General Flyingtips - Ozone ATOM Betriebshandbuch

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GENERAL FLYING TIPS
Flying safely is the most important part of flying. The best way to be safe is to
practise regularly. This does not only mean flying it also involves ground handling
and a continuous interest in the weather.
The first and most important tip is to RESPECT the weather. It has more power
than you can imagine. Understand what are the right conditions for you at your
level and always stay within that window.
Do not overestimate your abilities, be honest with yourself. As the wise saying
goes, 'it is much cooler to be on the ground wishing you were up there, than in
the air wishing you were on the ground'. Take it easy, you can fly well into old age
so you have got plenty of time to gain experience. If it does not look good to you
then pack up and go home, there is always tomorrow.
There is no substitute for practice, it is the only thing that will help you to improve.
Most pilots only like to practise the flying, which is the relatively easy part of
Paragliding.
There is however a problem with that: it will only help you in the air and probably
the most dangerous part of flying is the take-off. It certainly requires a lot of skill
to be confident every time and this is where ground handling comes in. It is a form
of flying, like flying a kite and the skill required to be good at it is enormous. The
reward for practising ground handling is that you learn how to feel the wing and
this helps on the ground and in the air. Find an open space and a clear airflow
and practise inflating the wing with both forward and reverse launch techniques.
Don't stop there, do it again and again day after day until you are confident you
are fully in control. Even when you are confident it is always worth practising this
skill. This skill will help remove some of that apprehension at take-off and make
you a safer and better pilot.
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