surgery so I'm seriously jealous... But GOOD FOR YOU DUDE...
As long as you get to fly man. thats what counts. I wouldn't have done this if it weren't for these friends. I'm sure glad I did!
Way to Go Rick! Proud of You Brother!
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Gorilla, That was a superb video, congrats! I have it bookmarked now. Thanks for the video.
Great job! Every time you said, “but I went to work” that really resonated. Great launch, clean. I like that you didn’t rush it.
Thanks Robert! The whole “work” thing really gets in the way of my flying too. Guess we couldn’t afford to fly if we didn’t though.
Amazing Rick💪.Congratulations ! I look forward to your first beach launch in laminar air.
This video is superb Rick! Will watch again with Cynthia later today. Congrats on a textbook first flight brother!
Greg Anthony Harris That means a lot coming from you! Thank you so much my friend. It was a great adventure and a wonderful experience!
Great job Rick , that was awesome. Congratulations!!! Flying in shorts...ahhhhh! lol Just down from 8000 freezing feet of awesomeness here in the Rockies! (: Cheers!!!
I bet that was amazing nut definately not shorts weather!
Awesome. Would love to do it! Great video buddy. 👍✈️😊
Wow great job on editing, Congratulations Gorilla on footie. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing.
Thanks Kevin!
So happy for you brother! I was waiting in anticipation to see if you had the chance to fly on Sunday. From what I saw in the video, with no movie magic, you nailed it! We all knew you would do it, but seeing the video and how easy you made the first launch look, was beautiful! Just imagine 25 flights or so in the future, how much easier it will be. I have a few extra secret spots to share with you now that you are a foot launched Gorilla! Well done! Excited to fly with you soon!
Lookin forward to it! My new gear arrives this weekend!
My favourite video of yours. You're inspiring people with this content. Congrats man, I'm proud of you!
that was awesome, and voice over intro too!
Thanks Bro!!
Great job
Good work Rick ,you and your whole crew did an excellent job . Foot launch till I can't no mo !!
Good job Gorilla ! You made it. Like your passion for PPG and showing the community that this sport is for everyone. You might need to tighten those shoulderstraps before next launch. Prop torque really twisted your frame/harness while running at full throttle. Are you continuing foot launching from now on ? Keep on posting and sharing 👍👏. I`m like you, fairly new to ppg and 50+
Thanks Anders! I will continue to do both foot and trike.
Congratulations mate, Great job. Your free to adventure now. I'm envious!
That was AWESOME COGRATS !!!
So proud of you brother. Your best video yet!
Good work Sir!
Hot diggity dog! Congratulations Rick! You did an awesome job. So very happy for you!
Thanks Mike, great to hear from ya Brother!
So proud of you buddy!!!
Thanks Brother, you know I couldn’t be the only one in Our Paramotor Nation that couldn’t foot and wheel launch!
Congrats brother. It's surreal!
Good job 👍 looked like a blast to me
THANKS FOR 10 K VIEWS !!!!!
Well done Sir Well done!!
That was awesome brother!!!!!
Great video and beautiful foot launch and landing!
Congrats brother. Great story.
Nice takeoff & landing. You're a badass foot launcher now. Congrats.
Congrats. What harness is that? I'm built like you, and could use a better fitting harness.
The Nitro harness was snug on me. I have a Dudek Comfort XL on my machine and its great.
@@PPGGORILLA thanks for the info..
Really want want to try this. I can't imagine how happy I am when I fly freely in the sky
Congrats! Nice Job!
EXCELLENT TO WATCH AND LEARN... FLYING IS ABIT LIKE LIFE ALWAYS LEARNING ;0) CONGRATS TAKE OFF AND LANDING WELL HAPPY.
Thanks a bunch Tony!
Great takeoff and landing! Woo! Woo!
Very Good I always remember my firt foot Launching, I was so scary but once in the air it was all freedom and happiness
Well looks like we are alumni Rick. I also had Kyle and Eric soloing me on foot launch.
Good instructors for sure.
Hey man, haven't been involved in the scene much lately, but wanted to swing by and say congrats on the foot launches! I'm proud of you bud.
Thanks David hope all is well and you get some air time!
Congratulations Gorilla! No more trash talking us footlaunchers! Lol. Great video
Just subscribed. I'm a good sized guy like you (250lbs or so depending on what I had for dinner the night before) and had my first flights a couple of weeks ago. Waiting on my motor and wing to arrive then will head back down to get in more flights with the instructor (Kyle O) in my ear to get comfortable enough to carry on on my own. Oh, I also trained on the Universal 1.1 31M and its the wing I bought for myself. Looking forward to more videos.
Probably the best take on first flight that I have seen. Well done, an congrats!!
BgNH Thank you very much, I really appreciate that.
That guy in the red shirt at 4:47 reminds me of my friend Steve from Sun N Fun...
Paul Brugger They have the same hair, Literally! Can’t wait to see Steve and the gang!
Awesome video Rick!
I don't know why but it happened.
What makes a "para-undesirable"? What were they doing that made them undesirable?
That was just a jab at @Yankeeparamotor. We go back and fourth but he's a good friend.
Awesome job!
I knew you could do it!
Thanks Brother
I need a trike, or a way to get my wheelchair fitted to a paramotor...
I really want it so bad , but not being abel to walk holds me back, wish I did it earlier , before my back broke
YES! Great work brother!
Gorilla, how big are you? I've been wondering how big a problem my size would be with finding motors and wings that would perform well enough that I wouldn't need a lot of extra space to take off and land. I'm 6'4" and about 280# and it's mostly in my chest and shoulders (huh, at what point does the harness become a problem? I wear a size 58-60 suit but only 33 pants)...
You can do this! Im your size and have been flying a trike for 2 years
Yoo-hoo! Gorilla Foot Flyer! Run into the sky... like a big eagle!! Cheers!!!
Looking good Gorilla!
Foot launchers unite!
Nice job gorrilla, long time coming, you did great. welcome to foot land.....
Well done!
I can't remember who taught me this line but, Gorilla, you are not an extraordinary Gorilla, but a Gorilla that does extraordinary things......... Congrats buddy, maybe I can foot launch after I have my knees replaced next year...
PPG Gorilla.
I'm warming up my bike now to head on over to meadows field to check on classes
Good job !!!
Come learn how to fly with Gorilla! Florida Flight Sports is now offering TRIKE TRAINING!!!
Details here www.ppggorilla.com
Glad ya “cracked that egg”. 👍
congratulations Gorilla!!
Way to go man!
You go boy.
You stud! 👍
And a new name: Footie Gorilla.
I am a chicken, afraid of heights.
The fancy voice-over stuff? Why, it was every bit as good as Don La Fontaine used to do it. Way to go, dude.
Yeah whatever just shows they can train monkeys to foot launch lol Good job gorilla I'm jealous.
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