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Books and DVDs for Paraglider Pilots
PARAGLIDING BOOKS |
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Touching Cloudbase by Ian Currer The standard UK paragliding textbook. Fully illustrated, informative and entertaining throughout. Advice for all levels of pilot, includes a short paramotoring section. Best seller - every pilot should have one! £16.95 p&p £4.99 |
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Understanding The Sky |
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BHPA Pilot Handbook by Mark Dale The BHPA pilot handbook includes both basic and advanced techniques, flight theory, specialist know-how and background studies that a pilot will require from Club Pilot training onwards - in one well researched volume. Author Mark Dale, the BHPA's full-time Technical Manager, is a trainer and examiner of instructors and coaches, an experienced competition pilot and an acknowledged authority on hang glider and paraglider stability and airworthiness. He flies hang gliders, paragliders and sailplanes and holds an FAI World Hang Gliding speed record. £14.99 p&p £4.99 |
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Pilot's Weather by Brian Cosgrove A commonsense approach to meteorology. Excellent new book includes a wealth of colour photos and lively illustrations. A book that makes the weather make sense! £20.00 p&p £4.99 |
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PARAGLIDING DVDs |
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Weather To Fly |
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Paragliding - Learn To Fly This DVD is for beginner or intermediate pilots wishing to keep up with their newly acquired skills or prepare for training. Lots of animated segments illustrate the theory - chapters include: Equipment / Flying / Launching / Aerodynamics / Meteorology / Flight Rules plus a bonus interview with the 2003 and 2005 British Paragliding Champion and test pilot. £25.99 p&p £2.59 |
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Ground Handling Techniques From the team that brought ‘Paragliding: Learning to Fly’, arguably the best tuitional flying DVD for new pilots currently available, comes an in-depth and up-to-date study of the black art of ground handling. Why bother messing around on the ground when all you want to do it fly? Well, unfortunately poor ground handling skills account for a high percentage of the accidents we see today. Mastering your wing on the ground gives you the confidence to handle yourself on tricky take offs in difficult conditions. The result is you’ll be a safer pilot who’ll fly more often that those who struggle to control their wings on the deck. This DVD not only breaks down each exact aspect of launching and ground handling it also incorporates a series of exercises to hone you skills. Ground Handling uses the same 3D animations that make ‘Paragliding: Learning to Fly’ such a fantastic learning tool. Between the two DVD’s you have possibly the most comprehensive learning tool available to the new pilot today. This is for the beginner, Intermediate, and advanced pilot wanting to brush up. £25.99 p&p £2.59 |
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Jocky
Sanderson's Performance Flying DVD
When it comes to making paragliding films, Jocky Sanderson doesn't pull any punches. His slick production skills were first evidenced in his earlier films, Security in Flight and Speed to Fly. Jocky's latest film, produced with Ozone's test team, hones in on the finer piloting skills of flying XC, Acro and SIV. Performance Flying is set to redefine what's possible in free flight cinematography. A high speed laboratory camera has been employed to capture the clearest slow motion sequences of paragliding manoeuvres in existence. On-board and air-to-air point of view cameras get you right in close during loops, SATs, Helicopters and all the popular Acro manoeuvres, plus the SIV essentials like Spin Recovery, symmetric tucks, twists and stalls. Jocky is one of the world's most celebrated advanced instructors. In the DVD's Cross Country section, the experienced competition pilot/ team leader will help you improve your thermalling, scratching, transitions and use of speed bar and help you understand more about inversions, the second climb, what to do at base, flatland techniques and lots more. £23.99 p&p £2.59 |
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Lifting Air Master the principle of flying in lifting air with Dixon White, Master Pilot, USGA Examiner and Instructor of the Year. Learn where to look for thermal and ridge lift, how to stay in the air to climb efficiently, and deal appropriately with the dynamics of soaring conditions. £29.99 p&p £2.59 |
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Instability II Bruce Goldsmith's new DVD is set to become the new benchmark in SIV instruction. In 1992, the Airwave designer's first film 'Instability' helped thousands of pilots gain insight into tips and tricks learnt by the professional test pilots. As paragliders have developed, so have the techniques required to fly them safely through turbulence and during radical manoeuvres. Instability 2 is an essential update for all pilots wanting to fly at their safest. This DVD and its accompanying booklet will guide you step-by-step through some of the most critical lessons you'll ever need as a paraglider pilot. Instability 2 is not a do-it-yourself instructional guide. To learn any of the manoeuvres outlined on this DVD, you should be under instruction from an experienced SIV instructor in appropriate conditions. Running time: 38 minutes. DVD all regions. Shot on location in the maritime Alps, south of France. £22.99 p&p £2.59 |
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Security in Flight & Speed To Fly
- now together on one superbly mastered DVD! Security in Flight is an "Instability" documentary - how to anticipate, cope with and confront problems... St. Hilaire festival prize winner, presented by The SIV-Master, Jocky Sanderson. Essential viewing for paraglider pilots. PG. Speed To Fly: Using air-to-air camera work, Jocky Sanderson, bronze medal 1995 World Championships, takes you on a cross-country flight, stopping off at the world's premier flying sites to illustrate important flying points and get valuable gems of advice from some of the world's best pilots, from thermalling tips to comp. strategy. For pilots who want to make the most of their XC flying, this video is a must. Taking off in Australia, we stop in Brazil, Mexico, France, Turkey and Korea - covering all aspects of XC flying. Thermalling - coring - speed to fly - decision-making - comps - psychology - SIV and emergencies - retrieve. The business! 80 mins - £27.95 p&p £2.59 |
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Never Ending Thermal DVD |
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