
Get your (AT)
Aerotow Rating

Aerotow training is $120 per lesson
(includes 1 tandem flight with a certified instructor
and ground school for an additional $40/hour)
Many variables effect an individual and the number of lessons it takes to
get the aerotow rating... what takes one person 4 lessons to be signed off
with the Aerotow rating may take another person 10 lessons. Therefore
we cannot promise you an overall price it may take to get your Aerotow rating.
We are a United States Hang Gliding Association (USHPA) certified school and
have instructed numerous pilots in getting their Aerotow Rating (AT).
Our tandem aerotow training combined with Central Florida’s weather conditions
and breezes from the Atlantic and Gulf meeting over the state
allows you to reach your goals rather quickly without sacrificing safety
AND YOUR SAFETY IS NUMBER 1 !
Our flight park also hosts educational mentored events, like the GSSK
(Green Swamp Sport Klassic), to help you prepare for flying in a competitive
environment and foster cross-country (XC) skills. We also host the
Wilotree Park and Paradise Airsports Nationals competitions. These are
flatland aerotow competitions and part of the U.S. National Hang Gliding
Championship Series. The competition is for Open, Sport, Swift, and
Rigid wing classes. The competitions are typically in April or May
with the GSSK being prior, usually in March or April.
In order to compete in the competitions you need to have your
aerotow rating and be proficient in aerotowing in all conditions.
What is Aertowing? ....
Aerotowing is a method of launching where the glider is towed to altitude
by an tow plane, in our case, a Dragonfly or Trike. Training involved to
get your Aerotow rating is done with our tandem hang glider, The Monarch.
The set up is different than during a Discovery tandem flight for non-pilots.
You, as the hang gliding pilot, are now on the bottom with one of our certified
hang gliding instructors being on top. Being on top allows the instructor to teach you
the safe and proper aerotowing technique while you get to be in control of the glider.
When you are ready to do a solo aerotow you will rent one of our
hang gliders. The hang glider, unlike the Tandem hang glider, will be supported
by a cart for initial take off roll and released once airborne.
After your solo flight, upon landing, we will use one of our ATVs to bring
you a cart and fetch you and your hang glider. This allows you to
land anywhere in the flight park giving you total freedom and piece of mind over
where you land at Paradise Airsports. What could be easier than that?

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