Castelluccio Fall
12. OCTOBER - 19. OCTOBER 2024 / CHF 1490
The almost circular plateau in central Italy is simply beautiful. The bare grass hills offer the ideal terrain for ground handling, soaring close to the ground and top landing training in any wind direction.
Castelluccio 2029, Credit Stefan S
Programme
The plateau of Castelluccio lies 1300m above sea level in central Italian Umbria. Surrounded by bare, round grass hills we have the perfect spot for our ground handling camp.
With low winds we head for the higher areas on the surrounding hills, where we learn different strong wind launch techniques, kiting with the glider and top landing. When the wind blows stronger, we literally have a whole plateau as a playground.
As soon as the thermal sets in, the surrounding hills and the majestic Monte Vettore invite us to venture long thermal flights. On some days the thermals reach to over 3000m altitude.
The focus of this training week is the improvement of:
- reverse take-off technique
- glider handling in strong winds
- slope and top landings
We end the day with white wine or an Aperol Spritz in medieval Castelluccio. Our cosy agriturismo is located in the village. For dinner we can choose between several typical Umbrian taverns.
During the week the distances between flying area and accommodation are short and we can devote the whole day to ground handling and flying.
Services
INCLUSIVE
- Accommodation in a double room in a cosy agriturismo including breakfast (no single room available)
- Carpooling in the Parabus from Zurich or own travel by own arrangement
- All transport in the flying area
- Take-off and landing fees
- Support by Marco di Giacomo from paraworld.ch
- Alternative programme in the event of non-flying weather
EXCLUSIVE
- Lunch and dinner
- Cancellation costs and insurance to cover repatriation costs for accident or illness
Impressioni belli
Registration
The trip is suitable for experienced pilots as well as students with at least 10 high flights.
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