Flight Instruction
The Mission Soaring Training Program is a model for schools across the country. Owner Pat Denevan is a leader in the development of modern training standards and the USHGA Instructor Certification Program. You will train with experienced, USHGA Certified Instructors. We offer a complete, flexible program, beginner to advanced skills, tailored to your individual rate of progress. Our small classes provide plenty of personal attention. We provide all necessary equipment. We use modern gliders with training wheels and MSC designed custom training harnesses. Instruction is available by reservation all year round.

If you have decided to become a pilot, but you want some experience before choosing your personal equipment, we offer the 5 lesson New Pilot Package for $700. We provide glider and flying gear. Additional lessons can be purchased at the package discount of $140 per day.

Your first goal is the USHGA Beginner Rating.

To help you acheive this we offer additional discounts if you convert your package to the Equipment Purchase Plan . After purchasing an equipment package from Mission Soaring, you can buy lessons for $100 per day. If you have purchased lessons, but have not taken them, you can convert them to Equipment Purchase Plan lessons. The price difference will be applied to your equipment purchase.

For example, if you have three unused $140 lessons, you will save $120 when you buy equipment. We encourage you to buy personal equipment as soon as you are serious about becoming a pilot. Beyond the obvious lesson discount, you also benefit from training on your own glider. Training is consistent when you fly the same glider each day. You can potentially get more flights during your lesson, with no waiting for a shared shop glider.

you will be thoroughly familiar with your own wing. And there is nothing like an investment in equipment to really solidify that commitment to practice that will make you a full fledged pilot sooner. We have a variety of new and used gliders to fit a variety of desires, skills, and budgets. We will help find the

A gaggle of gliders

Advanced Flying
Tow Lessons | High Altitude
In small increments our hydraulic winch can pull you up as high as a 1000ft. You can then release and fly back to land next to the winch, ready for your next flight. A Hang 1 is a prerequisite for the tow classes.
Click here for a progression of skills diagram for tow launched flight.

Single Lesson $160 per lesson

• 1 Flying Lesson
• 1 Ground School
• All flying gear supplied
• 4-5 hours of training on the hill

You can choose a single lesson as a full introduction to piloting a hang gliding. An evening ground school is included, covering the theory behind the fun. Additional lessons are $160.00

• 5 Lesson Minimum
• Ground School
• Student Packet
• Pilot Logbook
• Hang Gliding for Beginner Pilots Training Manual
• All flying gear supplied

Buy our 5 lesson package and save $20 per lesson. Learn your flying skill fundamentals. You will soon be making unassisted flights from our training hill on your way to a USHGA beginner pilot rating.

Equipment Purchase Plan
As an advanced pilot, you will soon be ready to fly on your own, and you will want to fly at every opportunity. You will need your own glider and harness. When you purchase an equipment package from Mission Soaring Center, you receive this special discount rate for all future lessons. Use your personal flying gear to enjoy the optimum advanced lesson experience.