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## Get Ready to Fly 

Your preflight preparations should include evaluating the airworthiness of the: 

• P ilot: experience, sleep, food and water, drugs/ medications, stress, illness 

• A ircraft: fuel, weight (does not exceed maximum), density altitude, takeoff and landing requirements, equipment 

• En V ironment: weather conditions and forecast for departure and destination airfields and route of flight, runway lengths 

• E xternal pressures: schedules, available alternatives, purpose of flight 

Often remembered as PAVE, it is important for you to consider each of these factors and establish your own personal minimums for flying. 

Once you determine the PAVE factors are favorable for flight, you should obtain a weather briefing, check 

Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) and Terminal Flight Restrictions ( TFRs), plan your flight (determine the departure and destination airfield and route of flight), file a flight plan (if planning to fly cross-country), and head to your aircraft and point of departure. The pow- ered parachute (PPC) may be stored in a hangar, ga - rage, or covered trailer—any place out of the weather. Begin with a visual inspection of the cart, then warm up the engine. Push or taxi the PPC to the takeoff point, shut down the engine, lay out and inspect the wing. Finally, strap into the PPC, start the engine, kite the wing, and then continue the takeoff roll to lift off. [Figure 5-1] 

## Trailering 

Trailers may be used to transport, store, and retrieve powered parachutes. The PPC components should fit snuggly without being forced, be guarded against chafing, and be well secured within the trailer. Once 

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