Monte Gazza Avventura offers the possibility of realizing one of man's dreams..Flying..
The courses are mainly carried out from Monte Gazza, a type of mountain that lends itself well to flying, with large meadows at the top, a place where you can make several flights with various differences in altitude.
Paragliding lessons can be taken throughout the year and on any day of the week. The courses are suitable for experts and less experienced. There is no minimum number of members required and the teaching and practical activities can be customized for any type of need that the student requires. The minimum age to undertake the flight is 16 years, always with the authorization of a guardian for minors.
We offer you the following courses to bring you closer to or enhance your knowledge of the aviation discipline:
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Field Test Day - aimed at learning the basic take-off and landing techniques, it is a preliminary phase that helps you get to know the equipment and, above all, experience the flight in order to decide whether to undertake the 'entire free flight course. Participation in the trial day does not require registration.
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Paragliding Course - the first official educational-training course of your training in the field of paragliding flight, addresses the learning of take-off and landing techniques through practice, together with the instructors small, short flights, aimed at performing the first turns and accustoming the pilot to the flight conditions and handling the equipment. The flights are only a few dozen meters long and are a total of 5 high flights to be carried out along the course. The course also consists of theoretical lessons that will illustrate the fundamentals of flight safety. As regards the second phase of the course, the aim will be to strengthen theoretical-practical knowledge and make the student autonomous in flight. This time the practical course consists of thirty flights, during which the pilot will be connected via radio to the instructor on the ground, while classroom lessons continue which will prepare you for the qualification exam. The course takes place over a variable duration with a minimum duration of two and a half months. Upon completion, the students will be in possession of the VDS patent, which qualifies them for recreational flying in the paragliding field.
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Advanced Course - accessible to those who already have the VDS and want to broaden and deepen their preparation. The course deals with issues relating to soaring flight, studying the use of thermal winds and management maneuvers in high winds. The training takes place in steps that aim to prepare the pilot for flying, both from the point of viewtechnical as well as psychological, in order to create the ideal conditions to allow him to fly only in a thermal, dynamic and to perform top-landing. The course allows the student to experience cross-country flying, accompanied in a two-seater by the instructor in his first experience and then via radio, to be carried out in more complex windy conditions, with more sustained weather conditions. After which he will perform a flight only with assistance from the instructor via radio.
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Two-Seater Course - definitely advanced course, aimed at pilots with VDS certification who already have some experience as a paragliding pilot. You learn to manage the flight with a two-seater aircraft, in the field and with the instructors, assimilating the techniques of take-off and landing with a passenger. The practical part of the flight takes place partly with flights piloted by the instructor, so that the student can assimilate the complex and demanding phases of piloting a two-seater. The minimum duration established by law for this course is four months and ends with a state exam.
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Paralpinism - theoretical-practical course for accredited pilots with tandem flight authorization, takes place in a mountain environment.
In addition to the possibility of attending courses, you will be able to fly a tandem paraglider accompanied by a qualified instructor.
Two-seater flights with an instructor have no age limits and can also be aimed at younger people, such as children aged 6/8 years old, and you simply need to be in normal physical condition (a short run with the instructor will be required for take-off, just a few steps ).
The flight zones are different and, upon request of the passenger, it will also be possible to choose take-off points at high altitude, thus making your experience even more fascinating, flying over landscapes of great interest.
With Monte Gazza Avventura you can fly everythingthe year!
