Organisation profile

Nubigena

• School

Nubigena divides training into three stages, moving from ground exercises through low and intermediate flights to high flights. It describes the complete programme as roughly ten months, mainly at weekends. Theory combines live lectures, recordings and instruction at the flying sites. The school supplies a wing, harness, reserve and radio; students provide a helmet, gloves and sturdy footwear. The programme ends with a theory examination and assessment flight.

The first stage is outlined as five to six training days. It covers equipment familiarisation, ground handling, launch preparation and initial short hops. Practice takes place on flat ground on the outskirts of Zagreb, including the Sava embankment and relief canal, and on gentle training slopes. Completion of this stage depends on the weather. The school describes the gentle training slopes as roughly a twenty-minute drive from Zagreb.

The site directory names Kupljenovo, Hruševec, Radoboj, Borje near Kalnik, Japetić and Tribalj. The offer therefore combines introductory practice on training fields with progression to other flying areas as training advances.