25 years of Paragliding
P3- independent club pilot training
Pilots at this level have achieved the below skill level in the sport of paragliding.
Practical skills
- weather analysis and safety decisions
- Making your own flight plan
- Pre flight check mastery
- Master one take off technique
- should know both take of techniques
- understand when not to fly
- ridge soring independently
- understanding of glide ratio
- Glider control in thermic conditions
- Active piloting
- understanding safe terrain clearance
- right of way rules and distance from other pilots
- Speed bar usage and safety
- big ears + speed bar
rear riser steering
- 25% collapse simulation and glider direction control
- using weight shift and controls in sync to control the glider
- mastery of one landing approach
- landing in thermic conditions
Theoretical knowledge
- decision when not to fly, Safe flying deccissions.
- changes in weather with the change in time
- Global weather
- Pressure systems
- Fronts
- Polar curve with speed to fly and stall point
- Weather forecasting apps
- Local forecasting on visual information
- Cloud formations, dangerous clouds and safe clouds
- Rule not to fly in any cloud
- Dangerous events in flight
- spiral dive/lock, and auto rotation. recovery from both
- Where and when to throw the reserve in what situation. Revision from P2
- Wind shears and wind gradients
- Air law in detail
- Air space regulations
- Emergency landings procedure in different events
- Event accident reporting
- Risk management
- ways to address panic and fear
- intermediate syndrome
- correct self evaluation
Kiting skills
- keep the glider over head for 30 seconds in forward and reverse
- Walk in all direction on instructions with the glider well balanced in forward and reverse
- keep the glider balanced at TO without taking off. Take off only when the instruction is given.