Paragliding Training
Fethiye Paragliding School – Established in 2011
Our paragliding training is given in Fethiye, Ölüdeniz. Our beginner course lasts 7-10 days. The necessary equipment for paragliding training is provided by our school.
Paragliding
Definition:
Paragliding is considered a very light aircraft (ÇHHA) in the civil aviation regulations. This may mean that you can carry the paraglider on your back. Paragliding can be confused with free parachuting. Free parachuting: is a sport that can be opened and flown in the air after starting to fall from a certain height. After the wings open, the gliding is much less than in paragliding.
Paragliding is a sport in which you start flying on a slope by running after preparing the equipment. Paragliding has a very high ability to move and stay in the air. If the weather conditions and pilot experience are sufficient, it can go much higher, perform dozens of different movements and fly hundreds of kilometers regardless of the take-off height. For information about paragliding and equipment, articles from our department What is paragliding? You can read our article.
Paragliding Training
Fethiye-Oludeniz-Babadag-Koycegiz
It is possible to do this sport individually by taking paragliding training. When you want to take paragliding training, you may think that it is an interesting hobby. However, when you meet the sport of paragliding and glide in the sky, you realize that it is much more than a hobby. It can even become the center of your life.
Now let's examine step by step what paragliding training includes.
Paragliding training conditions
- Being disciplined
- Be over 16 years old
- Maximum 110 kg
Our advice for starting paragliding training: start to get to know the sport. After this training, whether you want to become professional or consider a commercial career, leave it to time. In the initial training, the equipment is provided by us.
Theoretical lessons
- Introduction of paragliding and equipment, content review of the materials used.
- Aerodynamic
- Paragliding handling controls
- Meteorology
- Air traffic rules
- Backup landings
- Emergencies
- Paraglider folding and storage
- First aid
Paragliding ground work
Paragliding ground work is one of the stages of the course that we spend most of our time on.
Under the supervision of an instructor, we work to achieve successes such as pulling the paraglider over our heads, experiencing brake controls and positions, and gaining wing control skills.
All these studies are preparations for the flight phase. These studies are carried out to the extent deemed appropriate by the instructor for safe and conscious takeoffs. The average study time is 4 hours for each individual.
Written and practical exam
We examine the camera recordings we took during ground work and work on deficiencies. After the theoretical training is completed, we conduct written and oral exams to determine if the subject has been mastered.
If there are any unclear topics, they are repeated.
Tandem flight in Babadag
Babadağ paragliding flight is done with an instructor. It takes off from about 2000 meters and a 30-minute flight is performed. The purpose of this flight is to calm the student and to apply the theoretical information learned with the instructor. From time to time, the paragliding control is left to the student so that he can perform the paragliding initial maneuvers properly.
Solo paragliding flights
Solo paragliding flights are the final stage of the course. If the other subjects are completed successfully, the student can now fly under radio control.
In this study, 100-meter low hills are used. The student takes off, performs air maneuvers and lands by receiving commands via radio.
An average of 7 sorties are performed during paragliding initial training.
Paragliding training price
Education area: Fethiye, Oludeniz, Babadag, Koycegiz
Paragliding training price is 20,000 TL
Price includes: Equipment supply, theoretical training, paragliding ground work, Babadağ tandem flight, 7 sorties of low altitude flight under radio control.
Course duration is 7-10 days.
Paragliding price
Estimated solo paragliding prices
Paragliding prices
Paragliding prices are around 2,000 Euros for student wings.
Harness, reserve parachute and helmet equipment cost approximately 1,000 Euros.
You can check the relevant page for paragliding prices.
Paragliding 2nd hand
You don't have to buy that paraglide.
The shelf life of paragliders is 10 years. The flight life is an average of 300 hours. You can buy a second-hand paraglider with a value that suits your budget and the remaining life. This choice should definitely be made after paragliding training and with an experienced pilot.
Because paragliders are also divided into groups according to their experience levels.
You can reach the second-hand paragliding platform from the link below.
Paragliding courses
The paragliding student candidate should continue to improve himself/herself after receiving this training. This training is only the beginning of the sport. It takes a long time to reach the stage where he/she can make his/her own decisions and decide to fly at the desired height and region. Until he/she reaches this stage, the student should act with the instructor or professional teams and with their references. When it is desired to continue paragliding courses, the courses continue gradually. There is no rule that paragliding training will be completed in a certain period of time. This process depends on the person and how much time he/she spends on paragliding training.
Club pilot (P3)
Paragliding club pilots cannot make flight decisions on their own. Therefore, the club continues to fly with instructors or experienced pilots. In P3 level paragliding training, students are taught the following skills: inverted takeoff, start of sail flight, landing and takeoff on their own.
(Average 1-3 months)
Paragliding pilot (P4)
A student who has received paragliding pilot training: can now fly on his own, stay in the air using thermal and sail bands. At the same time, he has done simple SİV (emergency) work. He is known as a P4 paragliding pilot and can participate in national competitions.
(Average 1-3 months)
Experienced pilot (P5)
A student who is an experienced paragliding pilot P5 has now become a professional in paragliding flights. He has completed full SIV work. He can participate in international paragliding competitions. The last stage of individual paragliding training is P5. Candidates who will move from the sportive process to instructor and tandem (double) flights must continue their paragliding training from the other stages.
(Average 6 months)
Tandem paragliding pilot (T1-T2)
If a paraglider pilot wants to fly a paraglider as a passenger after receiving the P5 certificate, he/she needs the T1 certificate and training.
The T2 document is a document and qualification to fly passengers commercially. The T2 document is mandatory in Ölüdeniz Babadağ, the most flown region in the world.
(Average 1-2 years)
Instructor pilot
Paragliding instructor pilot qualification includes levels within itself. Level 1 instructors can only work as assistants. Level 2 instructors can provide training at P2 level, and are diversified. Paragliding is the most complicated stage of professional life.
(Average 3-5 years)
SIV studies
What is SIV: Our paragliding flights are studies where we simulate the dangerous events that may happen to us by taking the necessary precautions on the sea before they happen to us. SIV studies are included in every stage of the training. When the pilot reaches the professional stage, SIV studies continue. These studies must be done at certain intervals for each wing. In the process before becoming a professional, these studies are done under the supervision and control of the instructor. In the following process, the pilot continues the studies with his own experience.
Paragliding Languages
The most commonly used licenses in Turkey are FAI licenses. They are valid internationally, this document is issued by the Air Sports Federation and the Turkish Aeronautical Association in Turkey.
The APPI license is another internationally valid license based in France. It is also valid in Türkiye.
The USPA license is a type of licensing based in America. It is also valid in some places in Türkiye.
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