Paragliding Instructor Overview

How about this for a living? You get up in the morning, look at the sky, check the wind conditions, climb up a hill, spread your wings and take off. They say that if man was supposed to fly, he would have been born with wings. But you can do the next best thing to sprouting wings… you could go paragliding.

 

Don't confuse paragliding with hang gliding. A paraglider is an innovation on the hand glider. It is like a parachute in which you sit using a small harness. You run along the slope of a hill thus inflating your paraglider and off you go. Using the strings attached to it you can control its descent - in effect fly it.

 

This is a passion career. You love this sport and you want others to experience the thrill and exhilaration of it. As an instructor, you will take people up in a tandem paraglider (that's a paraglider with two seats) for joyrides. You will be at the controls. If someone is interested in going solo, then you would teach him/her to take off. As a paraglider you will also look after the equipment and decide whether the weather conditions are fit for flying or not. Safety will always remain your first concern. 

 

By the way, if you thought a paraglider flight lasts a couple of minutes, you are mistaken. The record duration of a paraglider is over 11 hours and the distance record is 300 kms. Average recreational pilots routinely stay aloft for three hours or more, soar to altitudes of 15000 ft. and travel cross-country. If you need more information on this profile feel free to contact us NOW.