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Helix
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 Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:11 pm Post subject: Best place to get H2 certified in CA? |
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Any suggestions on schools/instructors that will teach and grant certifications with a minimum of bs?
Much thanks in advance!
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Manta_Dreaming
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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A better question would be: "Where can I get H2 certified and learn to be the best and safest pilot so I won't get wallet suck from suffering a bad accident when I'm on my own".
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mrcc
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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Safety always come first 
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 12:42 am Post subject: |
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I know I'm going to be jumped on, but here goes.
You didn't say if you are air towing or cable towing.
If your air towing behind a tug my thoughts are.
Tandem air tows you can and will learn how to fly the hang glider much quicker. With the instructor right there with you will show you how to fly the glider, then help you fix sometime you might do incorrectly on the spot not later.
I've seen people learn in days what took me months to learn. I couldn't do a 90, 180 or 360 turn from the bunny hill. Your first tandem flight with an Air tow Tandem Instructor will have to do these maneuvers from your very first flight.
If you have the option to do Air tug air tows to learn, I'd jump on it. Learn the foot take-off and landing on a bunny hill or cable tow with your instructor.
You won't learn how to foot launch or foot land because the gliders are usually have wheels.
Where else are you going to be at 2000 to 2500 feet AGL on your first solo.
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flyingdawg
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:16 am Post subject: |
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| Just call Rob and Diane at High Adventure in San Bernardino and go and learn to fly an HG. Great instructor, great pilot, great place to learn. |
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remmoore
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 7:39 am Post subject: |
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| dc8cappie wrote: |
I know I'm going to be jumped on, but here goes.
You didn't say if you are air towing or cable towing.
OK, Now everybody else is free to jump on me and tell me I'm full of it! |
No - you're not full of it, just flatland-centric. Here in California, we have these things called hills and mountains, which facilitate most instruction. There are just a coupe of instructors that I know of who do any type of towing.
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remmoore
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 7:42 am Post subject: Re: Best place to get H2 certified in CA? |
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| Helix wrote: |
Any suggestions on schools/instructors that will teach and grant certifications with a minimum of bs?
Much thanks in advance! |
You didn't say where you live - California is a big place.
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Helix
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:16 am Post subject: |
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@flyingdawg - Thanks! I'll check them out.
@renmoore - I'm up in the Bay Area, but mobile. Willing to drive down to SoCal for a week. |
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| Helix wrote: |
@flyingdawg - Thanks! I'll check them out.
@renmoore - I'm up in the Bay Area, but mobile. Willing to drive down to SoCal for a week. |
the only problem is it may take longer than a week, Rob is a great instuctor and will do you well, mission soaring center (Pat Deneven) is close by and will do you well also, he can do tows and make the process go faster,
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Manta_Dreaming
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:35 am Post subject: |
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A week for a hang 2 rating is a very short amount of time.
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SlopeSkimmer
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:25 am Post subject: |
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Bay Area Hang Gliding just opened a new hang gliding shop in Fremont Ca. Eric and Robert are two of the best Instructors around and they actually fly hang gliders on their days off. They teach on weekdays and they will give you a free $325 Tandem Fight when you sign up for a lesson package.
Attention pilots...please...stop sucking!
www.iHangGlide.com
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Eteamjack
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| Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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| flyingdawg wrote: |
| Just call Rob and Diane at High Adventure in San Bernardino and go and learn to fly an HG. Great instructor, great pilot, great place to learn. |
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