Tag: paragliding

Paragliding offers the possibility of great adventures, challenges and glimpses of the beauty of the area above which it is flying. It does not require too much financial resources and time. Paragliding is one of the youngest aerial sports and is intensively developing. Like other adventurous activities it involves risk. The most important preconditions for learning safe flight are: personal attitude, competent training and safe equipment. Training is carried out gradually and from lower altitudes. What is a paraglider? Paraglider is a craft that uses wind and thermal forces to stay in the air and to go as far as possible. The paraglider is a ram-air parachute-winged air, with which it rolls with a run-off and slips to the feet. Paragliding equipment consists of: a wing of the reserve parachute linkage system of the protective equipment of the connection and navigation equipment. The paraglider parts are: a dome (wing or glider, in a jargon of "patch") gurney (on which the pilot hangs and the ropes are attached to the wing) Connection (with which the pilot catches the gutters) The necessary equipment is easily packed into one backpack around 15 kg of weight. Where to go to paragliding in Serbia? Seats in our country are: Vrsacki breg, Rajac, Sicevo, Kopaonik, Suva Planina, Golija, Guchevo, Novi Sad, Subotica, Zlatibor. Paragliding at Vršac is one of the best places for paragliding in Serbia due to ideal meteorological conditions. There are paragliding clubs that organize and train interested parties. Paragliding sites in Montenegro are also among the countries in the region: Žabljak on Durmitor, Berane, Budva and Herceg Novi. The safest way to experience the first flight with a paraglider is the tandem flight with the instructor Tandem Paragliders have the ability to carry two people (you and instructors). No previous experience, knowledge or special physical training is required for a tandem flight. Instructions and information are very simple and you get them from an experienced paraglider pilot before the tandem of the flight. The flight usually takes 15-20 minutes, which is more than enough for this kind of experience.