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Colombia XC tour15th to 29th February, 2012, (14 flying days!)
DAY 8 (COFEE REGION) DAY 9-10 (PINTADA) DAY 11-14 (SANTA FE DE ANTIOQUIA)
It will be a 14 days tour of these great sites, with also visits to coffee regions and you will be staying on farms, so that you really get a feel for the country, the culture and the people as well as the flying. The tour part of the trip will cost £770, which is good value when you look at the 14 day schedule and what is included below. Because most of our normal course expenses are wrapped up in this price, we will only add £430 to cover Tim and Chris's guiding fee's and travel expenses. So the 14-day package price is £1200.
I don't imagine this will be to full but I do know it will be a great trip, so it is good to be able to organise it for pilots we know and who will really benefit from this magical opportunity. I would really like to go on this, but it looks doubtful because I will be in Australia until Feb 5th, but having Chris, Tim and Lucho there will really make sure everyone maximises the flying potential of all the great sites you fly from. You will be flying at a time when the weather in the northern hemishpere is cold and wet, and you will be returning at the beggining of the XC season, fresh and firing on all cylinders. The course includes tuition, transport, B&B accommodation, plus the intimate briefings, air-to-air training, lectures noin flying activities like horse riding and coffee farm tours etc. INCLUDED IN THE COURSE FEE · Maximum number of people 12 + Colombian Guide. · Van for 15 people · Air Conditioning · DVD In the Minibus · Accomodation in Farms: Farms with all the comfort
· Breakfast Included · Transportation to all the take offs · Retrieve wherever the Pilot Lands (GPS Coordinates) · Local SIM cards for every pilot. · T-Shirt of the Tour · Tickets to the take offs (In Colombia we pay most of the take offs a value between 1 and 2 Euro per day per Pilot) but you will find the best take offs of the world. · Daily hydration. · Riding Horses and tour by the Coffee Farm during the Day Off (resting day)
NOT INCLUDED
· Air Tickets to Colombia · Lunch and Dinner · Alcoholic and soft drinks · Insurance · Visa Expenses
If you are interested in coming on the course then please read on and
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interest. This will make sure you are kept up-to-date with developing
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Jocky The Course On a typical day you will be driven up to the take off. There you'll be given a team brief/ de-brief, and lecture. Once everyone is ready we'll set a task to fly and then take off together, flying as far as possible, under radio tuition, as a team. One of us will be with the first group and the other instructors will be positioned throughout the pack, with the last one bringing up the rear. After a few days into the course we may change to position ourselves to look after the pilots who may need more instruction. Our aim is to have everyone getting personal bests and making the most out of the conditions, so please feel free to ask loads of questions and make sure you sap us of all knowledge. To give you an idea last year we flew everyday and 40km was a common average. We have a great deal of information on the flight plan that we will be sending out when you book. The launches are generally smooth but steep with a gentle up-slope breeze. You are all good enough to fly from there with no problems so there won't always be a take-off instructor there. Please remember that although you are on a course and we are giving you full instruction, where possible, you must be self-reliant and be able to make your own decisions as well. If you bomb out then you get a lift back up to take-off for another go. Ref' radios, make sure they're 2-metre band and, if possible, get a 110 volt to 220v transformer, although it is possible to get them made out there. The course will start at 10AM on the 15th and finish at 5pm on the 29th February. After the briefing, we will go up to launch, treating it as a relaxing orientation thermalling flight getting pilots familier with the area and their kit. The big Xc's will start on the second day, were we start at day at 09:30. Travel LogisticsThe main group is travelling out on the following flight. If you wish to get a different flight, that arrives earlier, then we can meet us all in Cali at 6PM on the 14th February, 2012. The flight we are on is... Madrid to Cali Maps Visa’s Vaccinations. Insurance Accommodation Once you have booked on the course I will be sending the, joining instructions, maps and further information. I look forward to hearing from you soon but in the meantime please read the useful tips below there will be more coming......
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This
will be a fabulous trip. I went there over 15 years ago on a recce for
the PWC and to teach some locals and it was stunning. The countryside,
the people, the wildlife and the flying sites were all fantastic. I
came back and said "we should have a comp in Roldanillo" but
they thought is wasn't safe enough. Hmm, but they went a few years ago
and all pilots loved it too, thanks to the great flying and, in part
to the great organisation of the meet director Lucho Jimenez, who is
also arranging the logistics etc on this tour. He will be organising
the accommodation, local transport, retrieves, and also other, non-flying
tours etc. As you can see from the schedule attached and the itinerary
below, he is way more organised than me, and is a perfect man on the
ground, in a place like that. So this trip promises to be a trip of
a life time because you visit different sites in the Valle, region of
Colombia around Roldanillo, Cali, and more. 
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