1.You need to Get all of your training complete within 30 - 45 days after your first lesson, consistency is important when learning this sport.
2. Plan on getting your own gear after you've had a few flights on ours so you can begin familiarizing yourself with it.
3. If you can get your glider before your first visit, you can begin learning how to control the glider while standing on the ground. Spend a week on your own timeline getting the basics down to greatly reduce your training time and get 100 dollars off your training tuition.
4. We usually have some used gear at a discounted price and you can go this route for equipment and still land under the lower pricing tiers.
5. Weather is the biggest dictator in scheduling and we sometimes will randomly open on Mon. - Wed.
6. We do (2) 3-4 hour sessions per day. With a Mid-day break from around 11:30 - 2:30
7. There are several motels within 5 minutes of the airport and a campground is right across the road with full hookups for only 25 per night.
call 386.362.3004 for the campground, 386.362.6020 for Quality Inn, 386.362.2600 for Holiday Inn
8. You will get a minimum of 25 flights on our equipment, by this time if you still don't have your own, we will then rent the gear to you for an hourly rate.
9. Here is how the tuition pricing works...
We initially collect a total of 2000 and then depending on how much gear you get through us, we either return 800 to you or collect an additional 700.
-The deposit is non refundable
- The remaining tuition is only refundable if you pay it before having a couple lessons and only if you request a refund 2 weeks before first scheduled visit.
10. Once your full Tuition is paid, we will mail you a top quality trainer glider and harness that you can use to follow along with our online video tutorials.
this will give you a huge head start if you can get in a few days of familiarizing yourself with the art of Kiting (standing on the ground and learning to keep the glider centered overhead before coming to us for your training. You must cover the shipping fees
If you get decent at kiting, it will greatly minimize the time you have to spend on the ground and allow you to move into actual motor flights much sooner. this is just as beneficial to us as it is you.
You will be allowed 2 weeks with this free training package to give yourself this extra advantage.
After 2 weeks, you need to send the equipment back to us and most likely plan on your time needed for training to be reduced by around 2-4 days.