Category: | School, University, Point of interest, Establishment, |
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Address: | AB-624, Rocky Rapids, AB T0E 1Z0, Canada |
Postal code: | T0E 1Z0 |
Phone: | (780) 621-8394 |
Website: | http://www.airadventurefs.ca/ |
Great place to go for training
Great structure and beautiful place. Instructor and owners are great people and I am anxious to start the paragliding course.
This would have to be one of the most incredible experiences of my life! Learning how to fly is something I've always wanted to do since I was a child, but I was scared away from the price tag that I was told of. However, when I came across Paramotoring and the other Ultra light air crafts, I was shocked at how inexpensive it was to learn and own your own craft. Air Adventure was able to help me out with all of this, from recommending what type of equipment to go with to high quality training taught by their teachers. Claudio is extremely experienced so learning from him and his teaching progression allowed me to feel safe through the whole schooling. The school was very well equipped with clean washroom facilities, a clubhouse to hang out in when the weather was bad, a shop to tune up the equipment and more. We were able to get a ton of training in thanks to the assistants at the school who would pick us up on golf carts to bring us back so we didn't have to haul our gear the all the way back which helped us get at least 4x the amount of flights in if there wasn't that help. The high speed winch let us learn the basics of the controls before strapping the motor to our back so we were able to learn without jumping into the deep end.
There aren't many suggestions I could give to improve anything at this school, the staff were all friendly and met some new friends there. All in all, I would highly recommend this place to anyone that is looking to get into flying as this is probably the best starting point for anyone that wants to get airborne!
Had an amazing experience today trying paragliding for the first time. Claudio was an excellent instructor and I can't wait to go back. Thanks!
I went for a short flight in the ultralight with Claudio, the instructor, and it was great. We climbed to about 5000 feet. I got a chance to use the controls to fly the ultralight. We shut off the engine and glided back to the runway for a perfect 3 point landing. Claudio explained everything he was doing so there were no surprises. The flight school is only 15 minutes from Drayton Valley right on the pavement.