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Cross Country 21 March - 24 March 2013 |
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What is it: comprehensive advanced paragliding training.
Who is it for: pilots wanting to learn more about paragliding and improve their flying skills.
Course content: - Thermalling skills
- Cross Country flying & Competition flying skills
- Speed to fly
- Micro meteorology
- Instrumennts (use of) - vario & GPS
- Decison making
- Canopy instability & Active flying
- First aid
- Reserve deployments
- Sports Licence curriculum
Duration: 3 days
Price: R1800
Entry Requirements: Sahpa Basic Licence, radio, reserve, water, suncream, good shoes, a desire to go Cross country and a tolerance for moon country! We also require pilots to use certified paragliders.
Course Format: the course starts at 9am and ends at 5pm at whatever site we deem most suitable for the day.
Practical Instruction: - Launching - solve launch problems and learn to choose the best moment to launch.
- Thermalling - we will teach you some tricks of the trade to help you learn or perfect your thermalling technique.
- Xcountry - we will guide you to house thermals, up to base, off and away to a goal set in the morning.
- Comps - attempt a task under our guidance.
- Safety - prevent, control and recover from deflations and practise deploying your reserve.
- First Aid - essential training in what to do and what not to do in the event of a crash.
The purpose of the clinic is to enable pilots to gain a full understanding of the principles of thermalling and cross-country flying. We will try to achieve this through a mixture of discussion and practical flying, depending of course, on the weather conditions.
Where: Porterville is a popular site as well as De Aar (towing). We will use whichever sites offer the best potential conditions.
When: see our calendar for upcoming courses.
How: Course size is restricted to eight pilots so make sure to book early to make sure you are not dsappointed!
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