Scooter Towing

Scooter Towing a para glider is an easy and efficient way to learn to para glide. It is done in a large open flat field using a Honda scooter modified to be a winch with several thousand feet of thin line on a special spool in place of the rear wheel. The line is run out to a pulley at the far end of the field and brought back to the scooter. This allows the tow operator instructor to be very close to the student about to be towed, making it easy to communicate and see the student. The very first tows introduce the student to short low flights, 8 to 10 feet high. As skills increase the tows get longer and higher, the student repeats success and gets comfortable with turns and flair timing to land.