There is a great video of Scooter Towing here. It's more suited to convincing schools to use the scooter-tow method but it's a great overview for any potential pilot/student.

....and YouTube of course! :)

This is a student after completing a full-course. You wouldn't get close that height on your first day out.

• Four in-class (evening) sessions
• Hang Gliding Training Manual book
• A minimum of four on-glider sessions (3 hrs min each)
• Administration of HPAC Beginner Exam
• Current Year SOGA Membership
• 3rd-party liability insurance (while under instruction)

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Anywhere you are! In South-Western Ontario that is. Mainly between Toronto and Kitchener but if you can get a group of at least four people wanting to take the full Beginner Course, we can come to you to do the in-class portion. We just need a quiet comfy place to set up a computer. Someone's living room or a community meeting room is fine.

The Intro Sessions (including the on-glider portion of the Beginner Course) is possible to do elsewhere as well but we prefer doing that out of our main locations. The ideal location for first-timers attending our Scooter Sessions is at the SodFarm we use on Hwy 7 between Kitchener & Guelph. We certainly do do scooter sessions at our main flying location in Arthur.

Permission & Site Insurance is needed for doing the scooter towing at other locations so we'd have to inspect any remote sites and do the paperwork to get it insured ahead of time. It's just easier to come to our facilities.

All tandems are done by getting aero-towed up behind our Dragonfly Ultralight at our site near Arthur.

As demand dictates really. In-class sizes range from 4-8 students and then on-glider sessions depends on the equipment and instructors we have on hand.

We will do the in-class portion of the courses year-round.

To keep abreast of when our next courses are, watch the calendar or subscribe to the various newsletters.

You don't necessarily have to be physically fit. Once you become proficient, it doesn't take much effort to hang glide.

You're suspended in the harness by your centre-of-gravity on your body so in calm conditions, you barely have to even hold onto the bar. This allows you to relax and enjoy the flight even more.

As long as you are a coordinated person, fly the right-sized equipment for you and in flying conditions suitable for your level of experience most fitness levels are suitable.

Here is a picture of the trainer glider we use on the Day-Taster courses. The guy is holding it up with ONE-HAND! There is a light breeze that is picking up the glider but it shows how easy it is to handle these trainer gliders.