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Programs: 5
Cross-country course in Mieussy (levels 1 and 2)
Les Choucas
The three-day Les Choucas cross-country courses run at two levels in a small group of at most six pilots, accompanied in the air by two instructors. Level 1 is for licensed pilots who want to complete their first cross-country flight in a safe setting: planning and flying simple routes and seeing the valley from a new angle. Level 2 is for pilots already comfortable with three to four hours in the air and focuses on linking several sites, longer distances and better route choice and decisions. School equipment can be hired.
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Introductory paragliding course in Mieussy
Les Choucas
The five-day introductory course at Les Choucas in Mieussy is for complete beginners and for pilots who have not flown for more than five years. It starts with the equipment and ground handling, both forward and reverse, continues with first guided flights with two instructors and moves on to first high flights over the Giffre valley with basic direction changes and balance in the air. Theory covers meteorology, aerology, flight mechanics, safety and the reserve parachute. Students fly their own wing under instructor supervision; full autonomy and the French brevet initial usually come with the second or third course. The number of flights depends on the weather. School equipment (wing, harness, reserve, helmet and radio) can be hired.
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Itinerant progression course around Mieussy
Les Choucas
The Les Choucas itinerant course helps pilots feel at ease beyond a single home site. Each day the group flies a different site around Mieussy; the meeting point is always in Mieussy, or at the take-off by arrangement. Pilots get used to different launches and landings, build self-assurance in unfamiliar places, broaden their flying knowledge and progress towards autonomous flying in real conditions. The course lasts four or five days, is led by state-qualified instructors, and school equipment including a radio can be hired.
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Progression course towards the brevet initial in Mieussy
Les Choucas
The Les Choucas progression course follows the introductory course and takes pilots who have already flown towards autonomy and the French brevet initial. It runs as a five-day course or as a weekend. When the wind allows, it includes reverse ground handling (facing the wing), then solo launches and landings, balance and pendulum control, more dynamic turns and advanced handling, and a deeper understanding of the air mass. Teaching is adapted to each pilot's level, and at most one introductory-course student can join a group. School equipment, including reserve and radio, can be hired.
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Thermal flying course in Mieussy
Les Choucas
The Les Choucas thermal course is for pilots holding the brevet initial who want to learn to use rising air. It teaches how to read and feel thermals and dynamic lift, understand thermal bubbles and climb in them, position yourself well and choose transitions and lines. The course works towards the next French level, the brevet de pilote. It runs as a four-day course or a weekend with state-qualified instructors; school equipment can be hired.
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