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Learn to Fly – Paragliding 2 Day Course
Highlights
- Experience hands-on training with expert instructors, mastering equipment setup and launch techniques for a safe paragliding adventure.
- Practice ground handling and inflation skills on gentle slopes, building confidence before taking to the skies.
- Embark on solo flights from training hills, discovering the thrill of piloting your own paraglider with guidance.
- Soar from a 20-metre training hill on day two, transforming your dreams of flight into exhilarating reality.
A two-day lesson is a great way to give paragliding a go and see if this is the sport for you. They will cover equipment, launch techniques, pre-flight checks and basic flying skills. You will fly solo when you and your instructor thinks it’s appropriate!
Your day lesson begins with an equipment introduction and demonstration. You learn how to set the glider up. Then you will learn to launch and ground handle the paraglider on gentle slopes close to the ground. They practice inflating and controlling the wing on the ground, learning the launch sequence, and discussing the landing, and steering skills before introducing the element of flight. Confidence will often grow at this point and you may surprise yourself with how quickly you are progressing.
In the afternoon, look forward to solo flights from gentle training hills. Depending on your skills, confidence and the conditions, your instructor will give you the option to fly higher from the training slopes.
Day two you will be flying from a 20-meter training hill, This is what this course is about, you become the pilot.
Now is your time to learn to fly so stop dreaming and start living it!
Tour details
- On demand
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Disabled access available, contact operator for details.
Operation information
Oz Paragliding and Hang Gliding
Learn how to paraglide and hang glide in Queensland with Australia’s most experienced female instructor and her experienced team. They provide tandem hang gliding and paragliding flights on the Gold Coast. If you want more and have the time, they also offer paragliding and hang gliding day courses right through to full pilot license courses.
They operate in Canungra, Beechmont and Mount Tamborine in the lovely hinterland of the Gold Coast in South East Queensland. The team prides itself on the quality of instruction and its high safety standards. You will not find a tandem operator or school more passionate about flying and passing on their knowledge and skills.
Oz Paragliding and Hang Gliding Training Facility is approved by the Hang Gliding Federation of Australia. The Facility is supervised and owned by HGFA-certified Chief Flight Instructor Lisa Bradley.
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- Queensland Tourism Industry Council
- Visitor Information Centre
- QLD – Destination Scenic Rim