BHPA Syllabus

At Air Adventure we fully support all BHPA procedures and follow their course structure as detailed below.  Due to weather conditions and student progression some tasks may not necessarily be completed in the order detailed.  A great way to learn more about the individual tasks and the adventure of Paragliding is to purchase Touching Cloud Base or The BHPA Pilot Handbook from our online shop...

BHPA Elementary Pilot Syllabus

Phase 1: Ground training
1. Introduction talk
2. Site assessment briefing
3. Introduction to canopy and equipment
4. Avoiding/minimising injury

Phase 2: Ground handling
5. Briefing: pre flight checks
6. Preparation
7. Inflation
8. Directional control

Phase 3: First hops
9. Getting airborne

Phase 4: Flight exercises
10. Eventualities briefing
11. Commands and communications briefing
12. Responsibilities briefing
13. Flights (i) Maintaining course and airspeed
14. Flights (ii) Introducing turns
15. Flights (iii) Completing simple flight plans

Phase 5: Theory lessons and examination
16. Meteorology
17. Principles of flight
18. Rules of the air and air law
19. Elementary stage examination

Final assessment of Elementary Stage
20. The instructor will check that all the tasks for Elementary Pilot have been successfully completed, that the student has the right attitude to flying and has reached the standard of airmanship required.

If after completing your Elementary Pilot Course with us you purchase your canopy and harness from Air Adventure, your Club Pilot course is FREE.  For details of this great offer contact us.

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BHPA Club Pilot Syllabus

Phase 6: Pre-soaring
21. Soaring theory
22. 180 degree turn
23. Planned approaches

Phase 7: Soaring
24. Soaring flight
25. Top landings
26. Flying with others

Phase 8: Improving skills
27. Exploring the speed range
28. Accelerator systems
29. Forward launching
30. Reverse launching
31. Weight shift and pitch-roll co-ordinations in turns
32. Cross wind and slope landings

Phase 9: Instability and emergencies
33. Theory Emergencies/ Instability
34. Active flying
35. Rapid descent techniques
36. Dealing with an asymmetric tuck

Phase 10: Theory lessons and examination
37. Meteorology
38. Principles of flight
39. Rules of the air and air law
40. General airmanship knowledge
41. Club Pilot theory examination

Final assessment for Club Pilot
42. Declaration by Senior Instructor that the student has successfully completed all the tasks for Club Pilot and has the right attitude and has reached the standard of airmanship required to fly safely and competently.

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Congratulations after successfully completing all the EP and CP tasks and exams.  You can now fly unsupervised and are free to join your local paragliding club.  For details of Air Adventures Club Coaching courses and flying trips please contact us.