Three days of great activity on the island, and we were visiting different places, and doing various tasks. Training to Students, Free Flight Mode, Visit to Vega Baja town, and even an interview for a documentary. Here we go in details…
Wednesday, March 19, 2025…
We were in Villa Pesquera Isabela after lunch. We had a visit from our International pilot and friend, Eliseo Nogueras and his family. He was flying with us during the afternoon in excellent weather conditions.
For his part, Luis Ruiz was in charge of training new students at the Team Kamikazes school. When the session began, the wind direction was coming from NW and at about 7 mph. This direction and intensity made it difficult to carry out inflation practices for students. So Luis moved the training to “Shore Island” beach, at one mile from Villa Pesquera. and the wind direction was way better for practice.
At the same time, some of the pilots were on Paul Whitmore’s house on the Cliff. They were performing Free Flight (without motor). This was the case of Edgardo Rivera, Darwin Hernández and Samuel Travis. They had difficulties due to the direction of the wind, but they were still able to fly.
At one point Edgardo Take Off together with his macaw Darwincito, who stayed next to Edgardo while he was flying. Awesome!!!
Thursday, March 20, 2025…
During the day, Luis Ruiz agreed with Eliseo Nogueras to meet at Puerto Nuevo Beach in Vega Baja. We are going to evaluate the possibility of flying the area that is the home for Eliseo‘s family in Puerto Rico. We covered all the options through “Los Tubos” Beach in Manatí. Accompanying us on the adventure were the young pilots/students Harry Dávila and Raúl Rivera Jr., who are waiting to get a flight location close to their homes for the future.
Unfortunately, this time it couldn’t be. The waves tidal for the entire island were superb big today. It just reached the terrestrial maritime zone and did not give us space for us to fly safely on the coast. This was not only happening in Vega Baja, but throughout the island. For safety, we decided not to fly. So, we will test the area in a future visit, Stay Tuned…
Friday, March 21, 2025…
Luis Ruiz gets back to Vega Baja again, but this time for a different reason. His friend and pilot Raúl Rivera Sr. has embarked on a motivational project where he interviews people who have a purpose in life and help those around us have a better quality of life. For this purpose, he even created a recording studio, and it named “Tu Foro TV”.
Through his interviews, he brings positivity and purpose to people looking for what to do in life. And this includes young people looking for a passion, as well as accomplished people looking for purpose in life. Today was my turn, speaking from the scope of my development in the sport from an early age, to being a Paramotor flight instructor and seeing the excitement and happiness of each person who approaches us and lives the experience of flight.
We will publish the interview later…for now we present a short video of what the recording studio looked like. Stay Tuned for the complete interview…
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