DHPC

DHPC Coaching Scheme

The Dunstable Hang gliding & Paragliding Club has an active coaching scheme which aims to help new low-airtime pilots in the club to gain enough experience to safely fly unsupervised on any site throughout the UK. We organise various coaching events throughout the year to assist new pilots in our club:

• Weekends away to other suitable sites, e.g. Rhossili, Blorenge, Long Mynd.
• Flying holidays in UK and abroad
• Lectures and exams for Pilot, Advanced Pilot, and powered flying
• Parachute packing, where everyone needs coaching!

The club does not teach beginners to fly, for that you must contact a school, see BHPA.co.uk for details.

The main coaching done within the club is simply to come out flying with either the club coaches themselves or talking and flying with more experienced pilots. Once you have achieved your Club Pilot Certificate with a school, just get in touch with the coaches on a Thursday or preferably Friday night, after the evening weather forecast, to find out where everyone is going at the weekend. We leave it entirely up to you to get in touch with us.

Many pilots use the club FaceBook group to make arrangements and then make last-minute phone calls to coaches and other member PG pilots. Hang glider pilots tend to rely more on direct e-mails to other HG pilots to plan a couple of days ahead, with last-minute phone calls or text messages.

Contact details for all HG pilots, PG pilots and club coaches can be found in the members database.

The lead Coach is Gary Cooper. See the members database for contact details.