Powered Parachute Zone

About the Book

Powered Parachute Zone is a Coffee Table Picture Book about flying from farmer's fields. It is written for everyone who likes to see Americans having fun without hurting the environment. No destroying the grass or cutting into the soil.

The book is a working sketch book designed to be given as a gift from the powered parachute pilot to the owner of land where he/she wants to fly from. It can also be used by anyone wanting to know what those colorful parachutes are doing and how they are doing it. The book has a copy of Release and Discharge of Liability that the pilot may give to a land owner. IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING FREE.

It has notes on Flying Safety and a page on sample Rules and Traffic Pattern. There is an Annual Inspection and Preflight check list on page 17. For pilots who have a radio and to anyone who wants to understand what the pilots are talking about there is a list of Definitions. For those Flying Clubs who want to build a Tetrahedron to help control traffic there is a drawing and a picture of one built by the Sky Spiders.

It can be used by sheriff's deputies, law enforcement officers, rescue workers, and firemen wanting to learn what powered parachutes are and how they operate. Flying clubs may give it to school children and especially to home owners living near where they are flying. The book helps in winning friends for the powered parachute pilots. WHen you are a Powered Parachute pilot flying around on a weekend, being free from the bonds of the earth, it feels good knowing you have friends. IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING AN AMERICAN AND BEING FREE.

The young men and women who fly are really learning what freedom and being an American is all about. Some pilots are not so young either. This is not a sport where you have to compete against each other. We are still a tough people and some are still trying to find ways of showing that they are better than another but in truth it just makes us better pilots. When you are floating under your parachute it's just you and God looking down upon the green earth. IT'S GREAT TO BE AN AMERICAN.

About the Author

AUTHOR Ben R. Games, PhD, Major, CW4, TCNA-6 was born 5 May 1924, Elkhart, Indiana, completed Army Aviation Training Class 43K on the 5th of December 1943. Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, served as a Special Project Officer for US Army and US Air Force. Flew B24s, B29s, P40s, P51s, and P61s during WWII. Flew the F82G, Jet Fighters F80, F94, and F86 during the Korean War. Flew the helicopters, OH 58, CH34, UH1, and the CH47 during the Vietnam War. Flew 737 combat hours, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star, 13 Air Medals, the Army Commendation Medal, and the MI Medal for Valor. Flew with the 5th AF, the 8th AF, the 13 AF, the 20 AF, the 1st Cavalry Division, the Indiana Air National Guard, and the Michigan Army National Guard. Today Ben owns and flies a single place Buckeye 503 Powered Parachute just for fun. As a Special Project Officer Ben took his family with him. Helen is “Whirly Girl #86”. After WWII they lived in Japan, before the Korean War they lived on Okinawa, during the Berlin Crises they lived at Chambley, France, and during the Vietnam War they lived on a Thai Fire Base at Bear Cat, Vietnam. When Ben became the General Manager of the Turks and Caicos National Airline they lived in Cockburn Town, Grand Turk, BWI. They have two sons, Ben Jr and Jon, and three grandchildren. Ben and Helen live in Apollo Beach, Florida with a poodle named Taffy, a Guide Dog named Montana, and a cat named Smokey.