Detailed below is the BHPA training syllabus for the Peak Airsports Elementary Pilots Certificate(EPC) for hang gliding.
These are the exercises and tasks you will be required to successfully complete in order to gain your hang gliding Elementary Pilots Certificate and before you can progress on to complete the Club Pilots Certificate for hang gliding.
| Phase | Exercise | Tasks |
|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 1 | Introduction: BHPA membership; risk warning; site discipline and school rules; students health/medical conditions explanation of Training Programme and Pilot Rating Scheme; Student Training Record book; clothing / footwear. |
| 2 | Site Assessment briefing: site and any site hazards; airflow and airflow hazards; weather assessment. | |
| 3 | Equipment introduction: parts and function of the wing, harness and helmet; how an aerofoil creates lift; daily inspections demonstrated, practiced and understood. | |
| 4 | Avoiding and minimizing injury: safety techniques discussed, when and how to use them demonstrated and practiced to a good degree of competence. | |
| Phase 2 | 5 | Briefing: pre-flight checks, taking off and landing into wind, airspeed control, the flare |
| 6 | Preparation: putting on the helmet and harness, pre-flight checks. | |
| 7 | running with the wing: learning to flare / stall the wing on landing and the post-flight control. | |
| 8 | Directional control: making turns whilst running with the wing on the ground. | |
| Phase 3 | 9 | Getting Airborne: the student will practice taking off, making small flights (typically no more than 5 metres ground clearance with teathers), and controlled landings. |
