Kevin Jones had completed all of his lessons on the training hill and tandem flight lessons.    He had been taking the training hill  instruction with Sally Tucker, a deaf certified instructor and tandem instruction with Rob McKenzie.    Rob and his wife, Dianne runs hang gliding and paragliding school which is called High Adventure.   He communicated with the deaf pilots using sign language. 

Kevin had his first tandem flight with Rob on April 5, 1998.    They launched from Marshall Peak and flew for almost an hour.    I joined them on my own hang glider.   We flew in the thermals and went up to 6,000'.    It was a fun day. 

Kevin had taken lesson at a training hill with Sally Tucker.    His first day of the training hill lesson was on April 18, 1998.    He learned how to balance the wing, body position, and launch runs.    He did very well.    He already had completed all of the training hill and tandem flight lessons.   He had his first solo on July 26th.