Getting Started

What you need for your first day:

We provide:

» the glider
» the harness

You bring:

» a bicycle helmet
» long pants





Required reading

This book is a great resource for beginner pilots; it illustrates the concepts of launching, landing, setting up approaches, and soaring. If you join what you read here with the training hill sessions, you will fly long.

Internet Resources on Hang Gliding

Oz Report - Anything and everything about hang gliding

United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association

Sandia Soaring Association - Albuquerque, NM

If you still have questions check out our Contact Page.

 


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