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Casually careen through the air with today’s wind-grabbing Groupon. For $125, you’ll get a 30-minute powered parachute lesson from Arizona Powerchutes, a $289 value. Suspended from a stabilized and inflated big cloth, you’ll fly just like predatory birds do, soaring high above the picturesque Sonoran Desert at a modest 26 mph.
Your flight will be a lesson supervised by FAA-certified flight instructor Randy Long, a gliding guru who’s logged more than 2,000 airborne hours and boasts a flawless flying record to boot. From epic heights, you’ll spy arid temp-dwelling critters such as the piggish javelina and beady-eyed banded gila monster. Your rainbow-hued bigcloth is powered by increasing or decreasing engine power and directing the steering bars to turn right or left; opt to gently swoop over mountaintops as if you were a seacrest-grazing pelican or waft through the highest elevations like a bar-headed goose. At the end of your flight, you'll receive a certificate and pilot's logbook that you can use toward a FFA Sports Pilot's license.
In terms of air transportation, powered parachutes are the next-best flying apparatus to sprouting a pair of feathered wings. Breezier than airplanes and speedier than parachutes, these two-passenger motorized carts are super safe. Get this unparalleled parachuting experience as a gift for thrill seekers, people who already own everything, or air opportunists.
Reviews
Google reviewers give Arizona Powerchutes an enthusiastic five stars:
- I have now been up in the powered parachute a few times, and it is a blast! The Arizona desert is very gorgeous to see from up in the air. – Andrew
- All my life I've wanted to fly like a bird. By far, this experience came the closest to doing that. Randy is a superb airman, instructor and gentleman. – PPC Flight
- What a ride! My first time in a powered parachute and it was fantastic. I have flown in everything from a hot air balloon, glider & gyrocopter and this is by-far the safest adventure flying you'll ever do. – Maiden PPC Voyage
