Paragliding Greece: XC seminar with Nicole Fedele

XC seminar with Nicole Fedele

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:

Born in Tolmezzo (Udine) on 15th November 1984 and graduated in foreign languages at the University of Udine, Nicole has been flying paragliders since 2002. She is a tandem and competition pilot to the highest level, paragliding instructor and an expert XC guide in Friuli and Slovenia.

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:

Mount Olympus is the highest mountain range in Greece with its highest peak Mytikas at 2.917 m. The south western area of the mountain has fantastic cross country and thermalling conditions. The large flatland area of Thessaly towards the south offers a big potential for open distance and triangle XC flights. A challenging flight is the cross country towards the Aegean Sea on the eastern side of Olympus with a beach landing.

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.