We offer full time courses over a 9 day period. Our training hills cover most wind directions and we will do our best to provide you with the opportunity to complete your course in the given amount of time. Paragliding is weather dependent
and it is possible that your course will need to be rescheduled to the next available day
What we provided
Student pilots are provided with expert instruction and the use of all training equipment, gliders, harness, helmet and radios and receive practical and theory lessons, a student pilot workbook, the use of reading material, charts and documentation, Operation Manuals and educational DVD movies.
Flying Courses:
In Nepal the flying is made more special by the continuous presence of numerous species of eagle, vulture, falcon, hawk and kite. They all love to join us, equally fascinated by us as we are by them. Often flying within feet of the glider!
Mostly there are 3 stages to becoming a pilot. We follow the Para-Pro syllabus; this is set out by the Federation Aeronautique International (FAI) the controlling body for all air sports worldwide. All the instructors are highly experienced and form the backbone of a highly professional team.
The main flying courses are: Beginners, Thermalling and Cross-country.
Beginner Course
Course: 5 days
Price: €500
All Transport and equipment provided. All flights are under 2 – way radio guidance.
Course structure
• Introduction to the equipment, its transport, care and maintenance
• Pre-flight safety checks
• Glider inflations and deflations
• Takeoff and landing procedures
• Short flights below 3m
• Theory of flight, meteorology and air law
• Short flights 30m
• Left and right turns
• Speed control
• Medium flights below 200m
• 180 degree turns
• Big ears descent technique
• Theory exam
Thermalling course
Course: 3 days
Price: £ 350
All transport and radios provided.
This course is an introduction to thermal flying with the objective of improving the pilot’s knowledge and skills needed to make the most of the lift on any given day
Day 1
• Meet in the office for equipment and radio check.
• After assessing the conditions we head out to the days flying site.
• Theory lesson on the hill in understanding thermal sources, triggers and dynamics. This involves watching lots of birds of prey!
• Briefing for the days flying.
• The instructor will guide you with 2-way radio from the hill in finding, catching and staying in thermals.
• Depending on how long your flight is we try for 2 flights a day.
Day 2
• Meet in the office for equipment and radio check.
• After assessing the conditions we head out to the days flying site.
• Following on from the previous day we try and keep you in the air as long as possible. The longer you are up the more you are learning.
Day 3
• We try and take you to a different site each day to improve you knowledge and assessment of varying conditions.
• The last day of the course we try and get you to follow the instructor around the sky. We have found that it is a lot easier to get to cloud base with someone else in the thermal with you, talking you through the process.
• At the end of each day is a debriefing session, where everyone can sit down and talk about the days flying
Cross-country Course 
Course: 3 days
Price: £ 350
All transport and radios provided.
This follows on from the thermalling course, as pilots master the skills of ridge soaring and turn their attention to thermal flying, the focus leads to cross country flight. The challenge and adventure of flying in unfamiliar surroundings is unbeatable. However, flying in the mountains requires a more advanced flying technique. This 3 day course aims to give an introduction to mountain flying with the objective of looking at the necessary skills and decisions that give us the best chance of thermalling away from the familiar environment of the ridge to the freedom of the open skies.
Each day will follow a similar pattern. The morning briefing is designed to give as much information to the pilot as possible to put them in the right frame of mind for XC flying. Conditons, thermal strength, xc route, retrieve etc.
Flying XC is just a case of linking 2 thermals together, but it requires the symbolic cutting of ties from the hill. This course deals not only with the practice but also the mental side of XC flying.
Each day the instructor will launch first and wait in the house thermal for the students to catch up. Then it is follow my leader down the ridge and beyond. Radio guidance will help in your decision-making and you will be amazed at how quickly you progress.
The debriefing session each day is vital to improving the next day’s performance. The decisions you made, why and when etc all need to be discussed.
The Sarangkot ridge is a perfect location for this our XC course. 10Km long with many options and easy retrieves, it provides the ideal conditions and unforgettable views, so don’t forget the camera!
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