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The PPC Caravan is a
group of powered parachute enthusiasts (a.k.a. "nuts")
traveling around the United States flying their PPC's.
Please be advised
that the 2011 PPC Caravan is going to be by invitation only.
Our group of
caravaners has grown so much that many of the small airports and private
strips that we want to visit are simply too small to accommodate
everyone. So Suzi and I made the difficult decision to limit the
number of travelers in our group this year to ten pilots and their
spouses. Next year we are in hopes of heading to the southeast,
and hopefully we can include everyone again then. Locals are
certainly always welcome to join us along the way and we want to meet as
many locals as we can. Our invitation list began with the pilots who
have gone on the most trips with us receiving the first
invitations. There is a waiting list should some of the pilots
decide to drop out. So let me know if you want to be on the
waiting list. For this reason, I will not be announcing our
schedule of dates or stops on this web page this year.
For more information on where we have flown on
previous caravans and fly-ins, or just our own adventures, click on the
photo above.
We completed the
2010
Caravan on August 15, 2010 --
We traveled from Friday, July 23 to August 15 and someone in our group
flew every single day and at every location where we
stopped.
These were our stops on
PPC Caravan 2010
Mark's Park, New
London, WI
Oconto Airport, Oconto, WI
Bruce and Chris Steinhagen's private strips near Algoma, WI
Carl Stenberg's private strip near Escanaba, MI
The Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Airport, S.S. Marie, MI
St. Ignace Municipal Airport, St. Ignace, MI
Tyler Creek RV Park and Golf Course near Middleville, MI
Private strip owned by Cornwell's Turkeyville, near Marshall, MI
Donald and Karen Duck's private airfield near Edwardsburg, MI, north of
Elkhart, IN
Eldon Hostettler's private field in Shipshewana, IN
The PRA Annual Convention and the Michiana Fly-in, Mentone, IN
Kankakee Municipal Airport, Kankakee, IL
The Downtown St. Louis Airport, Cahokia, IL
See the PPCPilot.com "PPC Friendly Airport Map" for locations
2009 -- We flew in 12 locations is Utah, Idaho, Washington,
Oregon, Nevada, Montana, and Nebraska
We flew at: the Bonneville Skybase west of Salt Lake City, UT
The Winnemucca Municipal Airport, Winnemucca, NV
The Burns Municipal Airport, Burns, OR
The Madras Municipal Airport, Madras, OR
A PPC fly-in near Brownsville, OR
The Tillamook Airport, Tillamook, OR
The McMinnville Municipal Airport, McMinnville, OR
The Arlington Municipal Airport, Arlington, WA
Steve and Becky Camp's private strip near Lacrosse, WA
The Kamiah Airport, Kamiah, ID
The Three Forks Airport, Three Forks, MT
The Trenton Municipal Airport, Trenton, NE
In 2008 -- we flew in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana on
the regular caravan, then in Oklahoma on another trip
In 2007 -- we did one big caravan and flew in Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming,
Montana, and North Dakota
Then we also did a shorter caravan and flew in four different locations
in Kansas
In 2006 -- we traveled to Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Missouri, and Kansas
In 2005 -- the caravan flew in four different
states -- Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR 2011 -- see above
RULES OF THE CARAVAN --
All travelers must be legal pilots -- either sport pilots or general
aviation
All pilots must fly using aviation radios
For more information -- email us
For links to all of the caravans --
click below.
PPC
Caravan I -- June, 2005
PPC
Caravan II -- October, 2006
The KANSAS Caravan -- May, 2007
PPC
Caravan III -- August, 2007
PPC Caravan IV --
April, 2008
Oklahoma
Caravan -- October, 2008
PPC Caravan V --
The
Northwest Caravan August 21 -- September 10, 2009
PPC Caravan VI --
The Upper Midwest
PPC Caravan VII -- to be
announced
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