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Paragliding Flight Training

The school Recreational Flight offers paragliding courses near Montreal Quebec. Lessons are private or semi private and students may learn at their own pace.

Comparatively to a hang glider, a paraglider is slower. Its speed varies between 20 km/hr to 50 km/hr, but its sink rate is as good as a hang glider. Generally, paraglider and hang glider can stay the same amount of time in the air. The paraglider training is more within the reach of the lightest or youngest persons and women. Paragliding is less physically demanding to learn and to fly.

The paragliding training structure is similar to the hang gliding training (please see the hang gliding training description). The main difference is that paragliding requires less lessons than hang gliding because it is less technical and more accessible to everybody.

The first lesson takes place on the ground where the instructor gives basic explanations. It is your first contact with the equipment. You will also do your first inflation or takeoff simulations on the ground.

Then, the instructor will bring you to the school hill where you will practice your paraglider handling and make your first takeoff and landings. These lessons will allow you to make your first few-second lasting flights and will prepare you appropriately for your first solo flight. Eight lessons on the school hill are usually enough to end your training on the ground. You can also, on request, make an altitude tandem flight with an instructor in order to practice your flying maneuvers. However, this tandem is not an obligation and only takes place at the student request or if the instructor thinks it is necessary.

A static winch is used to make your first paraglider flight. The winch can take you progressively to several hundred feet.

When the instructor decides that you are ready, you will make your first solo flight. The principle is the same as hang gliding. Twenty-five to thirty solo flights are necessary, always guided by radio at the beginning, assisted by two instructors, one at the takeoff and the other one at the landing site. The first flights occur in the evening, in still air, then in the afternoon in moving air. Afternoon flights happen in thermal conditions where you learn how to use the lifts to fly as high and far as possible.

Most of the training is practical, the theory will be taught along the training. An eight-hour theory class is part of the beginner pilot's training . This course will cover different subjects such as : meteorology, flight theory, flights regulations, aerodynamics etc...

As soon as the student is ready to fly in different air conditions, he/she is declared self-sufficient by the school instructor that authorizes him/her to fly alone.

For budget purposes, a full paragliding training, costs approximately $1700. The price may vary slightly depending on various factors such as the individual abilities and the weather conditions.

All the equipment is furnished during your course. If you want to keep on flying with you own wing afterwards, we can advise you on the best choice of equipment for you and offer you our products.

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