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Powered Paraglider

The Backpack Pilot

“An aircraft you can carry to the field.”

ICAO type code PARA · Various

First catch: 50 points in Bogey

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Built

Unknown

The story

A powered paraglider is a fan on your back and a wing made of fabric and physics. Pilots launch by running across a field and land the same way. The whole aircraft packs into the back of a car.

Fun fact

Paramotor pilots take off on foot: a run of about ten feet and the wing lifts them away. Once up, they usually fly between 15 and 50 mph.

Quick answers

How do you identify a Powered Paraglider?

A curved fabric wing with a single pilot hanging underneath in a harness and a caged propeller on their back. Very slow, often very low, with a buzzing small-engine sound.

How many Powered Paragliders have been built?

Unknown built.

How rare is a Powered Paraglider in Bogey?

UNCOMMON. Not rare, but not every day either. Worth looking up for. Your first Powered Paraglider catch is worth 50 points.

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Is a Powered Paraglider overhead right now?

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