My experience flying a paratrike in Córdoba
I am quite given to trying all the sports I can, to traveling to different places and experiencing all kinds of adventures that make me feel like I am alive.
I am going to tell you about a paratrike flight I did and if you want to comment on anything you can do so in this section.
The paratrike flight was amazing. It is one of the few aerial activities that can be done flying over the center of a city, and, the truth is, it was magnificent to be able to see the mosque of Córdoba from the air.
In addition to the fact that it is an economic activity another advantage of doing it in Córdoba is that the takeoff and landing area is very close to the city center. I walked from the center, since I was hitchhiking through Spain and did not have my own vehicle at hand.
The pilot was very nice, even when I told him I was hitchhiking he offered to give me a ride in his van.
The feeling is amazing, it has been one of the things that I have liked to do the most in the air, I liked it even more than ultralight and paragliding, and almost as much as autogyro. It is impressive because it mixes paragliding flight with the speed and acrobatics of the ultralight thanks to the motor behind it with the propellers.
Since I needed the whole day free to be able to get transportation to go to Galicia, he kindly offered to make the flight earlier than his schedule, at 8 in the morning. So I had the rest of the day to continue with my trip.
The teacher I flew with, Rafael, from Aventuras Límite, according to what he told me, is the only paratrike teacher in Spain, which can be appreciated by his professionalism.
We took off from an esplanade near the city's soccer stadium, on the bank of the Guadalquivir. It was a large expanse of land. We picked up a lot of speed on land and in a few seconds we were already flying.
To go to the center of the city we had to pass very close and fly over the highway, being able to see the cars a few meters away. In no time we were in the center and he showed me the most interesting points of the city. Then he took me to the bullring to show it to me, and then he took me to the outskirts, to a large, deep lake that waswhere they make scuba diving.
Then, to finish, he gave me some low flights over the Guadalquivir, it seemed as if we were going to get into the water, and then he quickly went up a mountain passing low and we landed.
One of the anecdotes that he told me and that I am sure many of the specialists in this sector will tell is that sometimes he takes a van, keeps the paratrike in it and can fly over any city in which he is traveling. In fact, it is more profitable to go from Córdoba to Mérida by flying. Isn't it great?
Here is a video of my experience:
