The course takes an average of 10 to 15 days to complete, depending on weather conditions and individual ability. Training begins with ground handling on flat and gently sloped areas, where you learn to control and fly the glider at low elevations. You’ll also cover essential theory, including aerodynamics, basic meteorology, and the fundamentals of take-off, flight, and landing, knowledge you’ll soon put into practice.

Once you’ve mastered the basics, you progress to longer ground-skimming flights, followed by flights with higher ground clearance, all under the close supervision of your instructor. After a few days of practice flights, you should be ready to move on to high flights. Throughout your course, we also keep an eye on the weather to fit in a tandem flight or two whenever possible.

To complete your training, you’ll need to successfully perform a minimum of five high flights and pass a series of practical tests. You will also write an exam as part of your Novice licence requirements.

Along the way, you’ll make new friends, perhaps even lifelong ones, and develop a sharp awareness of your surroundings. Even everyday driving will feel different as you find yourself “hang driving,” gliding from one intersection to the next. And don’t be surprised if you catch yourself looking up at the sky more often, wearing that unmistakable pilot’s grin. Only a pilot knows that feeling.