Were any of the pictures of you doing the flying? Is there anything you haven't tried?

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Originally posted by carpetman1:
Were any of the pictures of you doing the flying? Is there anything you haven't tried?

Not in these ones.

But I have posted of me flying on other threads.

We get a relatively short window to fly in the morning as the wind picks up.

So having flown so much both fixed wing and helicopters, I let others have a go.

I fly the drones and take the video.

I extract these pictures from the videos.

I have lots more pictures to come, so keep coming back.

If you look carefully you might see a tandem passenger flying in some of the pictures.

We have another paramotor which has wheels.

The passenger actually sits down in a chair behind the pilot.

This one you just hang in front of the pilot.

This one also requires the pilot and passenger to run to get airborne.

Quite funny sometimes as the passenger, having been given instructions to not stop running, Carrie’s on running while flying!

Saeed, why are you wearing a black shirt? All Arabs know a white sheet and white towel on head is proper desert wear.

I am the black sheep of the family!

Saeed,

A couple of questions...

The are looks close to where you were using last year, but a little different True?

The camel herd looks to have increased. True?

The area in these photos appears to be more heavily used, more tracks from people. camels, vehicles. Is this related to you winding up the people and getting them out there?

It is the same area, but looks change because of the wind.

A sand dune can look completely different in a few weeks.

There are 3 camel camps there, they do breed them for both milk and meat. And it all depends on what they take out on a given day.

Sometimes they separate some, and might have two separate herds go out from one camp.

No idea why.

You might see more tracks because of lack of wind.

Where we do the paramotors is closer to the dirt track, where more traffic normally is.

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I am the black sheep of the family!

Better straighten out or they won't include you in the will

A couple more questions.

How do you get all those people out of bed and out to the desert so early in the morning? Is that possible because everyone there arises early to avoid the hot part of the day?

In photo d22339 the camels are standing around a ground cloth, but none are stepping onto it. Is that something like a cattle guard to them?

They do not have any choice.

I get there before sun up, and like to get home by 9-10 latest.

I think they actually enjoy getting up so early.

Some do as a habit, others fir a change.

That is our sand carpet.

They don’t seem to like to step on things.

Same with the parachutes.

They walk around them rather than over them.