Once you have achieved your Club Pilot rating from your School, you may feel that you need an extra bit of Coaching to ease you into Club flying. This can be done by getting in touch with our Club Coaches who can help you with suitable advice and site knowledge. If the weather is looking suitable for flying at Dunstable, contact the Coaches (see list below) or post a message on Telegram to check who will be on-site. Remember, if you are under 10hrs airtime you must always speak to a Coach on-site or an experienced club member before flying at Dunstable.
There are usually two or three Club Coaches present on site on most flying days to advise you.
Paragliding Club Coaches (22)
| Richard Greaves | Senior Coach | Totternhoe | |
| Adam Collis | Senior Coach | Wheathampstead | |
| Greg Poole | Senior Coach | St. Albans | |
| Miles Radcliffe | Club Coach | Harpenden | |
| Lucien Simon | Club Coach | N. London | |
| Nigel Hewitt | Club Coach | Berkhamsted | |
| Chris Hille | Club Coach | New Barnet | |
| Will Rice | Club Coach | Cambridge | |
| Blaise Brogan | Club Coach | Waddesdon | |
| Jack Clark | Club Coach | Aylesbury | |
| Phillip Clark | Club Coach | S. London | |
| James Dell | Club Coach | Aston Abbotts | |
| Andrew Lang | Club Coach | N. London | |
| Graham Bennett | Club Coach | St. Albans | |
| Florence Seaton | Club Coach | W. London | |
| Adrian Burian | Club Coach | Luton | |
| Stephen Robinson | Club Coach | Chinnor | |
| Rafal Cypcar | Club Coach | N. London | |
| Max Khan | Club Coach | Wembley | |
| Krzysztof Birowka | Club Coach | Luton | |
| Paul Perry | Club Coach | Chelmsford | |
| Leigh Joyce | Club Coach | Chinnor |
Hang-gliding Club Coaches (4)
Low Airtime Coaching Information
Red ribbon pilots fresh from Training School take note. Dunstable is technically a difficult site and unsuitable for coaching nervous zero hours pilots fresh out of the training school. Try and get some airtime at another easier site (possibly the sites you trained on), before coming here. You will find flying our site a bit easier afterwards.
Try to stay current and get out flying as much as you can in the first year after leaving the School. We see so many low airtime pilots turn up at Dunstable, struggle to fly for a few visits, and then they disappear never to be seen again. Dunstable is a difficult site to fly - but stick with it and master it. It will make you a better pilot.
The main Club Coaching done within our Club is simply to come out flying on the hill, with either the Club Coaches themselves, or talking and flying with more experienced pilots. When you turn up ask for a Club Coach and explain that you are new to the site and maybe need a bit of help. Tell the Coach your experience in hours airtime and the last time you flew. Remind the Coach if you are flying the site for the first time.
Finally, read through the Club Coaching page, this will give you valuable tips on flying at Dunstable.