Jet Power has arrived

When the paramotor comes to mind you probably don’t relate it to the advanced technology that features in the latest action films.

Manufacturers work endlessly to improve reliability, ergonomics and fuel economy – and while looking at the latest electronic fuel injection engine from Vittorazi, it’s obvious the paramotor industry is moving in the right direction. 

With all these developments though, the basis of the paramotor has been the same since its conception with the crude description being an engine-powered fan you strap to your back. Well, that is before Allan Hewitt got involved. With engineering brilliance, the jet paramotor is born, and what a thing of beauty it is! 

The man

Allan Hewitt has a wide range of accolades that come from a very long skydiving career. A career that started in 1979 and saw him join the Red Devils display team, test and design parachutes and set up his own company developing parachute designs. Those achievements are further accompanied by an extensive list of...