Hang Gliding and Flying Books

Warren Windsports recommends the following books for hang gliding and paragliding pilots, whether they are students, beginners or advanced pilots. Be inspired and add these titles to your collection or give as a wonderful gift for those that dream of flying or are considering learning to fly.

Higher Than Eagles

$40.00
$40.00

 

Higher Than Eagles is the story of the extraordinary Wills family, written by Maralys and Chris Wills. The Wills family are the pioneers behind the US Hang Gliding Manufacturer Wills Wing. The adventures of the Wills family are so inspiring, especially the endeavours of hang gliding legend Bobby Wills. Higher Than Eagles also gives us a lot of insight into the history of this relatively young sport. For hang gliding pilots, this book will make you feel proud to be part of such an incredible sport, with a very colourful past.

 


Body Mind Mastery

$35.00
$35.00

Body Mind Mastery is a sports psychology book written by Dan Millman, and explores the holistic view of training, competition and the athlete. Dan Millman is a former world champion gymnast, and in this book shines a light on the path and transformation to becoming a champion in life and sport.

A champion is made not just from their physical capacity, but is a combination of the mental, spiritual, mind and body.

Chapters:

Hang Gliding for Beginner Pilots

$60.00
$60.00

Hang Gliding for Beginner Pilots is the ultimate introductory book to hang gliding, and is the official training manual for Novice Hang Gliding Courses in Australia and the USA.

Full of all the essential knowledge for beginner and novice pilots, along with tips from well-known hang gliding pilots, Hang Gliding for Beginner Pilots is the first place to start your hang gliding reading.This book explains the basics of flight and hang gliding, and is packed full of illustrations and photos, which makes it such a great teaching tool.

Understanding The Sky

$60.00
$60.00

Written by Dennis Pagen, this book is a comprehensive guide to the sky, including properties of the air, and how the atmosphere works, including both southern and northern hemisphere patterns. Understanding the Sky is tailored to free flight and recreational flying with strong emphasis and detail on micro-meteorology -an area where most general aviation books lack this content. Understanding the Sky is complete with many illustrations and diagrams.

Thermal Flying

$85.00
$85.00

Thermal Flying is written by Burkhard Martens, a passionate paragliding Instructor and hang gliding pilot. Includes detailed information on every area of thermal flying, such as lift distribution in thermals, windward and leeside thermals and is packed with tips for successful thermal flying. Thermal Flying is filled with great photos and illustrations, which really lighten up the reading load. Thermal Flying aims to equip the reader with more understanding and knowledge to improve your cross country flying and, most importantly, to increase your safety when flying.

Secrets of Champions

$60.00
$60.00

Dennis Pagen's book, The Secret's of Champions, is such a great resource, as it draws from so many pilots, who all have very different experiences and styles, so you have a huge cross section of knowledge and approaches at you finger tips. This is the kind of book that you you read and re-read later, when you're in another phase of flying, and then an entirely different message will be passed Luiz, to elevate your flying once again.

The Art of Sky Sailing Book and DVD

$65.00
$65.00

The Art of Skysailing Book and DVD was published in 2010, and makes an invaluable resource for ALL pilots. This kit was developed from Michael Robertson's Charts of Reliability (1979). The Charts of Reliability have been an compulsory aspect of flight training in the USA since the 90's and works by itemising each flying consideration into twenty-line charts (such as wind and site), which pilots then score each line to determine the reliability of the conditions for their level of flying skills.

Performance Flying

$60.00
$60.00

Performance Flying is written by Dennis Pagen, and also includes insights from expert pilots around the world. The book covers techniques for improving your flying skills in a variety of contexts; thermalling, flying cross country and competition flying. With contributions from Kari Castle and Jim Lee, to name just two, this book is full of tips and knowledge to raise your level of flying knowledge and attitude. The extensive use of illustrations and diagrams makes it easy to comprehend the concepts.

Chapters:

Copyright © 2012 Warren Windsports Hang Gliding Adventures & Gear NSW . Tandem Hang Gliding and Fly Solo Lessons Bald Hill New South Wales
Hanggliding at Stanwell Park - Illawarra Region, NSW South Coast Sydney Australia