Many CP Pilots find great difficulty in gaining airtime and in mastering the
skills needed to make those first climbs up to cloudbase. In Britain it is
often very difficult to find conditions suitable for thermal flying so getting
those first few XC's can take a long time. Here in the Alpes de Haute Provence
thermic conditions are the norm for much of the year so gaining that hard to
find experience can easily be acheived with the help of experienced BHPA
instructors who fly thermals almost every day.
We
make full use of the available technology as teaching aids - CompGPS and Google
Earth are used to brief and de-brief flights and to examine in close detail
decisions made during thermalling and XC flights.
The Thermalling
Course
Again this is a practical course packed
with flying. We aim to fly thermals every day and to work with you towards
achieving some small 10 - 30k XC flights whilst under full radio instruction
from ground and air as required. We try to tailor the instruction to suit each
students specific requirements but as a guide we cover the following.
Thermal soaring techniques Thermal
sources/triggers etc. How to use thermals effectively Finding 1st and
2nd thermals Introduction to XC flying Rapid descent/basic instability
techniques Flying safely with other pilots Coping with rough air/active
flying Gaining airtime for Pilot rating Tasks and flights for Pilot
rating
Laragne is world famous for high
altitude long distance flying and the climate here in the Alpes de Haute
Provence is perfect for paragliding at all levels. Even in winter no other
region in Europe offers such reliable thermalling and XC conditions.
Top
thermalling sites. Here in Provence we have
some of Europe's best themalling sites. This and our Mediterranean climate
enable you to maximise your time with us.
