Ric.Bridges@Powerchutesofidaho.com

 

Saturday, June 15, 2002 - Evening flight to the Snake River
Ralph McClintock (left) and Gary Fisher (right)

Gary Fisher gets his own reflection while taking a picture from his Destiny while flying near Kuna

Gary's first solo in his Destiny Powered Parachute

Gary prepares to give Ralph McClintock of Boise, his first Powered Parachute lesson.



A successful first flight for Ralph!

Three Destiny Powered Parachutes lined up preparing for an evening flight.  In the foreground is
Ralph McClintock laying out his chute on his brand new  Destiny

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Steve Alderman of Boise gets his first Powered Parachute Lesson in a Destiny!
This is the first time Steve has ever been in any type of aircraft.  Gary said Steve did great during the 45 minute instructional flight.

Saturday, August 11, 2001 - Evening flight near Kuna, ID, with two  Destiny Powered Parachutes.  Gary Fisher top row flying with his new APCO Air Extreme Chute.  Ralph McClintock on bottom row in his APCO 550 Chute.

      

Practice take-offs - the first step towards a great flight.

A "slow & low" evening flight south of Kuna

Karen Wickham from Grace, Idaho, completes her first powered parachute lesson with nothing but praise for the Flight Instructor (her brother).

Craig Beutler from Boise completes his first Powered Parachute introductory flight.

March 31, 2002 - Adam Geis of Meridian, Idaho takes his first Powered Parachute training flight.

Late evening return to the take off field.

        

Brother & Sister Dean Brumbaugh & Shiela Marchbanks  complete their first solo flights in their new Destiny Aircraft.

Phil Adams enjoys his first solo flight in his new Destiny near his Downey, ID ranch during an early July morning.

Juan Oleaga of Boise takes his first Powered Parachute lesson, compliments of a gift certificate from his wife Cindy.

A gift certificate from his father earns Tim Mitchell of Boise a Powered Parachute lesson.

Lynn & Larry VanTol take their first Powered Parachute Lesson.

 
SGM Jeffrey Groat of Mountain Home, ID enjoys some
 relaxing air time after his Army Reserve Drill is performed.

Jerry Hunter of Kuna, ID finds time to fly in between hunting trips.

John Wright of Eagle, ID  took his first Powered Parachute lesson in the late afternoon on November 4, 2002.  Dressed in cold weather clothing we flew down the Boise River and around the town of Star, Idaho.  After circling in the vicinity of his girlfriend's house in South East Star, we returned for a smooth landing.  John's girlfriend said she never saw us so I'm thinking John just told me he had a girlfriend so I'd circle around the Boise River where he could check out the duck blinds...

 
Mark Rogers, a local roofing contractor, took to the air for a new perspective on the roofing industry from high up above.

Local pilot Gary Fisher gives Bill Jonakin an introductory powered parachute flight one evening North of Nampa while his son and wife look on.  The photo was provided by Bill's son. Bill's flight was a result of his support for the Boys and Girls Club of Idaho.

Nick McKellip and sister Laina McKellip along with friend Jordon, experience their first powered parachute introductory flight from the family farm.

   
Gary Fisher of Boise, Idaho takes possession of the first Fusion manufactured by Alliant Aviation.  As an experienced and respected pilot of powered parachutes, Gary will provide feedback to Alliant Aviation on his perspective of the new Fusion.  Preliminary results indicate the Fusion is going to be a winner.

     

       
Cindy Towner of Boise, ID enjoys her first powered parachute introductory flight.

 
Bill Gornik of Meridian, ID completes his first powered parachute introductory flight while his wife Dorothy looks on. 
Bill seemed to enjoy his flight even though it was a little more tranquil than the skydiving he did last year.

 

Sister Beth Tolomeo of Boise enjoys her first powered parachute flight while
nephews Ben & Brian can only wish they were old enough for their first flight.

