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For over 75 years the Torrey Pines Gliderport has been the learning place for aviation greats including the Lindbergh's, Boyles, and many more. The Gliderport was first established as a soaring site in 1928. and has defined the history of motorless flight. Today the Gliderport is home to hang gliding, paragliding, scale models, and sailplane flight. Torrey Pines Gliderport provides quality: instruction, certification, tandem flights, equipment sales, adventure tours, repair services, and fantastic year round flying conditions. From the first day instruction to master pilot and instructor certifications, the Torrey Pines Gliderport can support all of your flying needs. |
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If you have ever wanted to taste hang gliding, paragliding, or sailplane flight, the the Torrey Pines Gliderport is the place to be. Sign-up for an exciting tandem flight with a world class instructor today. Our team of qualified instructors have provided over 35,000 accident free tandem flights since 1997. Visit the online store for great deals on equipment, register for events, purchase gift certificates, and more... Check out our online store for great deals on new and used equipment, gift certificates, clinic registration, certification programs, etc. The newly revised online store provides quick and easy transactions on our highly secured servers. More info on Tandem Flights... |
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Looking for a dealer in your area, check out our Dealer Network (DealerNet). Maybe you'd like to become a dealer for Paratech or Independence or simply become a partner school. |
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Need driving directions to Torrey Pines Gliderport. Click here for directions coming from Los Angeles / LAX (north), Temecula (north-east), or Downtown San Diego / Lindbergh Field (south). |
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The weather is the issue that frustrates us the most. Weather in Southern California is generally very predictable. Torrey Pines Gliderport offers up-to-date weather information from our onsite reporting station. In general for new students and potential tandem passengers weather should be checked before visiting the Gliderport. Westerly wind conditions are best blowing at least 7mph. This will allow us to get most passengers into the air on a very good flight and will allow students to have optimal kiting and flying conditions. The westerly winds blow at Torrey on average 320 days a year... about 80% of that time it will be blowing at least 7-8mph... which means, we can fly tandems and students nearly every day. Sometimes the winds will be lighter which only means we are limited to the weight we can take with us on a tandem. Basic weather and wind information can be found on the back page of the newspaper, television, and web sites such as msnbc.com, cnn.com, weather.com, etc. For more in depth information or pilots looking to soar and have exceptional flying days at Torrey or other nearby sites a bit more in depth information may be required. |
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