{"id":938,"date":"2014-10-22T08:25:51","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T21:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/?p=938"},"modified":"2014-10-22T08:25:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T21:25:51","slug":"hope-im-still-flying-in-my-80s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/?p=938","title":{"rendered":"Hope I’m still flying in my 80’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PPC<\/a>Here’s a great story about an older married couple who fly their ‘his and her’ powered parachutes (PPCs) most days – Ziggy Coyle & David Bauchspies, aged 81 and 82 respectively.<\/p>\n

The couple took up PPC flying about 15 years ago and now fly from their property ‘together but separate’ in central Pennsylvania, USA.<\/p>\n

They have flown their machines which look, for all the world, ‘like flying dune buggies’\u00a0all over the States.<\/p>\n

What I like about this story – apart from a couple still flying in their 80’s – is their approach to being airborne. No matter the aircraft only fly at 25-35 knots. No matter that anything much of a wind keeps them on the ground. It’s the sheer enjoyment of the views and sights which give them their lift(!). Autumn trees like a sea of colour, wild stags fighting, prehistoric ocean beds, all viewed from aloft. Not things you you take much notice of when you’re barreling from point A to point B as fast as you can…<\/p>\n

Good on them I say. Very ultra good on them!<\/p>\n

Read the full story here, courtesy of the Centre Daily Times:\u00a0Heads in the clouds: Couple share passion for flying powered parachute crafts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a great story about an older married couple who fly their ‘his and her’ powered parachutes (PPCs) most days – Ziggy Coyle & David Bauchspies, aged 81 and 82 respectively. The couple took up PPC flying about 15 years … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[268,739,781,782],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}