TRAINING COURSES ::: All course fees must be paid for in full, on the morning of day 1 of your course. All students wishing to learn to paraglide start off with a Para Pro 1 course. This course briefly consists of learning to perform your daily inspection of equipment, and pre flight checks. Learning to inflate, control; and inspect your paraglider while you are still on the ground, followed by a minimum of 10 short top to bottom gliding flights from our training sites in the Wicklow Mts.and will take a minimum of 3 trainable days to complete. This course is not only suitable for those students who wish to try paragliding and see if they like it but also for those students who wish to take up paragliding as a serious pass time as it is on this course that you will learn most of the fundamental skills that you can take with you on all follow on Para Pro courses. [PARA PRO 1 :::] Low flight, Practical Skills, Experience and Airmanship Requirements Areas Covered - Transport, general care and maintenance of equipment; pre and post flight routines; takeoff position and finals check; take off exercises; running with the glider; stalling and stopping a run; flight planning; takeoff; speed control; directional control; shallow turns; landings into wind. Para Pro 1 page from log book [PARA PRO 2 :::] Altitude Gliding, Practical Skills, Experience and Airmanship Requirements. Areas Covered - Planning; pre-flight routines; takeoffs; speed control manoeuvres; 90º and 180º turns; slow flight; ground reference manoeuvres; traffic rules; landing patterns; turning and landing using rear risers; precision approaches and landings; flight experience; airmanship requirements. written exam multiple choice Para Pro 2 page from log book [PARA PRO 3 :::] Basic Soaring, Practical Skills, Experience, and Airmanship Requirements. Areas Covered - Planning, Preparations, minimum sink manoeuvres, wind corrections exercises, 360' turns, frontal collapses. soaring. Written exam multiple choice. Para Pro 3 page from log book [GENERAL :::] o All course fees must be paid in full on day1 prior to starting your course o Anyone wishing to take a course must be 18yrs or older o All students must have their own transport o All students must be wearing a good pair of ankle supporting boots o All students must attend training sessions on a regular basis o A bad attendance record will result in your course being cancelled on safety grounds alone -with no refund given o All students should dress according to the weather and time of year o Layered wind proof comfortable clothing is best o All students should bring plenty of food and drink o A camera or small video is always a good idea Remember, paragliding is an aviation sport with certain risks and in signing up for the course and completing the booking form you are acknowledging this fact. If you wish to book a course simply click here - Prices and Booking Form - to download our booking form, complete it and return it to by post, together with the deposit But Before Deciding On A Course . . . Although most people posses the physical skills required to paraglide, paragliding is not necessarily suited to everybody. Before you sign up for any paragliding course we strongly recommend that you ask yourself this question - DO I HAVE THE FREE TIME, PATIENCE AND COMMITMENT REQUIRED IN ORDER TO LEARN TO PARAGLIDE ? If the answer is no then paragliding is probably not for you. If the answer is yes then you are probably the type of person who will let nothing stand in the way of you pursuing your dreams of flying, and for you the reward for all your hard work will be many memorable flights, soaring for hours at a time over some of Irelands most beautiful scenery and all of us here at Paraglide Adventure Irl look forward to meeting and teaching you. How long it will take each student to complete their course largely depends on two factors. One is the weather, which unfortunately none of us control. This means when the weather is bad nothing happens! However when the weather is suitable for training it is of the utmost importance that you are available to make the most of it. We are available to teach mid-week, evening’s after work and weekends. This is our part of the bargain! Your ability to join us when the weather is suitable for training will to a large extent dictate how long it takes you to complete your course. Realistically any student wishing to become a qualified paraglider pilot, free to fly without the supervision of an instructor must be prepared to put in at least 2 full seasons of flying and training on which they can gain both the judgement and experience necessary to become a safe and competent pilot. |