Experience with any dynamic sport that requires "heads up" balance and coordination is usefull in learning to hang gliding. Motorcycling and snowmobiling are good examples. Watercraft experience, especially sailing skills, are even more transferable.
If you are a rated hang glider pilot who has been inactive, even for many years, call us. You are welcome to a refresher - no charge. We would love to have you back.
If a General Aviation pilot, your knowledge of theory, protocol and airmanship is highly applicable to hang gliding. Many of our best pilots come from the GA community.
Adapting to this particular control configuration will be like moving from a powerboat to a sailboard. You will require complete retraining as a Beginner, but once you have made the transition your general experience will apply fully.
Yes and no. Flights logged hang gliding cannot be credited towards any Transport Canada license or permit. The knowledge and skills, however, are highly transferrable. The same aerodynamic principles, protocols and regulations apply to all aircraft. Airmanship is airmanship.
Gliding provides the best skills foundation a powered pilot can have. What do Robert Pearson (Air Canada Flight 143), Robert Piche (Air Transat Flight 236) and Chester Sullenberger (United Airlines Flight 1549) have in common? They were all glider pilots.