Learn to fly with Airsport in two steps: first the basic training or Starter Stage, followed by the high-flight courses. Discover what it is like to fly like a bird!

Read on below, or jump to our Flow Chart Airsport Journey, which guides you through the sequence of our training and club concepts.

 

Step 1a: Basic training on the training slope

Goal

To be able to take off independently, in preparation for the high-flight courses.

What you will learn

You learn the basic theory and acquire the essential skills needed to join a high-flight course:

• Prepare the wing and equipment correctly
• Carry out a pre-flight check
• Master a forward launch in simple conditions (wind from 0 to 15 km/h, from the right direction)
• Follow radio instructions correctly
• Master the landing flare

The advantage of this course is that, over several weekends in Belgium, you learn to launch so that the high-flight courses leave more time for the real high flights.

Find more information here.

Step 1b: The Starter Stage

Goal

To be able to take off independently and make your first high flights.

What you will learn

No prior knowledge is needed: by the end of the week, you will really be flying. During this course you will:

• Prepare the wing and equipment correctly
• Carry out a pre-flight check
• Master a forward launch in simple conditions (wind from 0 to 15 km/h, from the right direction)
• Follow radio instructions correctly
• Master the landing flare
• Make high flights independently under radio guidance
• Learn to take off, manoeuvre and land
• Learn to fly the landing approach correctly
• Get used to the feeling of flying

The advantage of the Starter Stage is that it combines launch training, a tandem flight and your first high flights in one course. If you have little or no time at weekends, six days take you all the way to your first high flights. Afterwards, you can continue your training towards the initial licence through the high-flight courses.

Step 2: High-flight courses

Goal

To learn to fly independently in a guided setting, obtain the initial licence, and prepare for the pilot licence.

What you will learn

You will really fly. With full guidance at first, you gradually become increasingly independent. During this course you will:

• Make high flights independently under radio guidance
• Learn to take off, manoeuvre and land
• Learn to fly the landing approach correctly
• Get used to the feeling of flying
• Receive theory lessons in aerodynamics, meteorology and regulations

These courses usually take place abroad: in the Vosges, the Alps, the Pyrenees or sometimes even farther away. Find more information here.

Overview of all courses and licences

Introduction

• Basic training / training slope (learning to launch)
• Starter Stage (learning to launch and making your first flights)

Initial licence

Courses preparing you for the initial licence:

• High-flight course (first flights, advanced exercises or further training)
• Women’s Stage (high-flight course, by women for women)
• Mini Stage (high-flight course over an extended weekend)
• Algodonales further-training course (only for students with at least 20 flights)

Pilot licence

Course preparing you for the pilot licence and the XC course:

• Thermal flying course

XC pilot licence

For pilots who already hold an XC licence and preferably have completed a thermal flying course:

• XC Stage
• Vol-Biv Stage