Paragliding Greece

Olympic Wings invites you to our

Original ‚Olympic Wings edition‘ Olympos XC seminar

from 31.08. to 07.09.2019

XC seminar topics:

• Heaps of tips to help you climb fast and efficiently
• Psychological techniques to help you perform at your best
• In-depth guides to flying the flatlands and mountains
• Advice to keep you safe while flying near clouds and terrain
• Skills and tactics to help you fly bigger cross country distances
• Straight-forward illustrations to help you maximize flying conditions
• Simple explanations of diverse wind and thermal flow patterns and structures
• Insights into paragliding design. What does the modern design features mean to the XC pilot

Program:

• Introduction and establishment of pilot levels
• Review of pilot equipment
• Area briefing and weather
• Daily tasks and group flights with radio
• Daily debrief on individual and group basis
• Final assessment and summary

About Stelios & Claudia:

The Olympic Wings chief instructors with years of experience in organizing group flying seminars for the progression of XC pilots are certified professionals in paragliding and active pilots themselves for more than 20 years.

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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.

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 an area close to a local 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

from 08. to 15. June 2019

Come to fly the sensational Northern Greece high mountains!

In 2019 the North Greece Flying Safari will take place right before the Olympic Wings XC seminar with Ronny Helgesen for the pilots that wish to continue flying and improve their skills with us.

Olympic Wings offers the North Greece Flying Safari to give pilots the experience of paragliding at the most fascinating flying sites of the central and North mountains in Greece.

We have selected climate and geo diverse flying sites of the mountains in the north of Greece that have been chosen by pilots from all over Europe for their interesting conditions and beautiful landscapes.

Fantastic thermal conditions with diverse geological aspects and great XC possibilities at all of the sites.

We will not only take you between take offs and landings but most important support you from our own experience of competition and XC flying in the areas with key information to understand and make the best use of the local weather systems and route options always with safety.

We can ensure you will enjoy your days flying at the different sites, improve your skills and meet the challenges of each and every flight.

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Olympic Wings offers exclusive TANDEM paragliding courses to pilots

who wish to learn how to fly with passengers safely.

from 30.03. to 06.04.2019

Tandem paragliding course points:

• Official maximized safety standards
• Technical and tactical flying of a tandem glider
• Tandem equipment functionality – Weight range & Speed range
• Psychological techniques to help you perform at your best
• Guides to prepare and manage passenger responses
• Professional tandem paragliding class steps

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Olympic Wings offers a paragliding APPI qualifications course

for pilot APPI levels 3, 4, 5  

23.03. to 30.03.2019
20.04. to 27.04.2019

This training & validations course is for pilots to achieve and/or upgrade their APPI level pilot’s license. It aims to paragliding students and pilots, who wish to follow or are already following the APPI certification system.

You can do in the course the equivalence from your national federation license into the APPI system. If you need support to subscribe and learn more about APPI we can guide you through it. 

Course topics and lessons will follow the educational guideline developed by APPI and our capable instructors will provide you with clear understanding and theoretical knowledge moreover precise training for your progress as a pilot through the qualifying levels.

Theory sessions and practical training along with all necessary exam preparation and final validation will be carried out through the week.

Find out more about the requirements of each separate level and the pilot individual qualifications here –> https://appifly.org/-Pilot-qualifications-and-certifications-?lang=en

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Flying tandem at Olympus! Come to fly and enjoy together!

Tandem Paragliding with Olympic Wings, girls having fun in the air!