{"id":5170,"date":"2016-05-30T12:50:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T11:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/?p=5170"},"modified":"2016-12-21T14:43:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T14:43:48","slug":"flighttoafrica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/flighttoafrica\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Lawnmower power’ to take flier to Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Cork man is aiming to achieve a new record, when he flies from Ireland to Africa this summer on a craft that is powered by little-more than a lawnmower engine.<\/p>\n

Ois\u00edn Creagh will become the first person to deploy a \u2018paramotor\u2019 for a journey that will take him from Ireland, through Wales, England, France and Spain, before arriving in his final destination in North Africa.<\/p>\n

The self-employed architect from Cork will embark on the 3,000km journey in late Summer, including over 100km flying over sea.\u00a0He is making the trip to fundraising to support the work of Gorta-Self Help Africa.<\/p>\n

\"OisinCreagh_paramotor1\"<\/a>Amongst just a few dozen paramotoring enthusiasts in Ireland, Ois\u00edn Creagh regards his sport as \u201cone of the simplest forms of powered aviation available to humankind.\u201d His paramotor is a specific type of motorised unit fitted with a propeller blade that is mounted on his back on a rucksack-like frame.<\/p>\n

Powered by a small two-stroke engine similar to the motor of a lawnmower, he should potentially be able to cover up to 150-200km of his trip, per flight, travelling at up to 60km an hour. The Paraglider (known in paramotoring as a \u2018Wing\u2019) is essentially a parachute, very similar to those used for paragliding, but with a motor.<\/p>\n

Ois\u00edn is predicting that it will take him approximately a month to cover the distance, but says that a huge amount of the expedition is dependent on getting the right weather conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cToo warm, too windy or too wet and you just can\u2019t fly,\u201d he says. This explains why he is planning his departure from Ireland for some time in mid to late August, with much of the trip taking place in September. Flights will generally be early in the morning and late in the afternoon, to avoid the \u2018active\u2019 conditions of the warm middle of the day.<\/p>\n

He expects to be travelling at an altitude of approximately 1,500ft for much of the journey, although over the Irish Sea, English Channel and Straits of Gibraltar he will be higher. He will also need to ascend to heights in excess of 6,000ft for the leg of his journey through the Pyrenees mountain range, which separate France from Spain.<\/p>\n

\"OisinCreagh_Paramotor\"<\/a>The Irish flier says that he is currently planning for the trip, and is in discussions with the Irish Aviation Authority, and their international counterparts through whose airspace he will travel on his journey. \u201cBecause paramotoring is a relatively new sport and a very different kind of flying, there are differing regulations on it in different jurisdictions. I have been a good while planning the route, and am addressing the varying rules and issues as they arise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ois\u00edn is hoping to raise thousands of euro to support the work of Gorta-Self Help Africa, whom he describes as an organisation \u201cmaking a real difference to the lives of some of the very poorest and most disadvantaged people in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a region of the world where up to 70% of people rely on small plots of land for their very survival, it is only by improving farm production that millions of people will be able to work their way out of poverty,\u201d he says. He is specifically hoping to fund work that the Irish charity is implementing in drought ravaged Ethiopia, where crop failures are impacting on the food supplies of close to 20 million people, this year.<\/p>\n

You can support Ois\u00edn’s upcoming flight by contributing to his fundraising here: Sponsor Ois\u00edn<\/a><\/p>\n[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kIhmnnpoKvk&w=560&h=455]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cork man to travel by air on ‘paramotor’ from Ireland to Africa, this Summer. 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