Designed for basic licensed pilots with limited flying experience, this product is ideal for those seeking to advance their aviation skills or:
- do not yet feel competent or comfortable flying on their own
- flying their own equipment for the first time
- want to improve their flying skills
- speed up their progression curve.
- Want to progress to basic thermal flights
These sessions revolve around thermal flying, active airmanship, navigating with aids, and improved launch techniques in windy conditions.
Duration: 2-3 Flying days
Included
- Theory briefings during practical training
- Maximum 3 hours of airtime over 8-10 flights
- up to 1 Instructional tandem flight
- Multimedia Footage if available
- Paraglide Africa drawstring bag and stickers
- Ground school session for improvement
Possible Practical Objectives
- Progression in thermalling skills using an instrument
- Topping out in a thermal
- Demonstrating good glider control at 20km + wind speed
- Demonstrate mushroom/cobra launch
- Demonstrate top landing
- Demonstrate active flying techniques
Possible Theory discussions
- Thermal theory and techniques
- Active flying techniques
- Flying with Instruments
- Weather prediction
