Although the feeling of gliding is wonderful, the price is slightly better than other extreme sports. According to Li Rong, the biggest investment in this sport is paragliding and corresponding equipment. "According to different equipment brands, the cost is about 20,000-40,000 yuan. Under normal circumstances, students should have their own equipment if they want to engage in this sport for a long time. Only in the initial stage, the club provided equipment for students. "
In addition, the training fees at each stage are different. It is understood that the expenses in the primary stage include: training fee of 2,400 yuan, certificate fee for graduation, 200 yuan, and extreme sports accident insurance premium near 200 yuan every month. Students can choose this insurance premium flexibly according to their own situation.
"If students enter the intermediate stage, they must join the club and pay the annual membership fee of 800 yuan." Zhang further added.
According to the reporter, there are about 300 paragliders in Beijing Flying Club, and most of them are white-collar workers. "There are many senior managers in the IT industry or enterprises. These people usually stay indoors for a long time and have a lot of work pressure. This kind of exercise is a good way for them to relieve stress. " Li Wei introduced.
Paragliding requires a driver's license.
According to Zhang, paragliding coach of Beijing Flying Club, paragliding is different from other sports, and it has strong technical mobility. It is divided into three stages: primary stage, intermediate stage and professional stage. After each stage of training, the IATA Certification Center will issue certificates of corresponding levels to the technically qualified students.
In the initial stage, students will receive training for about 5 days. According to the students' schedule and climate, the training period can be discontinuous. These five-day courses include: theoretical teaching, namely paragliding operation and gliding climate; In simulation training, students sit in a simulated paraglider and experience take-off, landing and paraglider control; Next is the ground "bucket umbrella", that is, the students actually hold up a paraglider of about 20 square meters to practice taking off. If your umbrella is good, you can try flying to the mountain. At this time, under the command of the coach, the students flew to the mountain 30-50 meters high. After 3-5 flights, you can truly experience the feeling of "flying". At this time, the students will take off from a mountain more than 500 meters, such as Mangshan Mountain in Changping, flying for three times, and the primary course will come to an end. You can "graduate" if you are qualified in technology.
The next intermediate stage is a stage of gradual proficiency. Flying in the mountains for 30 times will make you feel the fun of flying slowly. "In the first five or six intermediate trainings, the coach commanded on the ground and the students operated in the air. Slowly, with the improvement of the proficiency of operation and the correctness of airflow judgment, the coach will extend the hovering time of the students in the air. " According to Zhang, in order to operate completely independently, the students have to fly to the mountains for about 20 times.