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Our web site is here to help answer your question about hang gliding and give you a better idea of what is involved in learning how to hang glide and making a reservation for lessons.

Learn to fly at Kitty Hawk Kites' Hang Gliding Training Center. We are the largest hang gliding school in the world, teaching hundreds of thousands of students since 1974!

We have taught students aged 8-80, male and female, physically fit and physically challenged. In fact, we can accommodate paraplegics, blind, deaf and other physical challenges. All we require is a desire to fly like the birds. We provide beginner, intermediate and advanced instruction.

 

HANG GLIDING LESSONS

We teach low altitude beginner lessons over soft sand.

- We teach high altitude tandem lessons.
- There are no age restrictions, however students under 18 must have a parent or guardian sign a waiver.
- Tandem instruction is handicapped accessible.

The only physical restrictions for dune lessons are:

- Weight minimum of 85 lbs.
- Weight maximum of 225 lbs.
- You must be able to run approximately ten yards.
- Students under 18 must have a parent or guardian sign a waiver.

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