The Killing Zone: How & Why Pilots Die (Hardcover) Buy it now from the paraglider-shop in the Amazon section now!
by Paul A. Craig (Author) "DESPITE THE BOOK TITLE, flying is safe ...
A great book for all pilots including Paraglider pilots, the flying zone, you can fly through it, or you can die in it. Harsh statement I know but true. Most pilots earn their private certificate with 40 to 70 flight hours. Then they leave their instructors behind and enter the killing zone. Grimly embracing the period from 50 to 350 flight hours - a vital time for new pilots to build practical and decision-making skills - this deadly zone lays in wait for those who err, killing more pilots than all other periods put together. You don't have to be one of them. Aviation safety specialist Paul Craig - discoverer of the killing zone - shows you the fatal errors that inexperienced pilots make time after time and gives you tactics to avoid them. Based on the first in-depth, scientific study of pilot behaviour and general aviation flying accidents in more than 20 years, "The Killing Zone": identifies the time frame in which you are most likely to die; alerts you to the 12 mistakes most likely to kill you; outlines preventive strategies for flying through the zone alive; provides guidelines for avoiding, evading, diverting, correcting, and managing dangers; and, includes a "Pilot Personality Self-Assessment Exercise" for an individualized survival strategy and survive the dangers that lurk in the killing zone.
Interlaken International Paragliding adventures
Paragliding at Interlaken, what an amazing experience, great views especially, in the winter when you fly high above the snow.
Lots of different cultures make this a grate place to paraglide.
Pilot's Weather: The Commonsense Approach to Meteorology (Hardcover) Online On Amazon
by Brian Cosgrove (Author)
This guide to weather for all pilots including paragliding pilots the use of actual colour photographs of clouds and landscapes rather than line drawings and tables of statistics to explain what is happening in the atmosphere.
We know that paragliders fly up to the clouds, but it’s a good read and the extra knowledge is worth having.
If you know a friend or relative travelling to New Zealand or already living in Auckland, a gift certificate for a hang-glider flight would make a unique and unforgettable present.
http://www.gethigh.co.nz/pages/giftcert.htm
Certificates are valid for 6 months.
Note a 95kg weight limit applies for tandem flights.
Paragliding: From Beginner to Cross-country (Paperback) On Amazon
by David Sollom (Author), Matthew Cook (Author)
Paragliding has variously been described as 'the nearest thing to real flying', 'the simplest form of aviation yet invented', and 'an aircraft in a backpack'
What an introduction to paragliding, this will provide tuition information on thermalling, instrumentation and tandem flying. Other topics include: the theory of gliding; practical instruction of basic, intermediate and advanced techniques; instruction on flying cross-country in the UK; and advice on equipment and air law.
