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Airtime
was the first school in the San Francisco Bay Area to offer
Paragliding Lessons. With Paragliding, you can literally set
up your wing, put on your harness and be ready to fly in about
5 minutes. The flying experience in a Parglider is unreal
when you consider the dreamlike flying, convenience and ease
of operation.
In all
of the tandem flights, I have a perfect passenger safety record. What San Francisco Tandem Paragliding Offers
San Francisco Tandem Paragliding offers Instruction, Tours,
and Tandem Flight Lessons. A Paraglider is a parafoil wing
that looks like a parachute, but flies like a hang glider.
Paragliders launch like a large kite, and once in the air,
glide and soar like a conventional Hang Glider. Steering is
done through control lines like a ram air parachute.
Tandem Paragliding is flying in a Paraglider built for two people. The pilot and passenger fly front and back, with the pilot in the rear. Tandem flights are a great way to experience the thrill of flying in a Paraglider. Passengers can even take the controls in the flight and learn about flying a Paraglider throughout the flight. The harness is extremely comfortable and the low flying speed of a Paraglider makes takeoffs and landings gentle and slow. In August 1996, the Outdoor writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, Paul McHugh, wrote a full page article describing his experience in a flight I took him on. To read the article, click here Article . I also
offer complete instruction in paragliding. In these lessons,
everything from basic launches and landings to ridge soaring
and thermal flying are taught. I provide the equipment for
the students and the training sites are in the general area
of Pacifica. Please see the rates page for complete details
on lessons. Flying a Paraglider is the closest you can come to the flights you have had in your dreams. The experience is something that words can barely describe. Picture yourself seated, comfortable and gliding gracefully above scenic cliffs. There is a light breeze in your face and freedom in your grasp. You smile because you sense that having this much fun is almost cheating the world. We have perfect cliffs and great mountains in the San Francisco Bay Area for flying these amazing crafts. My experience includes over 18 years of flying Hang Gliders and Paragliders, 10 years of Tandem Paragliding and 14 years of Paragliding Instruction experience. I also am available for Advanced Paragliding Training and customized adventure Tours.
Arnel Sanchez Anyone visiting the flying sites of Daly City and Pacifica will quickly notice the flying of Arnel. His flying style is creative and unique and at the highest level. Arnel took to flying paragliders like few pilots do. With respect to Tandem, Arnel has the highest regard for safety and providing safe and amazing tandem experiences.
Rolf Bienert In 1995, Rolf learned to fly paragliders in Switzerland. He has accumulated several hundred hours of accident free airtime at dozens of places in Europe and in North America. "I launched my first tandem flight 1997 on a ski slope, with 3 miles per hour tail wind and it was only 20°F, yet I had great fun flying with a passenger right away", says Rolf, looking back at his first flight with a tandem wing.
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