Fly Spain Paragliding News

A common enough question, all Uk paragliding training and tuition should really follow the same BHPA syllabus but is sometimes fudged or quickened to encourage an equipment sale or bodged due to poor kit and a sound knowledge and training base. In truth all tuition around the world is the same , its just the way its safely delivered.

Training is often divided into two courses, the first part of a BHPA EP or Elementary paragliding course runs four or five days. The second course, the Club pilot (Cp) course is generally 4 - 6 days in length.

Once you've got your Bhpa novice Club pilot licence or equivalent then you need to choose the right gear and take some sensible steps

I only had a quick little soaring session with the spanking new Sprint 3 from Gin gliders but what I saw and flet put a smile on my face

So harness choice is huge, in short there are some very established firms with a lot of R&D offering great options and some others making poorer copies.

It's not really like going snowboarding for the first time, paragliding experience and hours takes time. So don't rush it or get too ambitious. You need to ask yourself what type of flying you aim to be doing.