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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Curriculum
- 16 Sections
- 146 Lessons
- 104 Weeks
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- Ok I'm in, what's next?4
- Phase 1 Pre-flight EP7
- Phase 2 Ground Training EP6
- Phase 3 Initial Flights EP5
- Phase 4 Theory EP11
- 5.1Video: The BHPA rating system10 Minutes
- 5.24.1 The BHPA Pilot Rating System
- 5.3Video: Intro to principles of flight16 Minutes
- 5.4Video: Principles of flight 2
- 5.54.2 Flight theory
- 5.64.3 Flying weather
- 5.7Video: Collision Avoidance20 Minutes
- 5.8Video: General Flying Rules3 Minutes
- 5.94.4 Rules of the air
- 5.10Video: Airmanship16 Minutes
- 5.114.5 Airmanship
- Phase 5 Exercises EP4
- Phase 6 Equipment CP9
- Phase 7 Extended Flights CP7
- Phase 8 Improving Skills CP8
- Phase 9 Instability & Emergencies CP3
- Phase 10 Theory 2 CP22
- 11.110.1 Site assessment
- 11.2Video: Wind Gradients & Venturi Effect7 Minutes
- 11.310.2 Wind gradient & venturi
- 11.410.3 Weather assessment
- 11.510.4 Big weather
- 11.6Video: Surface Pressure Charts15 Minutes
- 11.710.5 Surface pressure charts
- 11.8Video: Clouds11 Minutes
- 11.910.6 Clouds
- 11.1010.7 Airflow around terrain
- 11.1110.8 Intro to valley winds
- 11.12Video: Thermal Formation
- 11.13Video: Using thermal lift
- 11.1410.9 Intro to thermals
- 11.1510.10 Drag
- 11.1610.11 Speed to fly
- 11.1710.12 Air law 1
- 11.18Video: Military Deconfliction8 Minutes
- 11.1910.13 Avoiding military traffic
- 11.20Video: Sharing the Air Priorities6 Minutes
- 11.21Video: Visual Met Conditions5 Minutes
- 11.2210.14 Aircharts
- Phase 11 Leaving School CP9
- Phase 12 Pilot41
- 13.112.0 Pilot Advanced Phase
- 13.212.1 Aviation forecasts
- 13.3Video: Aviation Forecasts
- 13.4Video: Regional Atmospheric Soaring Prediction
- 13.512.2 Ana & Katabatic flows & valley winds
- 13.6Video: Anabatic / Katabatic Flows
- 13.712.3 The daily convection cycle
- 13.8Video: Daily Convection Cycle
- 13.9Video: Air Mass Temperature Profiles
- 13.10Video: Daily Airmass Changes
- 13.1112.4 Wave & sea breezes
- 13.12Video: Wave and Sea Breezes
- 13.1312.5 Lapse rates
- 13.14Video: Lapse Rates
- 13.15Video: Intro to Aeronautical Charts3 Minutes
- 13.1612.6 Aeronautical charts
- 13.1712.7 XC Flight with chart
- 13.18Video: Aeronautical Chart Features5 Minutes
- 13.1912.8 Instruments 2
- 13.20Video: ICAO Standard Atmosphere
- 13.2112.9 Radios
- 13.22Video: Radios
- 13.23Video: Structure of UK airspace
- 13.24Video: Planning and navigating an XC18 Minutes
- 13.2512.10 Low flying rules & displays
- 13.2612.11 Pod harnesses
- 13.2712.13 Advanced glider control
- 13.2812.14 Spins
- 13.2912.15 Spiral dives
- 13.3012.16 B-line stalls
- 13.31Video: Security in Flight – Part 1134 Minutes
- 13.32Video: Cobra Launch30 Minutes
- 13.3312.17 Emergency parachute deployment
- 13.3412.18 Stronger wind launches
- 13.3512.19 Human performance
- 13.3612.20 Touching Cloudbase, going XC
- 13.37Exam: Pilot – Principles of flight
- 13.38Exam: Pilot – Meteorology
- 13.39Exam: Pilot – Airmanship & human factors
- 13.40Exam: Pilot – Airlaw
- 13.41Exam: Advanced Pilot
- Advanced Flying - SIV I - Security in Flight1
- Advanced Flying - SIV II - Emergencies8
- 15.1Video: SIV2-1 Testing with Alain Zoller
- 15.2Video: SIV2-2 Harness Settings
- 15.3Video: SIV2-3 Twists6 Minutes
- 15.4Video: SIV2-4 Cravats8 Minutes
- 15.5Video: Siv2-5 Locked spirals11 Minutes
- 15.6Video: SIV2-6 Reserve Deployments
- 15.7Video: SIV2-7 Water Landings7 Minutes
- 15.8Video: SIV2-8 Final Words4 Minutes
- Bonus: Performance Flying with Jocky Sanderson1

