25 years of Paragliding
P2- Intermediate pilot rating.
Pilots at this level have achieved the below skill level in the sport of paragliding.
Practical skills
- Daily weather analysis and short term prediction
- Pre flight checks
- 5 phases of take off
- Glider visual inspection. Daily while packing
- Trajectory control
- Speed range
- Gradual 360° turns
- Ridge soring
- Drift management
- Big ears
- Big ears and weight shift
- Landing approach U, figure 8 and S turns.
- Downwind, base, and final leg
Theoretical knowledge
- Weather analysis
- daily prediction and weather progress
- stability and instability
- basic clouds
- why the glider flies
- AOA and speed bar
- Stall point
- Pitch control
- Roll control
- Yaw control
- Wake turbulance
- Symmetric and Asymmetric collapses
- Air law and anti collision rules
- harness adjustment
- glider aging and reasons
- wind cycles and when to take off
- understand safe air to fly
- when to deploy the reserve
- PLF
- Target fixation
- Flying with birds
Kiting skills
- A and rear riser control, build a wall
- symmetric inflation of the glider
- inflation speed control
- balancing the glider over head in the reverse position
- Visual check of all lines and canopy before turning
- stop at stop line if the glider is not balanced
- getting into the harness only after the terrain is clear
- trajectory and drift management