Paragliding: From Beginner to Cross-Country

by David Sollom, Matthew Cook, John Pendry (Foreword)

Paragliding has been designed specifically to take a novice glider and turn him or her into a competent and confident cross-country performer. It is a unique text, providing for the first time comprehensive information on thermalling, instrumentation, and tandem flying. Other topics include 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.

128 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1998