If you are serious about learning to fly and you want to start properly, this is the right first step.

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This is not a gimmick day, a thrill ride, or a dressed-up promise of airtime. It is a coached, hands-on introduction to real paragliding and paramotor training, built around the one skill that matters most and is most often underestimated: wing control.

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At PPG Training UK, we do not rush people towards the air before they have earned it. We start where real pilot development starts, on the ground, with control, discipline, awareness, and sound decision-making.

There is no guaranteed flying on this day, because we do not gamble with safety. If conditions are right, and if you are progressing well, there may be an opportunity for a supervised assisted/tow hop, typically up to around 15 ft.

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For the paramotor element, the day finishes with you wearing the engine on your back under controlled instruction, so you leave with a genuine understanding of the power, the equipment, and what proper training with us actually feels like.

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Quick Facts

• Discipline: Paragliding and Paramotor

• Focus: Wing handling, control, and safe decision-making

• Flying: Not included and never promised

• Possible airtime: Supervised assisted/tow hop only if conditions are safe and suitable

• Paramotor element: Ground-based engine experience at the end of the day

• Location: Yorkshire, with exact site confirmed on booking

• Format: Full-day coached session in a small group

• Weather: Weather-dependent and rescheduled if conditions are not safe or productive

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What You Will Do on the Day

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1. Safety Brief and How the Sport Really Works

We start with the fundamentals properly.

You will be introduced to site discipline, wind awareness, equipment overview, and the way safe decisions are made throughout the day. This gives you a realistic understanding of how proper training works from the start.

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2. Wing Control Training, The Foundation of Everything

This is the part most people underestimate, and the part that separates real pilots from people simply chasing airtime.

You will learn the core handling skills that make everything else possible:

• Safe wing layout and preparation

• Building a clean inflation

• Overhead control and staying centred

• Turning, stopping, stabilising, and bringing the wing down safely

• Abort discipline — because knowing when to stop is part of flying well

This is where confidence starts to become real.

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3. Supervised Assisted / Tow Hop

If conditions are suitable, and if your control and responsiveness are where they need to be, there may be an opportunity for a supervised assisted/tow hop.

This is usually a short, controlled lift that may take you up to around 15 ft.

It is not guaranteed. It depends entirely on:

• Wind and overall conditions

• Your control and responsiveness

• The instructor’s judgement on safety

We will not force airtime where it is not deserved, and we will not fake progress for the sake of giving someone a moment.

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4. Paramotor Power Experience

At the end of the day, you will also experience the paramotor element under direct supervision.

You will:

• Be fitted correctly in the harness

• Learn safe posture and handling

• Wear the engine on your back under instruction

• Feel the thrust and power in a controlled ground-based run

There is no take-off. The objective is to give you a proper first feel for the equipment and the physical reality of powered flight training.

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What This Day Is — And What It Is Not

This day is:

• A proper introduction to real training

• Structured, coached, and hands-on

• Built around skill, control, and realistic progression

• A serious first step into paragliding and paramotor training

This day is not:

• A thrill ride

• A promise of airtime

• A shortcut to saying you have “done it”

If you are looking for the easiest route to getting airborne, this probably is not for you.

If you want standards, structure, and confidence that actually holds up in real conditions, it is exactly where you should start.

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What You Will Leave With

By the end of the day, you will leave with:

• A real feel for wing control and what good handling actually looks like

• A clearer understanding of equipment, safety, and site discipline

• A realistic view of how proper training works

• First-hand experience of the paramotor power element

• Honest feedback on whether you are ready for the next step

This day is designed to give you clarity, not hype.

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What to Bring

Please bring:

• Proper ankle-support boots

• Gloves

• Outdoor layers suitable for wind and changing conditions

• Lunch and water

You will be using your hands, moving around, and spending the day outdoors, so come prepared.

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Weather and Scheduling

We train around conditions.

If the weather is not safe or not productive, we reschedule. Simple as that.

You will receive a weather decision before travelling where possible.

Because this is aviation, conditions matter. We do not force training in unsuitable weather just to fill a day, and we do not pretend a poor day is a good one.

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Book Your Taster Day

If you want a proper first step into paramotor and paragliding training, this is where to start.

£200 per person. Full day. Small groups. Yorkshire based. Gift vouchers available.

Message PPG Training UK on WhatsApp to book your Taster Day.