With a lot more paragliding clubs recognising that not everyone has a mountain on their doorstep, many have turned to teaching paramotoring. Although strictly speaking there are no true regulations today for paramotoring, paragliding clubs are taking it upon themselves to ensure that people can understand the behaviour of a canopy before they take to the air, and then understanding how to live without a motor (such as in the event of an engine failure or lack of fuel).
Many classes today seem in my humble opinion very expensive without clear justification of value received. Perhaps the cost is simply to detract people from learning, or to cover the inconvenience of a paragliding club teaching paramotoring, I have yet to understand, but I hope that more places will offer training, and we will see a more competitive 'certification' programme, leading to trained 'pilots' taking to the air safely, and with a passion for aviation.
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