Of course its not a necessity, I’ve flown pg and ppg without one, just as I’ve driven without a seatbelt and ridden a motorcycle without a helmet, But I would never recommend this to someone who’s inexperienced. Based on JeffG’s question and the fact that he is talking about his first solo flight, I’m assuming he does not have enough experience to truly determine what is safe weather, and how to handle a collapse if he took one. Everyone can determine their accepted amount of risk, but most new paramotor pilots that have only done paramotor training seem to know very little about weather and airflow other than the windspeeds to use forwards or reverse launch. I just think it is important that people understand you can be smacked out of the sky by weather or equipment failure at any point. Just as another driver can hit you on the road, or a wheel could come off.
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