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Olympic Wings offers a Paramotor & Trike course with Skydance

April 2015 at the seaside of Mount Olympus in Greece.

12.04. & 13.04. advanced course

14.04. – 19.04. beginner training

advanced course topics & what we gonna do:

• Groundhandling and I watch and film
• I let them do a flight and I look what can be better or different
• Starting and landing technique – strong wind and less wind
• We will speak about the advantages of reflex wings and the pro and contra’s
• Navigation task
• Play element for testing the skills
• General questions from the pilots

about Skydance Paramotorsport

Skydance is an officially recognized KNVvL paramotor school / flight school, found from the beginning when the paramotor flying has become legal. So we provide complete training in the Netherlands and abroad, from beginner to the independent paramotor pilot. In addition to flying with a back motor, we offer you the trike to fly too.

Jurg van der Vlies

I am 43 years old and fly paramotor and paragliding from 1998. In 2001 I started a paramotorschool in Holland and was the chairman of the Dutch Paramotor Association for 3 years – in the time that the paramotorsport started to become legal in Holland. So I was at the craddle of the sport from the beginning here.
I did train more then 400 paramotor pilots in Holland. Also I trained the first 4 paramotor pilots in Suriname, South America and took part to educate the first paramotor trike pilot in Norway as well.
I followed SIV courses, have my first aid certification and I fly also delta trikes and boats.
2 years ago I followed a course of the world champion Pascal Vallee and from that moment I started to train more experienced pilots – also because there was a need for it.

4 years ago I gave up paragliding and my job to follow my heart and went into the paramotor scene as a professional.

For bookings and any further information please contact us.

Olympic Wings

Paragliding Center & Paragliding Holidays in Greece

email: info@olympicwings.com

tel.: +30-23520-41741

Stelios mobile: +30-6942215980

Olympic Wings offers an exclusive XC seminar with Nicole Fedele

from 23. to 30. May 2015 at Mount Olympus in Greece.

XC seminar topics:

• Micro meteorology
• Diverse wind and thermal flow patterns and structures
• Flying the flatlands and mountains
• Climbing & gliding – flying efficient with speed
• How to fly safe while flying near clouds and terrain
• Skills and tactics to help you fly bigger cross country distances
• XC techniques & technology – how to plan and fly a XC flight
• Psychological techniques to help you perform at your best
• What does the modern paragliding design features mean to the XC pilot and how to use them

Program:

• Welcome and introduction
• Establishment of pilot levels and review of pilot equipment
• General area briefing and weather information
• Daily tasks and group flights with radio
• Daily debrief on individual and group basis
• Final assessment and summary

About Nicole:

Italian National Team member, gold medal winner at the European Championship in 2012, winner of the Paragliding World Cup Superfinal 2012, Individual Bronze Medal and Team Silver Medal winner at the World Championships in 2013, 8 FAI World Records holder … these are only some of her sports results achieved thanks to the tenacity, strong motivation and determination that have always characterized her…

Location:

The main take-off for the XC seminar is located on the western side of Mount Olympus, on top of the village Kalivia. It is called Tourtofolia and provides take-off directions towards west, south and east at a height of 1.250 m. Several paragliding and hanggliding competitions up to world cup level have been organized here already.

Alternative take-offs nearby are KEOAX, Elassona, Kalipefki.

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Organization:

Olympic Wings organizes the XC seminar at Mount Olympus and offers accommodation and all transfers during the flying days for the pilots taking part at the seminar.

All necessary retrievals from XC flights are included in the transfers.

The pilots accommodation is located in the area close to the flying site with short drives to the take-off.

You can book the XC seminar together with your accommodation and transfers directly through Olympic Wings.

For bookings and any further information please contact us.

Olympic Wings

Paragliding Center & Paragliding Holidays in Greece

email: info@olympicwings.com

tel.: +30-23520-41741

Stelios mobile: +30-6942215980

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Mimmo and his pilots from Italy – Lago Maggiore & Florence – visited us in November 2014 at Mount Olympus.

They enjoyed great flights with thermaling at Kalivia, beach landings with swimming in the sea from the take-off Little Church and smooth sunset flights at Mount Olympus.

An unique culinary experience were grilled lamb on spies and fresh fish on pine wood fire in a mountain taverna. A days excursion to the famous Meteora Monasteries and a visit of the archaeological site Vergina were the touristic highlights.

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