AIRSPORTS PARAGLIDING CLUB NEWS 2010 |
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AIRSPORTS PARAGLIDING CLUB NEWS 2010 |
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Once
Club Pilot, some students may wish to continue using our private sites while improving their
skills and receiving some extra guidance from our instructors. This allows you to continue
flying in a familiar, friendly and controlled environment with pilots you know. We
also run Club trips abroad, arrange social events and have Club Coaches to guide you
around the Southern sites.
Long time no see! good to see that you're
still going strong, cant believe I never bumped into you guys on one of
the hills over the years!
I thought this may give some inspiration
to your students!
Thought I'd get in touch and let you know
about my latest flying exploits! Got to say I've still got the same
enthusiasm i had when I left your school. Believe it or not still flying
the Flying Planet Astaire i bought off you back in 2002! and its still
in good fettle although will be finally trading up to a 1-2 something or
other soon!
I had the great fortune to emigrate to
Queensland Australia in July, I live in a town called Toowoomba which
is nestled in the Darling Downs (about 1 1/2 hour drive inland from
Brisbane),I immediately joined the local club!, and not surprisingly
there is only a few of us flying at any one time (so different to the
likes of the Dyke etc on a good day)!
To date I've only flown a couple of the
sites here, one of which the take off is actually in a freinds
garden!,he actually hosted part of the Queensland Paragliding Champs
from here! how cool is that! . You need to be very active flying here
because of the thermic conditions, something which I'm still getting
used to, so hope to hone my flying skills as i seem to have more
opportunity to fly. Hoping to fly at Rainbow Beach which is near Fraser
Island, I've been told its one long Dune (20 miles) and great for
soaring, cant wait!
I would also like to say how much I
enjoyed my time learning to Fly at Steyning and the great trip to
Morzine, so a big thanks to yourself, mike and co for all your help
Thought you'd like a couple of flying
pics, one is my last soaring task at steyning in 2002, second is at
beachy head 2005 and the last is at a place called Stringy Bark near
Toowoomba, Queensland
Best regards Chris Bradley
TWO
BRITS FOUR WHEELS Follow
Darren's
Blog
charting his and his wife's Paragliding Kitsurfing trip around Europe
in a motor home. After completing his Club Pilot only last year, and with
very low airtime, Darren came 2nd out of 13 in a Portuguese paragliding
competition. Struggling with Kitesurfing in the UK is now surfing hands off,
almost a pro, who said paragliding is life changing! If
you are looking for an outdoor adventure holiday or just want to relax in
the South of France with friends or family then Johns house is the place to
stay. Paragliding, Biking, Rafting, Walking etc its all on his door step.
Spain is just over the boarder and surfing on the Atlantic coast an hour
away.
THE
STEYNING CHALLENGE 2010 could
you fly cross-country from Steyning? Steyning is an ideal training site with gentle
grass slopes, and as such does not normally produce thermals suitable for massive
height gain. FLYING AT STEYNING The
after school Club is now available for our newly qualified Pilots. FRENCH TRIPS
For students already on courses we will be
offering holidays to France throughout the year. We have some of the best sites in
Europe at our disposal where we have had complete beginners flying tandem at 800mts and towing up to 300mts. Solo
flights on their 4th day up to 800mts and soaring flights on small ridge sites. SPANISH TRIPS Holidays to Spain are normally run at the beginning and end of the year to take advantage of the lighter conditions that are more suitable for low airtime pilots. With favourable conditions we have had beginners flying over 500mts in a few days. PILOT LECTURE AND EXAM We will be holding lectures for Club Pilots with 25 hours plus, who have the relevant tasks signed off. You can also sit the exam at the same time if you feel ready. As usual we need a minimum of six pilots. TRAINEE INSTRUCTORS
Ever
thought of helping out in the school? then let us know. It's great fun, you meet loads of
interesting people and of course there are lots of perks! Pilots tend to forget what it is like
for beginners and you may feel you have something to give. KITESURFING We managed to go out a few times this winter, mainly at Shoreham beach. Pete managed a few days in North Devon back in September. We have found the coast line down to Biarritz, South West France, was very good back in April. Tony managed to combine a flying holiday in Northern Spain and awesome kitesurfing on both the Atlantic coast and Mediterranean all in a week. Kitesurfing compliments paragliding very well, so if you want too sports, one physical and one not, then this is the way to go. Wind surfing friends say it is allot easier to learn kitesurfing than windsurfing. 2 days should see you up on the board! If you want to try it we have spare kit, just ask. As our sites are private the club is only available to Airsports Paragliding School students |
