Good luck with your progression! The Extended Edition is for pilots who want to get behind the channel and go higher flywithgreg.com/programs/pilot-progression-extended-edition
Thanks Greg!! I love your videos and you’ve helped me a lot!! I’m still in the ground handling stage but getting more confident every time I go out! 🤙🏼
Agree with this, mostly. Not so sure competition is always the way. Competition can put unnecessary pressure on an individual and it's possible the joy can be lost.
Hi Greg, something which helps me a lot is to record all my flights. Afterwards at home I can analyse my take off, in-flight and landing and use this to improve next flight. Another plus with recording is that I better remember my flights...but it is probably more of an age thing in my case🧐😅
Believe it or not, even as a very interested wannabe paraglider with no equipment or training with paragliders yet, I am actually progressing because of the knowledge you are sharing. The more I watch, the more I learn and the more keen I become to do this. My PPL on light fixed wing aircraft lapsed a long time ago, my sailing has gone through a two year hiatus and due to Covid, is not likely to resume in the near future. Keep this up boet, it's inspiring me to take up this sport.
Thanks Greg, great video on how to progress. Been using your original site guide hard copy for flying in South Africa since starting out a few years ago. Not to mention the countless videos from you. Excited to see you coming to the Porterville Comp Dec 2021. Would be great to fly with you and meet you!
Thx Greg, that's exactly what I did last summer... you give me more confidence that I did the right things... one thing though, if you go high-b do the siv with the high b... it gave me a lot of confidence
After 5 years of loving my flying, I've developed overwhelming anxiety. Even watching others. A few days ago I got heart palpitations while flying combined with intense anxiety. I'm not scared of flying, I'm worried about making poor decisions and putting myself in a a positon that ruins the day for the other pilots. Now I feel like I'm using any excuse to decide the conditions aren't quite right. Everyone else is flying. I stay in bed. Not sure what's going on
I have subscribed to this channel after having watched your videos with flybubble. I am interested in paragliding. I live in South Yorkshire (born and grew up in SA). I have a wife who is not interested in paragliding (even though we owned a few large sailboats and are both qualified marine Captains). I guess this is the death knell to me getting to do paragliding? If anyone has any solutions/suggestions I am all ears.
I am stuck at this point. I saw your Devils pike xc challenge video, seeing the world from a paraglider perspective made me want to take a beginner class immediately. Then i watched some of your alpine volbiv videos and they are breathtaking. In one of the videos you look down past your feet to the ground below and it's a loooong way down. I am generally not afraid of height, but that view really put the fear of being high up into me. Taking a trip by plane does'nt scare me. Go figure. But the thought of making a fatal rookie mistake scares me shitless. Now i'm stuck between the fear of falling and the wish to try paragliding. How do i resolve this?
go to a good training centre, and your instructor will teach you in a progressive way ... you take the next step when you have the skills to handle the environment and challenges in it. Can you stand on a flat field and pull on a kite? great, show me! When you've demonstrated control on the ground, then you get a very shallow slope, and do some hops. And so on ... before you know it, you're looking down over your boots at 1000 empty feet of air, and you're laughing!
Hi Greg... Can you please answer one question..when taking a take off from 7600ft ASL, and you know you will face valley wind as well as thermals just after your take off, and you start getting a sudden lift doing even a straight flight, but then comes a point where you feel "STOP"... what you suggest to do at that "STOP" point? if you want, I can send you some vdos to analyse if you let me know where to send the vdos.. thank you in advance.
Thanks Greg - always interesting videos. Quick general question for you: is it realistic to become a good pilot if you live 4 hours from the closest site? I suppose it would just take a long time, going up every weekend for months...
It is quite hard indeed. Although I'm not nearly at the level of Greg, maybe it helps you to hear from my experience. I got started in the german flatlands, about 6 hours from the alps. For me, groundhandling helped tremendously in progressing fast. However, it is very hard without a flying site nearby. Perhaps there is a "hardcore" site closer to you that you have not yet heard of or considered because the take-off is very difficult and the site has not much height. If you master groundhandling you could start going there and even though "bad sites" arent much fun, you probably do learn much more. At least that's how it has been for me
Thats a very good "10 step" advice. I can totally relate to the first 8 👍 Haven't got comp experience yet 😅 Flying xc in a group also teaches a lot, especially when everyone is trying to go fast
Nice movie as always. I kind of disagree that it's only a solo sport. Flying as a team is so fun. Especially when it's difficult condition. When you fly as a group. And work as a team to search the air for lift. Thanks for the video :)
I'm getting back into it after 4yrs of not flying. And even before then I had only done a handful of flights after training. I consider myself a beginner again. I have done the first two steps and currently working on the third by ground handling until I feel I'm ready to fly again.
