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Programs: 3
K2 Parapente cross-country course
K2 Parapente
A five-day cross-country course by K2 Parapente, Monday to Friday, for pilots who already fly in thermals and have logged their first kilometres. On the evening before each flight the group analyses forecasts and relief maps together and chooses the site: around Lake Annecy, in the Aravis, near Mont Blanc or elsewhere within about an hour and a half's drive. The course teaches safe and efficient cross-country flying and working together as a group; each pilot carries a tracker, and after the flight the tracks are reviewed in 3D, including technical mistakes and room for improvement. It starts with an individual assessment of strengths, weaknesses and expectations, and the programme is adjusted during the week. On the first day reserve extraction is checked on a hang rig; groups are limited to six pilots.
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K2 Parapente piloting and SIV course
K2 Parapente
A two- or three-day piloting and SIV course by K2 Parapente, taught in French only. On the evening before the course a compulsory briefing at the school in Plan-Montmin covers a reserve extraction check on a hang rig, the issue of life jackets and a presentation of the training box and landing field. Pilots launch from Col de la Forclaz, where one instructor briefs them, and train over Lake Annecy with a rescue boat while the second instructor guides the flights from the landing field in Doussard. There are up to three flights a day with a debrief and choice of the next exercise between flights, and an evening video review of every pilot's flights. Content follows the pilot's goals: feeling surer in thermals, understanding a new glider, handling flight incidents, regaining trust in your flying after an incident, first steps towards aerobatics or preparing for cross-country competitions. Weekend courses usually last two days, weekday courses three days from Tuesday to Thursday with Friday as a weather reserve; groups are limited to eight pilots and everyone leaves with exercises for further practice.
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K2 Parapente thermal flying course
K2 Parapente
A five-day thermal flying course by K2 Parapente, Monday to Friday, taught in French only. Mornings are for technique exercises in calm air, afternoons for thermal flying at different sites around Lake Annecy; one instructor stays with the pilots at launch while the other flies with them. Theory covers flying technique, aerology and flight mechanics, reading forecasts and planning a thermal flight, packing and checking your own reserve, and human factors: decision-making, anticipating threats, the effect of stress and a personal risk map. The aims are longer flights, efficient climbing, first transitions and autonomous flying on a route with several possible landing fields. Groups are limited to six pilots and each day ends with a debrief.
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