How long, tuition and study time do you need to study in advance to play gliding?

In Linzhou, experience level: For travelers who just want to experience flying, you can choose a two-person powered paraglider. The paraglider of Linzhou Gliding Club charges 500 yuan every time and is carried by the coach. The flight time is about 30 minutes. Training level: If you want to continue practicing, you need special training. The training of paragliding is divided into five grades, and the promotion interval of each grade is at least half a year, and the promotion is based on the corresponding flight hours and competition results. Generally, it is necessary to learn and master the basic flight theory, the actual take-off, air control and landing techniques, and do ground control exercises for simulators. After passing the exam, you can fly over the mountains, master the basic take-off, air control and landing techniques, fly solo and pass the theoretical exam, and then you can get the A-level certificate of paragliding from the State Sports Commission and become a flying enthusiast within the establishment. The price is about 3000 yuan/person (depending on the seasonal changes), and the school hours are about 10 days. Competition level: after passing the qualification, you can participate in special competitions and compete with all the best players. The mainstream international paragliding competitions, like other competitive competitions, are also divided into many categories, mainly including dead time races, fixed-point landing races, time trials, re-entry races, distance benchmarking races, target races, free flying races on designated routes, free flying races on open routes and so on. (For relatively simple categories such as fixed-point landing, you can only participate if you reach the B-level certificate, while for high-level events such as free flight on designated routes, you need to obtain the C-level certificate). Equipment: In the primary training stage, the club will provide free umbrellas for students, and in the advanced stage, students will buy a set of paragliding equipment, which is generally about 25-50 thousand yuan, including main umbrella, spare umbrella, flight suit, seat bag, helmet, gloves, goggles, shoes and instruments. The life of paragliders is usually 300-500 flying hours. Initially, training schools will provide training umbrellas.