European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Magazine it s strict a fun machine. But you would t want to Fly it in heavy weather by Clifford  new York times in the annals of aviation there Are places of High Honor Kilty Hawk n.c., where the Wright brother first experienced the exhilaration of flight Roosevelt Field n.y., where Lford barn look off for his celebrated Atlantic crossing. And if an Odd contraption that resembles a go Carl Slung irom a Parachute catches on someday an unlikely spot in southwestern new Jersey called Pennsauken could make the list. The contraption is called a Par plane by its inventor Stephen l Snyder and it is he claims nothing less than the simplest and safest aircraft Ever built. To say we invented ii is almost an exaggeration since it s based on principles familiar to anyone in aeronautics said Snyder who is s1 years do. It s really a very crude Hying machine but because it uses a Parachute As a Wing it s inherently sate which was the main idea saturday january 10, 1987 he added our goal is to teach More people to Fly it than have flown in the entire Malory of  since the Par plane s introduction three years ego instructors working for the Para Lana corp., Snyder s company based in Pennsauken say they have taught about 20,000 people to Fly. The training including a sob flight requires Only a single Sil Amoon. About 3,000 Par plan have been bold Snydar said. People see me flying this thing and they i hunh i m crazy said Joe Bonn a 44-year-old enthusiast and the proprietor of Superior custom kitchens of Warren n j. But it s much Saler than say. Hang gliding or Hying ultralights both of which i be also done the per plane is still enough of a Novelty that Many people in the world of aviation Are unfamiliar with ii. A vice president of the aircraft owners end pilots association Patricia Weill said i Don t think anyone Here has even flown  but a spokesman for the experimental aircraft association in Oshkosh wis., Ben Owen said he knew a vehicle Well. It s strictly a fun machine a toy he said. It does t have much Speed or Range and you would t went to Fly ill heavy weather. But basically it is Safe and Arm pie. "01 course he added it requires tha usual care that you give any device designed to operate in three dimensions. People get killed Riding bicycles  Owen said his records showed Only one Para Lana fatality to Date in Peppere masa., in 1984, when an operator with no training or previous flight experience look off evidently panicked and new directly into a stand of Trees near a River in which he then drowned. The Para Lana is not Snyder s firs foray into innovative aviation in 1969 he developed the Square shaped gliding Wing Parachute that has become the most widely used sport Parachute in the world according to sky diving groups. Us Maneule ability was demonstrated to a mass audience by the mets fan who used one to sail into Shea stadium during the world series. In 1959 Snyder also invented an automatic Parachute opening device thai is credited Ullh saving the lives of several thousand sky divers. The Par plane he said was conceived As an alternative to hang gliders and their offspring ultralight aircraft. With the Par plane he said we re trying to do what everybody thought ultralights were going to do make flight accessible to jus about  indeed the essentials of Par plane operation Are uncomplicated. The Pilot sits strapped into a seat on a Small three wheeled open cart constructed of aluminium. Two 15  Ebosi the size of chainsaws turn twin propellers mounted behind him. As the Pilot increases the Power by pushing a throttle the cart Rolls along the ground. The Allacher 400 Square fool Parachute gradually rises overhead like a Kite and lifts tha cart into the air. Adding More Power causes she Par plane to climb decreasing Power causes it to descend. The top Speed 13 26 Miles per hour. Steering is done with foot pedals which manipulate lines attached to the Parachute pushing with the Tell fool turns the vehicle Lotha left pus Rolth Trie right Foo turns it to the right. While a fixed Wing aircraft con drop like a Stone ii its engines fall a powerless Par plane drifts bade to Earth Al a relatively leisurely 10 feet per second. I loved it said Marc Weiss 33, a chemist from scotch Plains. N.j., upon completing his first flight. I m going to Start depositing Money in my Christmas club new Par planes sell for about $6,000, and no License is currently required to operate one it s really flying said Jerome de Groom 29, of Lebanon n.j., after his first experience with the machine. Tome Thal  Para Ianes have been taken As High As 10,000 feet pilots generally prefer to remain Low just a few Hundred eat above the Trees and houses arid Well below Moat other aircraft. It s like old fashioned barnstorming said Bonn you can feel the thermals you can smell the Pine Trees and the  the stars and stripes Page 13