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Paragliding is one of the aero sports using elliptical parachutes called gliders. Paragliding is one of the extreme sport. Compared with the other aero sports, paragliding is the cheapest. If you have a glider, thats the equipment for paragliding , you can do it for free! isn’t that cool?

As for outfit, you don’t have to wear a special outfit . A pair of jeans or a training suit, ankle protecting shoes, gloves and a helmet is all you need . But the thing is , you have to be a pilot to fly. Yes, the person who paraglides is called a pilot (sounds coll, huh?) . What to do to be a pilot?

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First, you have to go to through a basic training which takes four meetings training to get a pilot license. A license is necessary for you to go paragliding in other places, or even other countries. Unless you have a license , you can’t fly solo.

In this sport, you have to keep a logbook, this is the note to see how often you have flown to get the higher rank of pilot.