Paragliding course: beginners
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136 chemin des télécabines
Le Grand-Bornand Village
74450
Le Grand-Bornand
Goal: to pilot your first major flights.
This course will allow you to pilot your first major flights via a thorough progression and provide you with a solid foundation in your training towards becoming a pilot.
This course will allow you to pilot your first major flights via a thorough progression and provide you with a solid foundation in your training towards becoming a pilot.
COURSE OF THE INITIATION COURSE:
1st day :
Discovery of the equipment, school slope, inflating the wing, piloting the wing on the ground, theory lessons.
2nd day:
Flea jump on the school slope, mastery of the takeoff gestures, theory lessons, preparation of the pedagogical tandem, technical work on inflation.
3rd day :
Pedagogical tandem with your instructor to prepare you for the flight.
Flights on a school slope and preparation for the solo flight.
4th and 5th days:
Realization of the first big solo flights.
Flights from 400 to 800m altitude difference.
Flight equipment provided:
helmet, glider, harness, radio.
Personal equipment required:
good shoes like light mountain walking shoes, sport pants, thin gloves, windproof or polar fleece jacket.
*Licence insurance FFVL 35 euros for a 9 days student licence.
(from the beginning of the courses we will make you take the insurance license of the French Federation of free flight on presentation of a medical certificate of aptitude for the practice of the free flight delivered beforehand by your attending physician).
1st day :
Discovery of the equipment, school slope, inflating the wing, piloting the wing on the ground, theory lessons.
2nd day:
Flea jump on the school slope, mastery of the takeoff gestures, theory lessons, preparation of the pedagogical tandem, technical work on inflation.
3rd day :
Pedagogical tandem with your instructor to prepare you for the flight.
Flights on a school slope and preparation for the solo flight.
4th and 5th days:
Realization of the first big solo flights.
Flights from 400 to 800m altitude difference.
Flight equipment provided:
helmet, glider, harness, radio.
Personal equipment required:
good shoes like light mountain walking shoes, sport pants, thin gloves, windproof or polar fleece jacket.
*Licence insurance FFVL 35 euros for a 9 days student licence.
(from the beginning of the courses we will make you take the insurance license of the French Federation of free flight on presentation of a medical certificate of aptitude for the practice of the free flight delivered beforehand by your attending physician).
Personal or provided material.
From 06/05 to 18/10, daily.
Subject to favorable weather. Postponed in case of bad weather. On demand.
Subject to favorable weather. Postponed in case of bad weather. On demand.
In summary
- Reception :
- French
- English
- SITRA services :
- 14 yrs old min
- 7 Groups accepted
- 3 Services
- Type of activity :
- Accompanied
- Nature of the supervised activity :
- Course
- Improvers' course
Description
- Activities information :
- 5 day (s)
- Place AirLinks
Facilities and services
- Ancilliary services :
- Equipment provided
Localisation
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136 chemin des télécabines
Le Grand-Bornand Village
74450
Le Grand-Bornand
GPS coordinates
Latitude : 45.944375
Longitude : 6.435471
Tarifs
One price: 650 € (for 5 days of training).
Equipment included.
Equipment included.
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Le Grand-Bornand Village
06 08 22 87 25
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