Course Details
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Tandem
Flights with 4 X 4 Truck Adventure
Your adventure starts with a short off road truck climb to the launch site (20-40 minutes).
Flight type : one high flight
Prerequisites: General good health. Maximum weight 240lbs.
Equipment needed: Boots
with good traction and adequate clothing.
Course Outline: As
a passenger, you will be required to run at takeoff and landing,
but our HPAC certified pilot will fully control the flight, including
takeoff and landing. For those passengers who want to continue
and learn to fly solo, they may be allowed to steer the paraglider
during the flight (depending on conditions).
Special Notes: The
cost of this adventure flight may be applied to the Novice rating
or Solo V, X, XV course.
How do I start?
Most tandem flight are done on the
weekend (weather permitting)- please complete our
reservation form specifying when you plan to join us.
To save time, we ask that all tandem
passengers read over the waivers shown below.
Deimos
Waiver (page one)
Deimos
Waiver (page two)
What happens
on the day of my reservation? All students and tandem
passengers call 604 418-7328 (at 8am) to confirm the weather,
then we meet at Exit 95 (Whatcom Rd) at 10am. (It takes about
one hour to drive to Exit95 from Vancouver.) After introductions
and a brief weather summary, we drive either to Sumas Mt. take
off (another 45 minutes in a Deimos 4x4 Truck) or continue driving
to Bridal Falls landing zone (LZ) - another 15 minutes. Once at
Bridal Falls LZ we check the flying conditions again. If it looks
flyable, we will drive up to take off (15 minutes in a Deimos
4x4 truck). Depending on conditions, an instructor or advanced
pilot launches first, then our students, followed by the tandem
pilots and their passengers. Tandem flights can be between ten
minutes to one hour long (depending on the strength of the lift).
Eventually we float down to the LZ landing next to the cars. This
process, from the time we meet, takes about two to three hours.
If conditions are still safe, we then head back up the mountain
for more flights. In some cases, tandem guests may be welcome
to join us for the 4x4 truck ride back up. We recommend that all
pilots provide their own food and drinks for the day, however
we usually stop at the local gas station for drinks and snacks.
Tandem Sites:
Mt Sumas, Mt Woodside, Lower Bridal Falls,
and Pemberton.
Squamish Chief (Add $60).
Tandem flights are available all year round.
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Helicopter
Adventure with Tandem Flight
Your adventure starts with a short helicopter
flight up the peak of Cheam Mt (7000') followed by an incredible
tandem paraglide flight.
Flight type :
one VERY high flight.
Prerequisites:
General good health. Maximum weight
240lbs.
Equipment needed: Boots
with good traction and adequate clothing - at 7000' the temperature
is around 5 degrees C, so dress warm.
Course Outline: As
a passenger, you will be required to run at takeoff and landing,
but our HPAC certified pilot will fully control the flight, including
takeoff and landing. For those passengers who want to continue
and learn to fly solo, they may be allowed to steer the paraglider
during the flight (depending on conditions). If conditions are
unsafe to land at Cheam peak, the next option is Upper Bridal
launch (around 4500 ' AGL). If this site is also not safe, we
will be forced to land back at the airport - in this case there
will be a $100 refund.
Special Notes: $100
of this adventure flight may be applied to the Novice rating or
Solo V, X, XV course.
How do I
start?
Most tandem flight are done on the
weekend (weather permitting)- please complete our
reservation form when you plan to join us. To save time, we
ask that all tandem passengers read over the waivers shown below.
Deimos
Waiver (page one)
Deimos
Waiver (page two)
Heli tandem flights are available all year round.
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Vario
& Tandem Flight
Flight type :
one high flight up to half an hour
long.
Prerequisites:
General good health. Maximum weight
240lbs. Passenger must have at least ten solo high flights.
Special Notes:
Includes a Flytec 6005 Vario,
other varios are possible.
Equipment needed:
Boots with good traction and adequate
clothing.
Course Outline: As
a passenger, you will be required to run at takeoff and landing,
but our HPAC certified pilot will fully control the flight, including
takeoff and landing. Once enough height has been gained, you will
be allowed to thermal as high as possible.
How do I start?
Most tandem flight are done on the
weekend (weather permitting)- please complete our
reservation form specifying when you plan to join us.
To save time, we ask that all tandem
passengers read over the waivers shown below.
Deimos
Waiver (page one)
Deimos
Waiver (page two)
Guaranteed to advance your skills by as
much as thirty flights.
This includes a tandem flight with emphasis on finding and centering
on thermals.
Titanic maneuver is optional!
Year round training available
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"We don't know what's out there, but history has taught us that what we find, will be of much greater value, than the things we thought we would find."
Jerry Ross
NASA Astronaut
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