This plane was hauling jumpers up today and made many trips up with the jumpers. I thought it was a Short Skyvan but after studying the pictures and doing some research online I found out it is a CASA C-212 Aviocar. I later found out a company is training Army jumpers at the Toledo Airport.
They all have the same kind of parachute and use the same landing pattern. The most I counted on one jump was twelve and it was impressive to see them all in a line coming down to land.
Some of them were carrying lots of gear.
Others didn't appear to have any extra gear with them.
Joel, another member showed up with his new D-18 that looks like it flies great.
Here is Joel's D-18 coming in to land with the gear and flaps down
I flew the Skylane first again today and then had a very nice flight with the P-40. The adjustments I made to the P-40's elevators really helped. Then I got the Hobby King Paramotor out for a test flight. To give you an idea of the size of it, the parachute is ninety four inches across. I must have made twenty attempts before I made a successful flight. I would launch it, pick it up, untangle the lines and try again. Launching it seems to be the hardest part according to what I see online. After a couple of really short flights I found some things hooked up wrong. Then I discovered it would take off the ground. Vera came out to watch and the last take off scared her back into the motor home but I kept it in the air. By the time I figured out what combination of control inputs would turn it I was way out across the road. I got it back and lined up with the runway then made a successful landing. This picture is how it looked on the runway before picking it up. It was a good day, we stopped at Betty's for hamburgers on the way home.
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