Flying 4 youth

Scouts – Parascending Badge

We are currently running a one day scout parascending badge course every weekend (either Saturday or Sunday) at £65 per scout, max 12 scouts per day.



How Scouts can earn their badge:

1. Take part in a parascending course. Show that you can:
2. demonstrate a good landing roll
3. put on a harness and adjust it
4. assist on more than two occasions as tensiometer reader, observer or log keeper.
5. Learn the main characteristics and different types of parachutes used by parascenders.
6. Show a basic knowledge of the theory of flight.
7. Experience at least four parascending flights.

Explorers – Paragliding Trial Day

We are currently running one day trial courses every weekend at £95 per Explorer, max 12 Explorers per day. They have to be at least 14 years old to fly solo. This activity counts towards the Air Activities Stage 4 badge.

Our trial days are delivered in a tailor made format so the Explorers will progress quickly and safely along a BHPA recognised training program. Our instructors will introduce them to the equipment and teach them how the equipment works on the ground before they move onto the next steps. Once they are confident on the ground they will move onto small hops from our smallest training hill where they will float a few feet above the ground before making a safe soft landing. The final stage is to complete a number of small flights from a larger slope to experience the amazing feeling of flying like the birds. Throughout the flight our experienced instructors will be watching them and in constant communication with them.