           
Mike Harris and his daughter Kathryn experienced their first powered parachute flights.  The thrill for
Kathryn was when pilot Gary Fisher of Boise did an engine out and glided down from 1200 feet to approximately
200 feet above the field before restarting the engine and gaining altitude.

 
Doug Mitchell from Colorado and his son-in-law Pat Wray of Boise enjoyed
their first powered parachute introductory flight.  Doug has personally owned four airplanes
over the years and was amazed at the simplicity and how much fun it was to
fly in a powered parachute.  Pat's ride ended just as the moon was rising.

     

Doug Mitchell enjoyed his flight in a powered parachute so much (see above) he decided to buy
his own.  These are pictures from Doug's first solo flight while family members looked on.  I
think Doug is trying to coax his daughter Liz Wray of Boise to an introductory flight but she opted
 to take her first introductory flight from an instructor with a little more experience :-) .

     

Donna Cantrell is all smiles after her first introductory flight while
husband John (center) is still flying with local pilot Gary Fisher.

 

Pictures of Gary Fisher as he flew his Fusion over the canyons around Moab, Utah.  We spent a
week during October with our wives enjoying the rugged scenery of Eastern Utah.

John Wright knows his Destiny!

John Wright of Eagle, ID makes it look easy flying his new Destiny.

    

Sunday, April 25, five of us flew as a group around Emmett, ID and North of Middleton & Star, ID.
Left picture & center pictures are of Ralph McClintock & John Wright, both of Eagle, ID.
Right picture is of Gary Fisher as he flies near a friends house north of Middleton, ID.

May 6, 2004 - A great night of country flying North of Nampa!

Same trip soaking up the views along the Boise River

   
Three Generations of Regents are all smiles after their first powered parachute flights.
From left to right are Betty, Karen & Nicole with pilot John Wright

   
 Karen & I fly alongside of her niece Nicole and pilot John Wright
while cruising along the Boise River October 7, 2004.

 February 26, 2005

 
Nampa Resident Leslie Ernst prepares for her first Powered Parachute
Flight while friend A. Pierce, also from Nampa, takes the pictures.

Clay Boyce of Boise takes his first Powered Parachute Flight right before Leslie took hers.

 
John Wright gives an introductory flight to his friend Laurie.  They flew South to the Snake River and returned.

March 11, 2005

Jamie Boyce of Boise prepares for her first Powered Parachute Introductory Flight while
husband Clay takes pictures before the flight, during the flight and as we did a slow fly-by.

April 15, 2005

Chad Wells of Nampa takes an introductory flight during some great flying weather.

May 1, 2005

A. Pierce from Nampa takes his first Powered Parachute introductory flight a few months
after his friend Leslie (see above) took hers.  Pierce has flown in other ultralights but
this was his first flight in a powered parachute.

Brad Foltman of Boise takes his first Powered Parachute introductory flight thanks to the
gift certificate he received from his daughter.  His daughter bid on the gift certificate during
last years Boys & Girls Club annual auction.

May 13, 2005

Don Boyce of Utah took his first Powered Parachute introductory flight.  Dan is no stranger to
ultralights having flown in a Trike Ultralight in the past.  Dan's wife and son Clay were able to
watch our takeoff and landing.  We spent time flying in the desert and even had time to watch a
coyote run directly below us a we were flying past him.

June 2005

Dieter and Zenaida Reichers enjoyed a great evening flying south of Boise.

Tracy Stapley enjoys his first flight in the foothills North of Eagle.

Even SeaHawk Fans enjoy taking to the air!

Steve Bruhn from Vancouver, WA & Chris Perry from Portland, OR
enjoy their flights while visiting Boise this summer.

Pam Sommer from Boise enjoyed her first Powered Parachute
Ultralight Flight.  She's also flown in a hot air balloon in the past.

Late October - Jim Allen enjoys an introductory flight near Kuna

WHO LET THE DOG OUT?

This happy pooch faithfully awaits our return after each flight.
We're pretty sure she's just itching (no pun intended) for a ride.