Chief Instructor | Great! You have made the decision to become a certified paraglider pilot. This program is a thorough and intensive course designed to produce a safe, confident and competent pilot. During this program you will learn GROUND HANDLING, glider aerodynamics, meteorology, thermal flying, ridge soaring, flight maneuvers, flying procedures and how to have 100% fun flying safley. The flying part of the course starts in the Wilderness (Cape Town ground handling) where the mild weather conditions and forgiving sand dunes provide gentle low take offs and soft landings for your first solo flights. Here we focus on launching, landing and flight techniques through intensive ground handling and repetitious flights, before progressing to mountains. The course length is variable, the average student taking 9 days to complete the logged flight and skill requirements and Basic License written exam. If we cannot finish in the time span we reserve the following weekend for you to complete your flights at one of the sites around Cape Town. |
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Some paraglider pilots begin by taking our two-day Introductory Class. The Intro Course or "Taster" will have you making solo flights usually within two days. We generally do the Introductory 'taster' course in Wilderness which is a beautiful area with plenty of other things to do, so bring your family and friends along! |
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This program includes introduction to the paraglider and associated equipment, basic weather information, and ground handling that will lead to your first solo flights. Ground handling is the basis of flying and most important for paragliding, we spend the first hours learning how to ground handle the equipment. For this we have designed some smaller training wings that we use and have a lot of fun. We then move on to a larger wing and to our first flights. Most of our first flights are in Wilderness from the dunes but we also do flights in Cape Town weather permitting. If possible we give you 5 flights but that is weather dependent and on how fit you are.. If you decide to do the intro in Wilderness you can carry on and do the basic license course. All your flights can be used towards you license as we use the first and last weekend of the basic course as intro. |
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For those who want to find out what paragliding is all about but cannot commit two days to learning, we offer tandem flights. Tandem Paragliding is safe, fun and easy. No previous experience is required. We will give you a short briefing shortly before we take-off.  Tandem paragliding with Pete  Cross Country tandem flying in Porterville |
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This course is designed to enable pilots to practise the voluntary approach, entry into, execution of and recovery from several extreme manoeuvres. It is a requirement for the Sports licence and is recommended for pilots that want to increase their confidence as well as their knowledge and understanding of dynamic and unstable flight. |
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