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PARAGLIDING Through Year 2021

Olympic Wings is happy to offer special paragliding events in Greece looking forward to 2021.
Our teams’ aim is at the progression of paragliding pilots, technical flying, travel light and hike & fly, exploring and discover more of Greece, and finally enjoying days out paragliding – to fly further & higher.

* Thermal & XC Seminar with ANTOINE GIRARD and Olympic Wings  at Mount Olympus Greece
from 28.08. to 04.09.2021

* Summer XC & Thermal Camp at Mount Olympus and Voras
from 10.07. to 24.07. / from 14.08. to 28.08. / from 04.09. to 11.09.2021

* Flying Tour UNKNOWN GREECE with a surprise O/W itinerary including remote locations
from 27.03. to 05.04. / from 03.06. to 12.06.2021

* Flying Tour OLYMPUS & LEFKADA with high mountain and coastal island flying
from 24.06. to 03.07. / from 21.10. to 30.10.2021

* CAMPER & FLY Tour X-Greece travel in campervans and organization for flying at special locations in Greece
from 06.03. to 20.03. / from 03.07. to 17.07. / from 13.11. to 27.11.
and a year change Camper & Fly Tour from 20.12.21 to 10.01.2022

* Beginner Paragliding Course learn to fly & become a pilot
from 20.03. to 27.03. / from 10.04. to 17.04.2021

* SINGLE SKIN Paragliding Course with entry level lessons for Single Skin paragliders
from 20.03. to 27.03. / from 10.04. to 17.04.2021

* SINGLE SKIN Paragliding Advanced Course for more experienced pilots who wish to hike & fly 
from 17.04. to 24.04. / from 03.07. to 10.07. / from 30.10. to 06.11.2021

* TANDEM PILOT Course + SINGLE SKIN Tandem Course for pilots learning to fly with passengers safely
from 24.04. to 01.05.2021

Olympic Wings invites you to come join us, save dates and share with your friends.
Visit us on holiday abroad and enjoy paragliding in Greece with our organization
and professional pilot flying support.

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 17.04. to 24.04.2021
from 03.07. to 10.07.2021
from 30.10. to 06.11.2021

Single Skin Paragliding Advanced Course

This specialty course in paragliding is aimed at pilots already flying who wish to perform hike & fly with focus on the features and techniques attributed to Single Skin paragliders.

Single Skin paragliders are specially designed one-surface canopy gliders further EN certified by the same standards as traditional paragliders.

This modern design contrasts the idea of the wide profile canopy that is created by top and bottom panels reinforced with internal diagonals. 

Effect of this original careful construction and choice of high end materials, is the low weight and compact abilities giving pilots the advantage to travel outdoor and combine activities in nature.

Single Skin paragliders are reliable, ultra light and playful. They are perfect for nature enthusiasts, active travelers, mountaineers and adventurers.

Mountaineering is first to include the notion of hike & fly paragliding, considering how paragliding was invented so hikers could fly down mountain slopes instead.

Hike & fly major result is the ability to cover more ground – explore far distances on foot and remote terrain by air. 

The course is organized and offered by 
Olympic Wings Paragliding School & Center
– with constant and complete operation as a paragliding professional –
worldwide recognized since 1995 
for paragliding holidays & tours, beginner & performance courses, special seminars
and tandem paragliding flights.

More information about our growing team and Olympic Wings qualified paragliding instructors in this link -> About us

Course itinerary overview

Theory lessons in

• Equipment set up
• Preparation for flying
• Aerodynamics
• Meteorology and topography
• Risk analysis and dangerous situations

Learn about

• Equipment combination review
• Manage gear characteristics equivalent to performance
• Plan procedure for the activity trip
• Weather observation & analysis in forecast and real time
• Factual guidelines to mountaineering and safety

Practical lessons in

• How to prepare the glider and overall equipment
• Glider ground control
• Take off techniques / Launch stand-by and cancellation 
• Flights with and without turns, maneuvers with single surface gliders
• Active flying techniques and thermalling behavior
• Steering and breaking the glider
• Intro & explanation to fast decent techniques with Single Skin gliders
• Controlled landings & landing approach methodology

Olympic Wings paragliding equipment is modern following the latest technical designs and materials, continuously checked and EN certified for paragliding.
Our students train with a complete set of reliable flying gear including
a newest model single surface glider!

Location:

Olympus with its highest peak Mytikas – 2.918 m – is the highest mountain range in Greece and the famous home of the Greek Gods. It is located directly next to the Aegean Sea with long coast lines and sandy beaches.

Our flying area – with more than 15 take off’s – covers the three named mountains Pieria, Olympus and Kissavos that form a longer range parallel to the sea separated by impressive valleys and high plateaus.

These mountains protect our area throughout the year from strong meteorological winds so developing their own local wind systems which we use for flying.

The many different flying sites offer particularly great training experience as they present for pilots each their own diverse flying conditions.

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

Tandem flying with students

Impressions on Mount Olympus & Olympic Wings flying areas

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

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

Olympic Wings offers a Groundhandling & Glider Control seminar

with Mike Küng

from 13.04. to 20.04.2019

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Groundhandling can be groundbreaking to a pilot’s progress, no matter their level of experience. It is essentially the only practice method, necessary to revisit time after time, for one to discover and utilize all of the glider’s abilities and with safety.
Training your feeling, your cognition, your reflexes and your physical inputs will broaden the spectrum of control with your own glider and enable you to familiarize faster and better with any new glider you fly!

The goal is to discover how a paraglider should really be handled and how it should react to your intentions.
The next step is establishing the reasons behind a glider’s incident behavior and any deviations from it.

We will give you answers and demonstrate several techniques applicable to the take off procedure as much as landing as much as all flight stages, which you will then implement yourself in real time action, so together we can work on adapting them to your flying style.

A blend of intense exercises on the ground and in the air, clear theory presentations and live demonstrations, daily targets and open dialogue, with plenty of airtime will optimize your flying sensations just in time for the start of the flying season!

The seminar will focus on:

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• Establishing several reliable take-off techniques.
• Evolve your take-off / landing technique.
• Adaptive techniques of thermalling and dynamic flying.
• Tipps for active piloting and safety in flight.
• Points of consideration when changing equipment and/or upgrading.
• Facts on glider new designs and equipment features.

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