Ken Hudonjorgensen

Ken Hudonjorgensen, owner of Two-can Fly Paragliding,offers all foot launched paragliding ratings, from Novice to Instructor to Tandem III ratings and has been teaching since 1990.

~ Ken's Paragliding Qualifications~

Ken Hudonjorgensen is the first Paraglider pilot to be awarded (in Jan. 1996) the highest safe pilot award possible (Fifth Diamond - 5,000 consecutive safe flights). He has since increased that to 8279 flights.

Ken's reputation for excellent and safe instruction has traveled around the world and he regularly has students looking for his instruction from all over the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong, Japan, Poland, England, Germany, France, India, Israel, Syria, Egypt, Italy, Peru, Russia, Switzerland, Holland, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia, Korea, Portugal, Spain, Checkoslovakia, Kyrgyzstan and others.

Ken began Paragliding in 1989. When he first began with this sport, there were less than 300 Paraglider pilots in the entire United States.

One of the few P-5 Master rated Pilots, the highest single seater rating available.

The senior paragliding instructor at the best training site in the U.S. and possibly in the world (The Point of The Mountain, Draper UT).

The originator of the sports first National Trade Show

Ken's Tandem III rating is also the highest tandem rating available and he was approximately the 10th person to achieve this in the U.S. His first Tandem flight as Pilot in Command was in 1990.

He is one of only a handful of pilots in the U.S. appointed as a Tandem and Instructor Administrator. This allows him to certify other pilots to become instructors or carry passengers. He is also a National Examiner.

His single seater experience and time is also one of the highest in the U.S. (over 8000 flights and approximately 1500 hours of airtime).

He is also a past President and Vice President of the Utah Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association, which is the state arm of the regulating body for Paragliding in the U.S. It is a self regulating part of the Federal Aviation Administration (F.A.A.)

He held the Utah State cross-country record for 3 years, and the Utah Cup for paragliding cross-country competitions for four years.