53 year old Richard Shaw of Batley, West Yorkshire took to the skies recently in his Dudek (Polish) Reaction, a 31 square metre reflex paramotoring wing, and met one of our lovely
Virgin hot air balloons up there!
The father of four, who has been paragliding/paramotoring since 2003, took off from a farmer’s field in Snaith near Selby with three other pilots before seeing us in the sky. Richard has already flown in a
balloon with us from York so has seen the beauty of ballooning from two wonderful different viewpoints.
Recently becoming semi-retired from his role as an electronics engineer Richard has spent all his time and efforts organising the British Paramotoring Championships and has this year taken on the job of team leader to the British Squad for International and World Championships abroad.
Speaking of his encounter with
Virgin Balloon Flights over the Yorkshire landscape Richard said ‘I’m just interested in all things that fly!’, how could he pass on an opportunity to take these fabulous snaps?
You too can take to the skies with
Virgin Balloon Flights from York or any other of our 100+ launch sites, for further details please visit
www.virginballoonflights.co.uk or call us on 0844 8448070.
