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September in Algodonales has lived up to it's reutation, we've had some high, high cloudbases, great xc flying with Stu Kelly, Rob and Tony guiding with personal  bests of 50 - 120 k been made.

A common enough question, all paramotoring training and tuition should really follow the same syllabus but is so often fudged or quicken to encourage an equipment sale or bodged due to poor kit or a sound knowledge and training environment.

A common enough question, all Uk paragliding training and tuition should really follow the same BHPA syllabus but is sometimes fudged or quickened to encourage an equipment sale or bodged due to poor kit and a sound knowledge and training base. In truth all tuition around the world is the same , its just the way its safely delivered.

Training is often divided into two courses, the first part of a BHPA EP or Elementary paragliding course runs four or five days. The second course, the Club pilot (Cp) course is generally 4 - 6 days in length.

Once you've got your Bhpa novice Club pilot licence or equivalent then you need to choose the right gear and take some sensible steps

I only had a quick little soaring session with the spanking new Sprint 3 from Gin gliders but what I saw and flet put a smile on my face