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IT'S TIME TO FLY
Check out our Hang Gliding and Paragliding week long Camp Schedule below.
Try a Beginner Hang Gliding Lesson for just $99. You'll get 3 to 4 hours of Professional Instruction and fly on the first day farther than the Wright Brothers did on their first attempts.

Welcome to Blue Sky, Virginias' full time hang gliding school and the ' Low and Slow ' scooter towing training facility.
The Wills Wing Condor is the safest way to get started, it's big, slow and forgiving. Sign up for a beginner scooter tow lesson and see what it's like to float slowly just a few feet above the ground. This is a safe and easy way to get introduced to the sport of hang gliding.
Just walk, jog, fly with the light power of the Blue Sky scooter system.
 Students of all ages can enjoy the thrill of flight. A four hour lesson costs $99 and includes all equipment. You'll go through a ground school, get familiar with the equipment, practice holding and jogging with the glider, then take your first steps into the air. Beginners can fly over 2 football fields in distance the first day at safe altitudes of just 5 feet above the grassy landscape. Call and make a reservation today.
Here is a look at a few flights that students might make after just a few short lessons.
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Blue Sky adds an Introduction to Paragliding in 2010
Now the US distributor for Aeros Paragliders , harnesses and reserves.
Look under our lessons menu to go to our paragliding page for more information
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The Blue Sky Flight Park Team
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Blue Sky is your full time, full service hang gliding flight park located less than 30 minutes ENE of Richmond, Virginia. Towing is the main way to launch on the flatlands and Blue Sky offers a variety of ways to become airborne. Beginner through advanced pilots can have fun flying over the scenic country landscape. Flights of over 5 hours duration, 8000 feet high, and distances of 50 miles have been accomplished.
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Steve Wendt brings over 34 years of teaching and flight experience to the program. The USHGA awarded Steve the 2004 Instructor of the Year for his efforts and most recently the 2007 NAA safety award. Steve is a certified USHGA advanced and tandem instructor, flies the Dragonfly and Airborne trikes, and powered HG harnesses. The instructional program is one of the best in the country and is available year round, 7 days a week, weather permitting.
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Beginner Hang Gliding Lessons
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Beginning hang gliding students will fly in their first lesson at 5 to 10 feet above the ground with the Blue Sky 'Low and Slow' scooter towing methods developed by Steve Wendt. Large and forgiving training gliders let you begin safely. The feeling of floating just above the ground for hundreds of feet is something you'll never forget. On the first day you will go through a basic ground school and equipment orientation. You will learn how to hold and run with the glider while keeping your body in the proper position to control the gliders balance for proper speed and directional control. Steve won't let you get higher until you master the basic skills. Plus, no carrying the glider back up the hill. Scooter tow training allows you to fly over.....
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..... flat ground. Fatigue is minimal while the fun meter is max. Lessons are generally taught in the early morning while the air near the ground is calm. If you decide that becoming a more serious hang glider pilot is your dream, Blue Sky can take you there at whatever pace fits your schedule and finances. It usually takes 8 to 12 lessons to graduate to 1000 foot altitudes or more, but you simply fly higher based on your comfort level and skills you develop, safety first! You can purchase individual lessons, or pay in advance for packages of lessons that can save you money. So, make your dream of flight a reality with Blue Sky.
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Scooter Towing
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Platform Truck Towing
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Aerotowing
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Hill Launching
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Powered Trikes
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Powered HG Harnesses
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Tandem HG
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Paragliding
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Camping and Fun
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Featured Aircraft of the Month
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Custom WW Sport 2 155. UVM LE cloth, Hydranet TE, custom split panel, bright red and black, Slipstream wheel kit installed. This glider with freight would retail for over $5200. Don't wait for 12 week delivery times. Yours today for $4995.
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Featured Item of the Month
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If you are in need of a compact vario/altimeter, take a look at the Ascent Variometer. Small in size, wear it on your wrist. Price is $299 plus shipping. Call and order one today.
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Used payout winch available immediately. Heavy duty automotive rim, new hydraulic pressure control unit. Save the build time and just start flying. The first $950 takes it.
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Enjoy a look at the Blue Sky Moyes Dragonfly powered aircraft It's a great recreational airplane as well as the worlds best Hang Glider Tow plane.
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