3 years ago

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Ep 126 Jeremy Howe
https://www.instagram.com/look.how.cool.i.am/

Jeremy has always wanted to fly. He found paramotoring on YouTube’s recommended videos section while at Michigan State University in 2015. Over the years, his paramotor obsession grew & grew. He graduated university, got a job in corporate finance, & could finally afford to get into ppg. He signed up for paramotor training in May 2019 with Mike Cotter, Justin Fox, & Bob Harris of FlyMIPPG. After training he bought a Parajet Maverick with the Atom 80 and a 24M Ozone Mojo Pwr 1. He joined a local group of experienced paramotor people in Kankakee IL. He flew with them for a season and moved back home to Michigan. He’s been flying all over Michigan ever since. He currently flies his 24M Mojo Pwr 1 & 20M BGD Luna 2. He has ~150 flights (~100 hrs) and has taken a SIV with Andy Fuller & Bill Dolbow at Skylab. You can find him flying around metro Detroit, Michigan fly-ins, or on a yearly winter ppg trip to Florida. Jeremy has an Instagram account where he pretends to be cool like everyone else on social media. He posts a lot of paramotor pictures & clips there. @look.how.cool.i.am

Talking points:
-training (cost / benefit analysis of training vs self training)
-glider selection
-flying an atom 80 at 185lbs
-experience at Skylab siv / throwing a reserve
-flying progression
-fly ins
-trips to Florida
-gear setup and accessories
-safety and baby steps progression
-flying over / around water
-flying next to international borders
-flying in winter / snow
-landing in a farm field due to bad weather and hitch hiking back to my car
-barely crashing into my car on launch
-airbox falling off in flight
-other mistakes I’ve made (sitting down too early on launch, butt landing, turtling, object fixation, catching a line in the prop after an aborted launch, friction knot after launch, flying with a broken kill switch)
-favorite YouTube people
-onewheels
-other hobbies, snowboarding / snowboard racing, fishing, jet skies, traveling, disc golf, my dog.
-flying from a busy airport & keeping lzs happy
-pulling big ears
-changing from polini throttle to offgrid aviation throttle / first impressions
-anything economics / investing. i have a degree in finance and work at a big bank.
-seeing (initially hearing) Lindy’s tandem flight at torchport

Short term goals:
-ppg2 / ppg3 ratings
-use speed bar during ppg
-wingtip bump
-flying around a balloon festival next weekend / dbad
-upgrade to a moster 185
-execute a paramotor video idea
-fly over ocean beaches

Hopes & Dreams:
-barrel rolls
-flying out west
-international trips (Egypt, lake garda, Mexico, Iceland, etc)
-free flight training / ratings
-Canada ppg license
-siv #2
-tandem exemption & tandem gear
-paramotor camping
-paramotor Great Lakes Island hopping
-pilots license / float planes
-retire before 40
-have a bunch of Airbnbs