Welcome to the Touching Cloudbase guide
Aimed at those completely new to flying, those enrolled in a paragliding school, and also qualified pilots who wish to expand their knowledge or revise for their exams.
The Curriculum tab above will give you a good overview of the course structure and the subjects covered. With over 60 videos, and a detailed text sections – you get a huge amount of relevant and up-to-date information covering Elementary Pilot, Club Pilot, Pilot ratings together with additional material.
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Phase 1 Pre-flight EP
Phase 2 Ground Training EP
Phase 3 Initial Flights EP
Phase 4 Theory EP
Phase 5 Exercises EP
Phase 6 Equipment CP
Phase 7 Extended Flights CP
Phase 8 Improving Skills CP
Phase 9 Instability & Emergencies CP
Phase 10 Theory 2 CP
- 10.1 Site assessment
- Video: Wind Gradients & Venturi Effect
- 10.2 Wind gradient & venturi
- 10.3 Weather assessment
- 10.4 Big weather
- Video: Surface Pressure Charts
- 10.5 Surface pressure charts
- Video: Clouds
- 10.6 Clouds
- 10.7 Airflow around terrain
- 10.8 Intro to valley winds
- Video: Thermal Formation
- Video: Using thermal lift
- 10.9 Intro to thermals
- 10.10 Drag
- 10.11 Speed to fly
- 10.12 Air law 1
- Video: Military Deconfliction
- 10.13 Avoiding military traffic
- Video: Sharing the Air Priorities
- Video: Visual Met Conditions
- 10.14 Aircharts
Phase 11 Leaving School CP
Phase 12 Pilot
- 12.0 Pilot Advanced Phase
- 12.1 Aviation forecasts
- 12.2 Ana & Katabatic flows & valley winds
- 12.3 The daily convection cycle
- 12.4 Wave & sea breezes
- 12.5 Lapse rates
- Video: Intro to Aeronautical Charts
- 12.6 Aeronautical charts
- 12.7 XC Flight with chart
- Video: Aeronautical Chart Features
- 12.8 Instruments 2
- 12.9 Radios
- Video: Structure of UK airspace
- Video: Planning and navigating an XC
- 12.10 Low flying rules & displays
- 12.11 Pod harnesses
- 12.13 Advanced glider control
- 12.14 Spins
- 12.15 Spiral dives
- 12.16 B-line stalls
- Video: Security in Flight – Part 1
- Video: Cobra Launch
- 12.17 Emergency parachute deployment
- 12.18 Stronger wind launches
- 12.19 Human performance
- 12.20 Touching Cloudbase, going XC
- Exam: Pilot – Principles of flight
- Exam: Pilot – Meteorology
- Exam: Pilot – Airmanship & human factors
- Exam: Pilot – Airlaw
- Exam: Advanced Pilot
Advanced Flying - SIV I - Security in Flight
Advanced Flying - SIV II - Emergencies
Bonus: Performance Flying with Jocky Sanderson
