Organisation profile

Gleitschirmschule Dreyeckland

• School

Gleitschirmschule Dreyeckland starts with a training-hill course, moving from equipment familiarisation and exercises on level ground to first flights. Its published programme includes 15 solo flights, theory and radio guidance. A wing, harness and helmet are supplied for the course; the school describes small groups and individual tuition.

The subsequent Grundkurs Plus comprises ten flights with more than 100 metres of height difference. It develops launches, turns and landings and is a prerequisite for this school’s further high-flight course, towards which the flights count. Plus runs alongside basic-course sessions. Training takes place in the morning subject to weather, and participants arrange their own transport to the nearby training site.

The FAQ describes the basic stage as four to five days and further high-flight training as two week-long parts. This is a course structure rather than a guaranteed licensing timescale. The school asks for ordinary fitness comparable to hiking or cycling and accepts students from 14 with parental consent.