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Aero Sport
Adventures
Powered paragliders usually fly
between 15 to 50 mph (24 to 80 km/h)
at altitudes from ‘foot-dragging on the
waterup about to 24,000 ft (7,300 m)
or more although most flying is done
under 500 ft (150 m) AGL.
Actually, the sport of paragliding is as
dangerous as you want to make it. Lots of
pilots have been flying for a quarter
of a century and have never had more than a
twisted ankle.
Paragliding
A recreational flying sport, paragliding is a
fun, thrill and safe way to experience flight
in its simplest form. There are two types of
paragliding, single and tandem, with tandem
paragliding one can enjoy the thrill of flying
without formal training.
Opinions differ on who the first person was
to ever paraglide. Many believe it was David
Barish in the early 1960s, who at the time
was developing a space capsule recovery
device called the “Sail Wing” for NASA. He
tested his work personally in 1965 on Hunter
Mountain, New York, terming the activity
“slope soaring.”
Single Paragliding is an adventure sport and
when you choose a paragliding school to
learn to fly, it becomes paramount that you
check the credentials of the School and the
Qualifications of the Instructors.
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If you’re at a sufficient altitude (more than
700 feet or so), the reserve parachute most
glider pilots wear will guide them safely
to the ground; the danger is in being too
close to the ground when performing some
dangerous maneuver, in which case your
parachute won’t have time to inflate properly
before you splat back ...
Many schools and flying clubs in India are
offering courses in paragliding and all other
aerosports. The main destinations for
paragliding in India range from hilly to
coastal regions and from planes to desert
regions. Sanasar, An undiscovered haven in
Jammu is the hub of paragliding in India.
In India, Temple Pilots is a registered and
operating school, license no.9 with APPI
International – (Association Of Professional
Pilots and Instructors, Switzerland), as they
have satisfactorily met the certification
standards set by APPI. This also means
that we will be able to provide you with an
Internationally recognized APPI Pilot License
Vol 4 | Issue 1 |Jan - Feb 2019