The BHPA Pilot Handbook: The Complete Guide to Paraglider and Hang Glider Training and Advancement

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Shortly after you obtain a new rating or endorsement you should be issued with an up-to-date BHPA membership card showing your new qualification. A strong believer in coherence, team work, effective leadership and risk management, Jenny's experience on military duty and operational deployments lends itself well to the world of free flight. As most land in the UK is privately owned and there are very few public access flying sites, clubs often pay landowners to allow their members to operate from nearby hill sites. As a director of Parajet Tom has had an opportunity to get to know and understand the concerns, needs, likes and frustrations of pilots from all over the world.

Alternative Entry to the Pilot Rating Scheme - Information for pilots who have trained outside of the BHPA, and wish to join the BHPA and the BHPA Pilot Rating Scheme.Additionally, other badges can be earned, which include: the Club Coach badge (gained by going on a weekend training course to learn how to 'coach' and advise those new pilots just out of school); the Senior Club Coach badge (usually a very experienced club pilot who can oversee certain types of post-school coaching); the Tandem badge (awarded after a short training course to learn how to fly a tandem—pilot and passenger—paraglider).

Over recent years Martin has been attempting to improve the Civil Aircraft Notification Procedure (CANP).For hang gliding they should be made of leather or other suitable material which will not slip on the control bar.

Once this is mastered your instructor will turn to the power unit, and you will learn how to assemble and disassemble it (this is for easy transport, not a major stripdown! The Paragliding Forum is completely independent and is not affiliated in any way to the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association. Having first flown tandem with her late father in 1981, she achieved her EP in HG on her 16th birthday. BHPA forms aimed at individual members can be found on our members forms page, BHPA fees that individual members may incur are available on our members fees page, and a list of all available BHPA club bulletins is available on our club bulletins page.As a general rule, the smaller the wing and the higher the wing loading, the faster and more dynamic the responses are to pilot input. There are two strands to Pilot rating: demonstrating skills attained through practical flying tasks, and demonstrating theoretical knowledge. The Speed Flying Club Pilot rating (non soaring: max wind speed 20mph) can be issued following successful completion of the Speed Flying Club Pilot course. He believes that he has a good understanding of how we can work hard to improve things for all members of the flying community, whilst working closely with the respective external communities to ensure good relations and the ongoing free spirited nature of the sport. The British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (BHPA), based in Leicester, is the governing body in the UK for hang gliding and paragliding.

The speed flying syllabus and its associated rating is for speed flying hill descents - it does not involve ridge soaring. If you fly a Single-Seat Deregulated (SSDR) microlight, please see Single-Seat Deregulated (SSDR) microlights and the BHPA before submitting an application.This form uses Javascript and Cookies, please make sure both are supported by your browser before submitting your membership or renewal application.