Taster Day

Pay as little as £150.00 per person if you bring a friend.

If you're not sure if paragliding is the sport for you and you would just like to try it, then this is the answer. As its name suggests, the Taster Day is designed to give you an introduction to the sport of paragliding.

The Taster Day is the first day of the EP course.

The day will include:

• Welcome and briefing session.
• Safety procedures.
• Introduction to the equipment and an explanation of how it all works.
• How to inspect all the equipment prior to flying (pre-flight and safety checks).
• How to take off, fly the paraglider and land it again safely.
• Insurance to cover public liability and personal accident.

You will need to wear a good pair of boots to lessen the risk of ankle injury if you have a hard landing.

You will find yourself initially flying just a few feet above the ground, but as the day progresses, you'll get higher and higher. Your instructor will only let you progress as fast as they think is safe (and you're happy with) and by early to mid-afternoon you should be flying the paraglider (solo) up to as high as 150 feet (50 metres) above the ground.

We use a winch launch system on a private airfield which means that you will achieve so much more than you possibly could with hill training (this is why we changed from hill training only). You'll get to fly much higher and for longer - the best bit of all is that you won't have to climb back up the hill between flights (a real struggle with a glider on your back). You will also be the only person in the air - not sharing a crowded club site with thirty other pilots like some schools will expect you to.

We should be able to get you flying solo within a couple of hours of arrival at the airfield. Teaching in a hill teaching environment as we used to; wouldn't see you flying until right at the end of the day and that was more often than not only a few feet above the ground that only lasted a few seconds. The difference between what you can achieve in one day on a hill compared to a winch is staggering - see our 'Latest News' section for full details.

Remember this is an introduction, not a complete course in how to fly. To get any higher than 150 feet (up to 500 feet on your second day), you will need to enrol on an EP course to gain further training.

Please note: Liability and personal accident insurance is included in the price of your Taster Day. To be able to move on from here and undertake EP & CP training you will need to take out your own insurance policy; full details can be found on our Insurance page. The cost for this starts at £54,20 for an annual policy (it doesn't work out cheaper for a lesser period).

IMPORTANT: Paragliding is VERY weather dependent and most of the time we can get you flying within a few days/weeks of you purchasing your place. However, you must book in regularly (we recommend at least once a week); if you don't it it will take a lot longer.

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