Flying Around Connecticut

The view from a paramotor is unmatched. You can legally fly much closer to the ground than an airplane, and there is nothing between you and the air.

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All photos by Dana Hague except as noted.

Birds scatter from the rocks at my approach	Flying along Bluff Head in Durham, CT	Ready to launch on a rare warm November day	Flying low over a still pond, I can see my reflection
Chasing my shadow across the rocks off Madison	Airborne over Hamonassett State Park Photo by Angelo Chirico	A Durham field with a few scattered trees becomes a pilot's playground	Approaching for a landing at Griswold Airport Photo by a passing spectator, sorry, I forgot who
Flying alongside a seagull past a shoreline marina	Stanley cruises along Hammonassett Beach	Chasing each other along the shoreline	We share the air with some other strange contraptions. That's Dave Oates passing me in his gyrocopter. Photo Stanley Kasica
More to come...