Paragliding Greece: XC Seminar with Michael Nesler

XC Seminar with Michael Nesler

Long Distance Flying ..

The ultimate Endeavor of the modern Pilot

02.06 to 09.06.2018 Mount Olympus Greece
Cross Country XC seminar for paragliding pilots

with Michael Nesler & Gudrun Oechsl

This XC seminar aims to allow the progression of paragliding pilots to perform better at long distance flying by receiving up-to-date knowledge and usefull guidance.

XC seminar topics:

Tips to help you climb fast and efficiently
Tips & guidance for take off techniques with stronger wind
The importance of preparing your gear & how to adjust your harness correctly
Insights into paragliding design – What does the modern design features mean to the XC pilot
In-depth guides to flying the flatlands and mountains
Skills and tactics to help you fly bigger cross country distances
Advice to keep you safe while flying near clouds and terrain
Straight-forward illustrations to help you maximize flying conditions
Simple explanations of diverse wind and thermal flow patterns and structures
Psychological techniques to help you perform at your best

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 Michael Nesler & Gudrun Oechsl:

Michael Nesler, born in Italy, a paragliding instructor since 1987 further an SIV instructor, a well known acrobatics pilot and also a pioneer glider designer.

Designer for : AFM, Bicla, Edel, Eiffel, Freestyle, Icaro, Independence, Firebird, Fun-Air, Kimfly, Perché, Profly, Wings of Change and more.

Till this day he passed over 250 homologation tests successfully, designed and tested by himself over 1000 glider prototypes!

Gudrun Oechsl is a paragliding and SIV instructor, test- and approval pilot for DHV the german paragliding authority, photographer, author and marketing specialist.

Michael and Gudrun are active members of the PROFLY – Professional Flying Team – with Michael as the founder of this venture in 2002. Together with a team of very capable instructors they offer exclusive and individual permormance flying camps and safety trainings for advanced pilots.

They have published significant books on paragliding as well as several articles in the international paragliding press.

Most important Michael is a gifted computer programmer who has custom written and developed 3-D modeling and manufacturing software for flexible membrane structures, such as paragliders and parachutes. He has designed ram air inflated wings ranging from student canopies to award-winning competition paragliders, and holds several patents of ram-air wings.

A great contribution to paragliding among his achievements is the computer program he developed specifically for paraglider design. It was initially created in 1986 on an IBM 8086 and had been continuously developed since then. It is the most used computer program for paraglider design, available now for Silicon Graphics platforms and for balloon and foil-kite development.
Some of the companies known to be using this software are: Area, Swing, Madreiter, SOL, Edel, UP Europe, AFM, Paratech, Independence, Perche, and Atair Aerodynamics.

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We are excited to see them in Greece, at Mount Olympus, flying with us and sharing their knowledge and experience with us in a refreshing way that will motivate us to fly better & further.

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.