Paragliding Greece

Archive for the ‘Kalivia’ Category

Picture impressions from the sucessfull first XC seminar with Antoine and Olympic Wings Paragliding Greece at Mount Olympus in 2021.

1 2 ►

from 27.03. to 05.04.2021
from 03.06. to 12.06.2021

Surprise Flying Tour with Olympic Wings

This tour takes you paragliding at remote new flying areas with a surprise itinerary specially designed by the Olympic Wings team.

We visit destinations in Greece that offer great thermal and cross country flying over original landscapes plus coastal flights with impressive sea views – not missing a day of flying.

Flexibility and organizational backup, to combine areas across regions with minimum transport time further based on the weather allow us to meet each flying site at the best conditions.

We not only retrieve you after landing but most important support you from our own experience with key information to understand and make the best use of the local weather systems and cross country route options with safety.

Pilots flying with us experience thermal technical flying in addition to smooth flights into the sunset. 

A holiday nonetheless, we travel comfortable through welcoming villages and small towns. We rest nicely in newly-renovated hotels and high quality guesthouses with fresh breakfast, near the sea or on the mountain near the take off.

Suggestions and tips for lovely meals every evening from local-made products to enjoy in a relaxing ambiance.

Greece is a country with a rich natural environment on a grand European peninsula that dives into the Mediterranean sea, surrounded by thousands of floating islands.  

The mainland, primarily covered by mountains yet crusted by endless coastline, has an original beauty where the co-existence of rock, forest and sand alternates in unique ways.

High mountains expand through the whole of Greece, some reaching into the alpine zone, some forming long mountain ranges that circle field lands and track routes of rivers or shelter lakes. 

The highest mountain in Greece is Mount Olympus at 2.917 m. in north central Greece, also Olympic Wings’ home mountain.

Olympic Wings est 1995, a professional flying host with years of experience, successfully runs paragliding seminars and events, paragliding holidays and flying tours across Greece.

We specialize in the paragliding organization and support for our pilot-guests so as they fly high, fly safe and always land gently!

Impressions of flying with Olympic Wings:

Organization:

Accommodation for all pilots is at selected locations which further allow flexibility and comfort after the days flying.

Read more about it here > Services

We adhere to the legal formalities and local rules and regulations.

You can book the surprise Flying tour together with your accommodation and transfers directly through Olympic Wings. 
You are welcome to extend your travel time and stay with us longer.

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 24.04. to 01.05.2021

Olympic Wings offers a Tandem Pilot Course
plus Single Skin Training

Pilots learn how to fly with passengers safely

This course offers optional for pilots to learn and train with the modern Single Skin tandem paraglider.

A cutting edge design highly developed that offers performance and flexibility.

The one-surface canopy has low weight and compact abilities allowing pilots and their passengers to travel, trek, hike, bike, free ski and combine alpine activities.

Best way to find your way back down the mountain, cover more ground and explore by air.

They are ideal for nature enthusiasts, mountaineers and adventurers.

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

Program:

• Introduction and establishment of pilot levels
• Review of the equipment – Insights into tandem equipment design & purposes
• Tandem paragliding & Tandem paragliding equipment in established theory
• Passenger briefing and area/weather tandem pilot analysis
• Practical lessons and experience under clear instruction and radio guidance support
• Psychological preparation – self analysis techniques – safety standards & components
• Final assessment & formal certification including activity insurance options

Olympic Wings Paragliding School & Center
– with constant and complete operation as a paragliding professional –
worldwide recognized since 1995 
for paragliding holidays, beginner & performance courses, special seminars
and leisure & training tandem paragliding flights.

Location:

Olympic Wings can arrange and book for you accommodation and transfers for the duration of your visit and your participation to the course.

Olympic Wings school & flying center paragliding equipment is modern following the latest technical designs and materials,
continuously checked and EN certified for paragliding.

Those who are interested for alternative dates and/or private lessons are welcome to place their request.
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

1 2 ►

Great thermals and beautiful view at Kalyvia Mount Olympus in January 2019.

Olympic Wings offers an exclusive XC seminar

with Ronny Helgesen

from 15.06. to 22.06.2019

XC seminar topics:

• Active flying – the way to avoid glider collapses
• How to fly together – flying with other pilots
• Controlling your flying speed
• Safety while flying on a cross country
• Advice to keep you safe while flying near clouds and terrain
• Reserve parachute – Advise on how to use it and what to do
• 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
• 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 modern gliders – what do the modern design features mean to the XC pilot

Read the rest of this entry »

Olympic Wings offers Flight Techniques * Thermalling * first steps to XC

with Chris Geist

from 11.05. to 18.05.2019

The goal is… to get a complete and comprehensive set of up-to-date practical knowledge while training your awareness so to adapt a “tactical act” and “reliable react” mechanism to your flying style.
A blend of theory and practice, useful illustrations, daily plan and dialogue, with plenty of airtime will boost your confidence just in time for the start of the flying season!

Every situation, from an – easy conditions and terrain – take off to the moments of big decision making while flying XC, require a clean solid technique yet adaptive to several key factors like the weather and flight conditions, your equipment, your abilities and your mindset.
We will revisit the basic aviation-in-paragliding rules while making the necessary remarks to give pilots a better understanding and a better sense of control to your flight experience.

The workshop will focus on:

• Fine tuning to your take-off and landing technique.
  
• Thermalling techniques for efficiency.
• Techniques for active piloting, glider control and training your awareness.
• Advice on safety.
• Technical tipps for XC pilots and performance flying as an evolving process.
• Useful features in modern gliders and flying equipment.
• Mental preparation & pilot psychology.

Program:

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

Read the rest of this entry »