Our small public airfield is located in southern York County Pennsylvania and is dedicated to ultralight and light sport aircraft enthusiasts. For info call 717-235-6724 or email shoestringair@aol.com. This public airport is privately owned and uses no state or federal funding.
For current Shoestring Airport wind conditions:
Weather data updates at one minute intervals -
Weather Summary - (shows the wind/gusts over the last 10 minutes)
10-day weather forecast -
Winds aloft for PPGs -
For FAA info:
Drone video - our two left hand (fixed wing) traffic patterns. Courtesy of Hover Solutions:
A few airfield flight videos:
A few fixed wing Ultralight prime contenders:
Some Powered Parachute/Paragliding info: (PPC or PPG?)
https://www.paraflightnc.com (Now here in central and eastern PA.)
http://www.usppa.org/ (This website also includes a helpful incident database)
The gray zone - rotary wing ultralights:
EAA info:
The United States Ultralight Association:
Closest current 2-place fixed wing ultralight instruction site:
Beginners Guide to Ultralight Flying (1994!) :
Note the Quicksilver Sprint commentary at 1:03:33 and flight demonstration at 1:13:15
An updated version by same author...
Ultralight and Light Sport magazine:
