Organisation profile

Escuela Parapente Valencia

• School

Escuela Parapente Valencia distinguishes a two-day introduction, a basic course and the subsequent Curso de Piloto. The taster includes theory, ground handling and complete equipment. The website identifies Cerro Castelar near Villar del Arzobispo as a flying area.

Curso Básico consists of four afternoon sessions and one teaching tandem on which students try the controls. Ground practice is supported by practical theory lessons and a handbook. School equipment is supplied; participants need hiking boots and gloves. Lessons are adapted to students’ schedules, with weekday afternoons and weekends at Villar del Arzobispo and the coast at Almenara. For the basic course, the school requires accident insurance and describes arranging cover for the course or the remainder of the year.

After the basic course, Curso de Piloto provides five afternoons of further training. It includes another teaching tandem, radio-guided flights, soaring and an introduction to thermalling. Students receive a progression handbook and an FDACV flight log. The instructor assesses when, and in which conditions, a student is ready to fly independently; five days describes the course structure rather than an automatic promise of autonomy.