Paragliding teaching
Learn to fly
You want to take a look at the learning side of paragliding? Maybe just playing with the wing on the ground for a few hours in a single training session? Or do you definitely want to fly solo for the first time? What about improving your practical and théorical skills as a beginner pilot? Regardless what your goal is, you should find the right solution between the teaching options that we offer,. The instructors are ready to welcome you in single training sessions or whole courses, group ones or private ones.
Discovery Day, fly and play
Price: 200 € + 23 € insurance
You want more than just a tandem flight but yet not as much as the course?
The ‘Discovery Day’ is the perfect choice; one session of 2-3 hours on the training field with an instructor will be enough to understand how a paraglider works, handling it and feeling the aerodynamic forces. You play the game on the ground, but your dreams can take-off...So, it’s time to go for an educational tandem flight: take the controls while the instructor teaches you the basis of the wing’s in-flight handling and guides you through an accurate flight plan, the same followed by a trainee when he goes solo for the first time.
Goals : to give you the big picture of basic paragliding training courses.
Duration : half a day (morning or afternoon) + the educational tandem flight duration, around 1:30 hours,
This choice includes: gear, 1 training session, round trip transportation from Spirale’s shop to the training and take-off fields, debrief.
“Touch and Go” courses (aka 3 days courses)
Price: 380 € + 23€ insurance
The shortest first-step course to do your first solo flight.
After 2-3 training sessions on the ground and some theory, you should be able to take-off on your own from one of the official Samoëns launching areas, guided by the instructors throughout the flight.
Goal : to acquire basic technical skills to do your first solo flight, 100% guided by the instructors.
Duration : 4 half days (morning or afternoon) spread over 2-3 days**
This choice includes: 1 solo flight, gear, professional teaching for 2-3 training sessions + 2 theory sessions, roundtrip transportation from Spirale’s shop to the training and take-off fields, debrief.
“One week” courses
Price: 590 € + 23 € insurance
The most complete first-step course to do your first solo flight.
After 2-3 training sessions on the ground and some theory, you should be able to take-off on your own from one of the official Samoëns launching areas, guided by the instructors throughout the flight, and go for 5 more flights.
Goal : the same of the ‘Touch And Go’ courses + improve your skills and knowledge flying 5 more times.
Duration : 5-6 half days (morning or afternoon) spread over 5-7 days**
This choice includes: 6 solo flights, 2-3 training sessions + 2 theory sessions, gear, roundtrip transportation from Spirale’s shop to the training and take-off fields, debrief.
Also
-Training sessions
Short one, 2 hrs average: 80€
Long one, 3 hrs average: 100€
-Theory sessions, around 2 hrs: 80€
-Coached flight in Samoëns spot: 55€
*Extra flight, training and theory sessions will be charged following the prices shown above.
** Depending on weather conditions.