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Scooter towing * Blue Sky * Beginner Lessons * Variety * Featured Items * Calendar -------Check below for our week long Hang Gliding Camp information------- 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 grassing landscape.  Call to make a reservation today.                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instructors who wish to view the Blue Sky / Wills Wing low and slow scooter tow video just click on the link below http://www.willswing.com/learn/scooterTow/ _____________________________________________________________________________

The Blue Sky Flight Park Team

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.
Steve Wendt brings over 32 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.

Beginner Hang Gliding Lessons

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.....

..... 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.

Blue Sky Offers Variety

Scooter Towing	Platform Truck Towing	Aerotowing

Hill Launching	Powered Trikes	Powered HG Harnesses

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Wills Wing Gliders and Harnesses Moyes Gliders Airborne Trikes Custom Sewing and more

Featured Aircraft of the Month

WW Falcon 225 in very good condition.  This is a Falcon 1 style, which means it has a weight range up to 400 pounds.  Lite tandem potential, lite trike, or just a good large pilot solo glider.  Flies very well and has never had an owner.  Just a school glider that was rarely used, as we generally don't get many large students.  This glider is available immediately for $1000 as this months special.

Featured Item of the Month

These custom designed Bar Mitts wrap around the base tube with no gaps to let the cold air inside.  Wear light gloves for launch and landings then slip them into the mitts when things get cold on those long winter flights.  Cost is $65 and come in a variety of colors, and have a tough palm with simulated sheepskin inner lining.  Great for Trike flying also.

Coming Events

Summer Camps with Camp Horizons at the Harrisonburg Training Hills. During these dates the Flight Park is closed as we travel and teach foot launch skills. Call to see if you can join us. June 25/26        July 9/10        July 23/24          Aug 6/7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------      Blue Sky Hang Gliding Camp      July 14 - 18        For those who wish to take on hang gliding head on, this is the camp for you.  Spend 5 days being involved in training with 2 lessons per day, flight activities, camping,  tandem flights and loads of fun.  Sign up by calling Steve at 804-241-4324 and get the itinerary or email us at blueskyhg@yahoo.com  .   This camp is at our Blue Sky Flight Park location near Richmond , Virginia.  Camp  includes 9 lessons, tandem flights, manuals, t-shirt, camping and achieving the USHGA Hang 1 and 2 rating and more.  A value of over $1200 and available for $999.  Reservations are a must.   A $100 non-refundable deposit is required.  All activities are weather dependent.

Blue Sky PO Box 212 Penn Laird, VA  22846 804-241-4324 The above address is a contact mailing address for Steve Wendt and is not the location of Blue Sky Flight Park , which is located near Manquin, Virginia , about 30 minutes ENE of the Richmond area. Click 'Directions' at the top of the Home Page to find us.