Where do you live?
Toronto–Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada.
How did you get into flying?
My dad was a sailplane pilot. The seeds didn’t sprout when I was a teenage metalhead, but they grew fast when I started paragliding with my brother in 1989.
What’s your earliest flying memory?
I was standing at the stairs in our hallway when I suddenly realised that all I had to do was jump forward to fly. So I did – through the house where I was born, out into the garden, and over the suburbs. While dreaming, I kept thinking that I must be dreaming, but it felt so convincing.
What got you hooked?
My first training flight from Wasserkuppe – feeling the first lift, leaving the ground for a few metres,...
