Red Ribbon Club

The Red Ribbon Club for paraglider pilots

If you are reading this, the chances are you have just qualified as a Club Pilot...... Congratulations! Or maybe you qualified some time ago, but still have very low airtime, or haven’t flown in a long while. Well, now would be a good time to sign up with The Red Ribbon Club. This informal group is part of the SHGC – a club within a club – and it aims to help new or ‘non-current’ pilots to gain confidence, regardless of where and when they trained.

It’s free – but you must have BHPA and SHGC membership.

If recently qualified as a CP, you have been given the basic skills and knowledge. But it’s only now that you can start to learn how to fly by gaining relevant airtime and experience. It can suddenly feel a bit daunting, as you realise you are now allowed to fly at club sites around the UK, without the support of an instructor necessarily watching over you! Or you may have qualified some time ago but just haven’t flown for whatever reason, for quite some time, and you would like to get ‘current’ once again.

But don’t fly alone! Club coaches will always be looking out for you, as well as fellow Red Ribbon Club members. Fly where advice and encouragement is always close at hand, until you have the experience to be making confident decisions about where and when to fly for yourself.

There will be a regular weekly post ,usually on a Tuesday and Friday around 7pm, Titled RRC weekend with dates,look in the recent posts link, https://www.shgc.org.uk/redribbonevents ,which will give you the time and place we meet up,no need to contact me first,unless you want to post a hello message,all you have to do is show up and join the rest of the group, its that easy.

You will get a full site briefing,incorporated with a friendly group chat of how best fly given site on that day,weather details,and any other info needed to help you stay safe, and improve your flying skills.

It’s informal, it’s sociable, it’s confidence-building......... and it’s FREE!

Your SHGC Club contact is Robin Clark: rrc@shgc.org.uk