B school of paragliding, as well as the theory needed for your first solo. This will save valuable class time and more time away from ground handling and will likely get you in the air faster. Additionally, these lessons are what we use and refer to in our school.
The subject follows the curriculum set out by HPAC, so you can be confident of standardized, relevant teaching in our school.
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• Student level assessment
• Introduction to paragliding equipment
• Weight position in flight
• Forward launch technique
• Ground training
• Crosswind launch
• Reverse start
• Flight planning and safety
• Course correction
• Maintaining airspeed
• Low-level flights (bunny hops)
• Single flights
• Landing procedure and after landing
• Target fit
• Audio/video interactive sessions
• Aerodynamics
• Simulation sessions
• Forward and reverse ground processing
• Weight control skills and (only on old wings for ground training)
• Flights on a training safe hill
• Airspeed control
• Active piloting skills
• Technique of hovering over a mountain ridge
• Target/spot plantings
• Flight planning
• Safety briefings
• Landing procedures during high winds.
• Planned approaches
• Exploring the speed range
• Acceleration systems
• Rotations 180 degrees and 360 degrees
• Quick descent technique
• Flight duration up to one hour
• Simulation sessions
• Meteorology
• Principles of flight
• Air rules
Theory of instability and emergency situations
• Audio/visual interactive sessions
• Glider care
• Written multiple choice exam