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Welcome to The 'Cloud Hoppers'
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Who Are We? .............. a disparate bunch of 'magnificent men in their flying machines' (i.e. paramotor pilots)
Where Are We?........... In & around Robin Hood country (Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK).
Here's the Gang (so far): ...
Founder Hopper:
Brian 'Turbo' Tunnard
Senior Consultant Hopper:
Bob 'Mad Bob' Roach
Associate Hoppers:
Dean 'Wirly' Bird
Grahame 'Fingers' Layhe
Rob 'UFO' Swift
Chris 'Ringo' Davies
Andy 'Sheeny' Oldroyd
Mat 'Flymo' Howard ... (see the new HD video of 'Flymo' flying, in the Paramotor Videos section)
Phil 'PK' Passmore
Terry 'Yee-Har' Price
Robert 'EGG' Shaw ... (Eggmotor PPG) click here to visit EggMotor
Sam 'BirdMan' Rose ... (Eggmotor PPG) click here to visit EggMotor
Ian 'Smokin' Skyblade' Green ... (short vid' to follow)
Adam 'Flying Fish' Fish ... (Flying Fish PPG) ... click here to visit FlyingFishPPG
Jon 'String-Flight' Stringer ... click here to visit Jon's web page (Guitarist - Vocalist)
Shawn '............' Crossfield ... ('nick' pending / in development)
Stewart '............' Barsby ... ('nick' pending / in development)
Arun '............' Kumar Kikkeri Srinivas ... ('nick' pending / in development)
Quinton 'Twiggy' Brown
Simon 'The Pollinator' Boden
Gareth '...........' Grace ... (nick pending / in development)
Alex 'Wils' Wilson
Martin '...........' Canning ... (nick pending / in development)
Ash '...........' Wilson ... (nick pending / in development)
Marc 'Kamikaze' Hummersone
David 'Lucky' Winder
Glen 'Pyro' Dunwell
Keith '............' Dyer (nick pending / in development)
James '............' Silverstone (nick pending / in development)
Dave '............' Smith (nick pending / in development)
Paul 'Uncle Fester' Palmer (his maiden flight just added to the 'Paramotor Videos' section)
Glyn 'Creaky' Pemberton
John 'The Ridge Hog' Edge ... on his Powered Hangy :-)
Alan 'Big Al' Meade
Andy 'Twitty' Twitty
Ian 'Moses' Proffitt ... (& "NO" he can't part the Red Sea just yet ... but maybe The River Trent ... Ummmh?)
Kaine 'Grasshopper' Home
Mark '...........' Brackenbury (nick pending / in development)
Richard 'Big Ric' Shaw
John 'Rooster' Slaney (training & PPG kit imminent)
Stan 'The Laird' Patterson (kiting ... training & PPG kit imminent)
Rob 'Bad Rob' Padley
Tim 'Turtle Tim' Priest ... on an Eggmotor that flies - oh yes ;-)
Dean '.............' Farmer (kiting ... nick pending, training & PPG kit imminent)
Shane 'Mango Man' Hoggatt (training well underway - PPG kit arriving imminently)
Logistical Support Hoppers:
Lorraine 'Loli' Tunnard
Sue Shaw
Special Honorary Hopper:
Oscar Meschiari (JPX Italia) -> chief engineer & designer of the fabulous 'Black Devil M25Y' paramotor (flying - sometimes)
Affiliate Hoppers:
Raymond Treadwell -> Mosstodloch, Fochabers, Moray, Scotland, UK (non flying ... yet?)
James & Linz' Taylor -> Amsterdam, Netherlands (non flying ... yet?))
Anne & Roy Guest -> Woodsetts, S Yorks, UK (non flying - feet on tera firma, but like flying stuff)
Mark Ingham (Pendle PPG) -> Barrowford, Lancs', UK (flying)
MJF & Sam -> Blyth, Notts, UK (non flying - feet on tera firma, but like flying stuff)
Dave Jackson (Lemmings PPG) -> Harlow, Essex, UK (flying)
Janey Wainey & Mick -> Retford, Notts, UK (non flying ... yet?))
Neil Law -> Bakestone Moore, Derbyshire, UK (non flying ... yet?)
Richard Shaw -> Batley, Yorks, UK (flying)
Gilbert (Gil') Nolan -> Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (flying)
Dave Jackson -> Harlow, Essex, UK (flying)
Phil Green -> California, USA (flying)
Keith & Steph Baines -> West Stockwith, UK (non flying ... yet?)
Gil Riegler -> California, USA (flying - Quad)
Jorge Hidalgo (Paramotor Mexico) -> Mexico, USA (flying - a lot ! ! )
Tim 'Branch' Gaskins (Bad Apple Fliers) -> Atlanta, USA (flying)
Mike 'Pig Pen' Hay (PPG Props) -> Indianapolis, USA (ground support) ---> click here to visit PPG Props
Brian Key -> Corby, Northhamptonshire, UK (flying)
Special Affiliate Hoppers - "The Wormley Gang"
Paul Haxby (Wormlies PPG) -> Doncaster, UK (flying)
Richard Haxby (Wormlies PPG) -> Doncaster, UK (flying)
Barry Cheese (Wormlies PPG) -> Doncaster, UK (flying)
Mick Hargreaves (Wormlies PPG) -> Doncaster, UK (flying)
Keith Watson (Wormlies PPG) -> Doncaster, UK (has been known to fly)
Special Affiliate Hoppers - "The HAC Paramotor Section"
Marko Jenkinson -> (flying & instructing)
Mark Temple -> (flying & instructing)
Alan Beetham -> (flying)
Paul Brown -> (flying)
Jason Fox -> (flying, quad)
Russ -> (flying)
David Bradley -> (flying)
Paul Jenkinson -> (flying)
Leigh Hales -> (flying)
Rob Webster -> (flying)
Graham Ashurst -> (flying)
Andrew Brant -> (flying)
Emma Brown -> (flying)
Mike Moore -> (flying)
Paul Seminari -> (flying, powered hang glider)
If you'd like to Join The Cloud Hoppers (or be an Affiliate member) ... contact us ... it's FREE ...
it doesn't matter whether or not you actually own a paramotor, or even fly ... so long as you actually LIKE flying stuff.
Also ... U might like to join our Cloud Hoppers Forum
You may have a few questions, especially if you are new to Paramotoring (sometimes called powered paragliding, or PPG) ... so here goes; ...
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More information, for those who have asked ... the 'Cloud Hoppers' branding and logo was specially commissioned by 'The Reaction Chamber' (link below).
Happy Landings
Brian Tunnard
The 'Cloud Hoppers' Paramotor Club
(aka: BrianTurboT on YouTube)
contact: .... Brian Tunnard
tel : ........... 01909 486971
mob: ........ 07983 637099
email: ..... CloudHoppersPPG@googlemail.com