"Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there." ~ found on aviation jokes website
Paragliding is a pretty easy sport to learn - once you've figured out the basics of launching & landing the rest of your learning comes from just getting out there and actually flying. Or does it? Learning is a life-long endeavour, and paragliding is no exception. There is a lot you can do to improve your flying by studying things like micro-meteorology and strategy for different types of flying such as cross-country and competitions. If there's a topic that you want to learn more about please feel free to email me with your idea.
Upcoming Courses:
Stay tuned!
Past Courses:
January 9, 2016: HAGAR Study Course
February 22, 2015: GPS (& stuff) course - a free pre-season get-together, gear swap and learn your instruments event!
January 3, 2015: HAGAR Study Course
January 5-6, 2014: HAGAR Study Course
January 12-13, 2013: HAGAR Study Course
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July 7 & 8, 2012: HAGAR Study Course: We had a successful and informative weekend learning all we needed to know to write the Transport Canada HAGAR exam! Map reading, airspace and local flying weather were all discussed.
June 30, 2012: "XC Seminar": Everyone learned something in this casual chat about cross-country flying! Thanks to Alex Raymont who passed on so much of his local knowledge.
March 24th, 2012: "Intro to Competitions":
The course was a great success! Thanks to everyone who attended and to Roger for arranging the tour of the hangar for us afterwards. A number of attendees are signed up for the Canadian Nationals armed with new knowledge and excited to fly with the best from around the world.
Stay tuned!
Past Courses:
January 9, 2016: HAGAR Study Course
February 22, 2015: GPS (& stuff) course - a free pre-season get-together, gear swap and learn your instruments event!
January 3, 2015: HAGAR Study Course
January 5-6, 2014: HAGAR Study Course
January 12-13, 2013: HAGAR Study Course
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July 7 & 8, 2012: HAGAR Study Course: We had a successful and informative weekend learning all we needed to know to write the Transport Canada HAGAR exam! Map reading, airspace and local flying weather were all discussed.
June 30, 2012: "XC Seminar": Everyone learned something in this casual chat about cross-country flying! Thanks to Alex Raymont who passed on so much of his local knowledge.
March 24th, 2012: "Intro to Competitions":
The course was a great success! Thanks to everyone who attended and to Roger for arranging the tour of the hangar for us afterwards. A number of attendees are signed up for the Canadian Nationals armed with new knowledge and excited to fly with the best from around the world.