ABOUT US

"Learn To Paramotor" are a Paramotoring School based from sites near Redhill and Guildford in Surrey.

Paramotor courses are run all year round, 7 days a week and can be tailored to fit your situation (Including outside of work hours etc).

Qualified Flying Instructor (QFI) Steve Haze has been independently examined by Paramotor Club Panel Examiners and the school follows the Paramotor Club Syllabus using the Paramotor Club Operations Manual (PCOM) .

The PCOM has been produced specifically for Paramotoring by a team of the country's most experienced pilots to take you from Ground-Handling the wing, through your first flights and onwards to becoming a confident and competent pilot in a safe, fun and professional learning environment.

We use top of the range equipment which is provided free to use for the duration of the course.

Then, at the end of the course, when you are ready to get your own equipment we can assist you in making the best choices to ensure that you are all ready to take to the skies as a Pilot!!

ABOUT STEVE:
Steve Haze (whose youthful face allows him to the ability to never age) first learnt to fly a Hang Glider at the age of 17 after countless dreams of flying left him with an urge to take to the skies. But although an amazing feeling, Hang Gliding felt very limited as there were few hills nearby where he could fly and the window of opportunity for flying is smaller than that of a Paramotor. This accessibility drew him to Paramotoring and after learning to fly Steve realised he had found the one thing in life that he had been looking for.

Now in his thirties, Paramotoring has become not only his hobby, but his life, career and obsession. If it's flyable he's either out in the field instructing, or in the air playing around in the wind and soaring into the blue yonder. In 2010 Steve successfully passed the rigorous testing of the Paramotor Club Instructors Course as a QFI and set to work passing on the joy that he gets every time he straps himself in and takes to the air.

SO WHAT IS PARAMOTORING?
Paramotoring (also known as Powered paragliding) is a form of ultralight aviation where the pilot wears a motor on his or her back (a paramotor) which provides enough thrust to take off using a paraglider wing. It can be launched in still air, and on level ground, by the pilot alone ? no assistance is required.

In many countries, including Britain, powered paragliding is minimally regulated and requires no license.

The ability to fly both low and slow safely, the 'open' feel, the low equipment and maintenance costs, and the portability are claimed to be this type of flying's greatest merits.
 

Powered paragliders usually fly between 15 and 45 mph (25 and 70 km/h) at altitudes from 'foot-dragging in the grass' up to 10,000 ft (3048 m) although most flying is done between 500 ft (15 0m) and 2000 ft (300 m) above ground level.

The paramotor, weighing from 20 to 36 kg is supported by the pilot during takeoff but then, after a brief run the wing lifts the motor and its harnessed pilot off the ground. After takeoff, the pilot gets into the seat (previously folded for takeoff) and sits suspended beneath the inflated paraglider wing. Control is available using brake toggles in each hand and a hand-held throttle.