Easy Flight · Repairman Training
Build the Skills to Care for Your Powered Parachute
Take a more active role in aircraft ownership with Easy Flight’s FAA-accepted powered parachute repairman courses. Learn to perform your own annual condition inspections, or develop broader skills for maintaining and inspecting powered parachutes for yourself and others.
FAA-accepted courses · Maximum eight students
These are two separate programs. You can enroll directly in either one. The Inspection course is not a prerequisite for the Maintenance course. If you take the Maintenance course, you do not need to take the Inspection course as well: the Maintenance program includes inspection training and prepares you for the broader maintenance rating.
Both programs combine classroom instruction with practical exercises in classes limited to eight students. You’ll learn directly from Roy Beisswenger and have opportunities to ask questions. Group classes also offer a chance to meet others who share your interest in powered parachutes.
2-day program
Inspection Course
Know Your Aircraft. Inspect It Yourself.
Turn a recurring FAA inspection requirement into a skill you can use year after year. In two focused days, learn how to conduct and document the annual condition inspection required by the operating limitations of an eligible experimental powered parachute you own.
After obtaining the appropriate FAA repairman certificate, you can perform that inspection on your schedule, reduce your dependence on finding another inspector, and keep clear records that help demonstrate your aircraft’s history and care.
Considering your first powered parachute? The course can also help you review aircraft records, recognize potential concerns, and ask better questions before purchasing.
Two days · 16 hours · $595 · Lunch included both days
14-day program
Maintenance Course
Understand Your Powered Parachute from the Inside Out
Build practical skills for servicing, troubleshooting, repairing, and inspecting powered parachutes in one complete, stand-alone, 14-day program. Exercises include carburetor and propeller balancing, oil changes, electrical-component installation and testing, steering-system work, and maintenance record entries.
For owners of powered parachutes certificated as Special Light-Sport Aircraft (SLSA), the maintenance rating provides a path to handling qualifying maintenance and required inspections yourself. Instructors and aspiring repairmen can use the broader privileges to offer maintenance and inspection services to customers.
The training also offers useful equipment knowledge for A&P mechanics, ultralight owners, and future pilots preparing for aircraft ownership.
14 days · $4,950 standard tuition · $4,450 when paid in full at least 30 days before the course begins
Compare the Programs
| Feature | Inspection Course | Maintenance Course |
|---|---|---|
| Main goal | Perform and document your own eligible experimental powered parachute’s annual condition inspection | Develop broader maintenance and inspection skills for your own aircraft and customer aircraft |
| Course length | 2 days / 16 hours | 14 days |
| Practical emphasis | Inspection methods, evaluating findings, and inspection records | Servicing, troubleshooting, repairs, inspections, and maintenance records |
| Class size | Maximum 8 students; no minimum | Minimum 2 students; maximum 8 |
| Annual condition inspections on eligible experimental powered parachutes | Aircraft you own | Your own and customer aircraft |
| SLSA maintenance and required inspections | Outside the inspection rating’s privileges | Qualifying maintenance, annual condition inspections, and applicable 100-hour inspections |
| FAA rating the course prepares you to apply for | Inspection, with powered parachute privileges | Maintenance, with powered parachute privileges |
| Tuition | $595 | $4,950; reduced to $4,450 with full payment at least 30 days before the course |
| Is the other course required? | No; enroll directly | No; inspection training is included |
The privileges described above apply after successful completion of the training and examination and issuance of the appropriate FAA repairman certificate. Work must remain within your certificate privileges and the aircraft’s eligibility, operating limitations, and applicable maintenance requirements. FAA repairman privileges
Choose the Training That Fits Your Goals
Choose the Inspection course if your main goal is to perform the annual condition inspection on an eligible experimental powered parachute you own.
Choose the Maintenance course if you want practical maintenance training and broader privileges, including qualifying work on SLSA powered parachutes and customer aircraft.
You can begin either program before becoming a pilot or buying an aircraft. If you’re unsure which course fits your plans—or which airworthiness certificate your aircraft holds—contact Easy Flight for help choosing.
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