DISTANCE VOL LIBRE offers initiation tandem flights with highly trained instructors certified for tandem instruction by the Canadian HangGliding and Paragliding Association (HPAC). You can fly tandem on a paraglider, a hang glider or an Ultralight trike.

Tandem initiation flights are accessible to all as it requires no prior training. If you choose to free fly for a once in a lifetime experience, or to taste the joy of flight just before you start your training, we’re here and welcome you at Distance Vol Libre.

DISTANCE VOL LIBRE lets you try flying tandem paragliding. A paraglider has a “parachute like” look to it, but the similarity is only in the look. Instead of being designed to slow down a fall (chute), it’s made to glide and soar and use thermals to climb in the air. Launch is from one of the sites on Mont-Yamaska at an elevation of 1000 feet above the plains at the foothill. The passenger is in a seated position in front of the instructor sitting in back. Both passenger and instructor have their own harnesses and are secured to the same glider. The goal of these flights is to discover the beauty of free flying and even piloting a paraglider, all in the silence of the air and with a panoramic view of Mont-Yamaska and the region.

Paragliders, if compared to hang gliders, are slower and fly between 20 km/h and 50 km/h, with an equally good descent rate as on a hang glider. If weather conditions permit, you can acheive important gains in altitude. Generally a paraglider will fly as high and as long as a hang glider.

We recommend reserving your spot 2 weeks ahead to make shure you get the time and day you prefer.

We also offer initiation flights on tandem hang gliders.A hang glider is non-motorized aeronef which looks a bit like a triangular kite. It is a stable and safe glider which needs little strength. Flying in a prone position (forward), the instructor and the passenger fly side-by-side in their individual harnesses. The goal on an initiation flight is to have you discover the basics of free flying. You’ll fly and enjoy the silence and beauty of Mont-Yamaska and the surroundings. Breathtaking!

A hang glider can fly as slow as 30 km/h and as fast as 120 km/m. If weather conditions permit you can acheive important gains in altitude.

We offer two different Tandem hang gliding initiation flights:

1) From the summit of Mont-Yamaska (1000 feet ridge)

We recommend reserving your spot 3 weeks ahead to make shure you get the time and day you prefer.

2) Aerotow; Your tandem flight begins behind an ultralight trike (motorized hang glider) towed up to 2500 feet at which point you release the tow line and start your long glide free-flying on the tandem hang glider.

We recommend reserving your spot 2 to 3 weeks ahead to make shure you get the time and day you prefer. (It is important when booking your flight to mention if your weight exceeds 200 pounds)

Another way to discover the area with a birds eye view while acquiring piloting notions on a delta type wing is to fly on an Ultralight trike or ULM (Ultra Light Motorized). A ULM is a high performance hang glider mounted on a two-seater motorized trike. This aeronef permits you to rapidly climb to altitude and fly around the Mont-Yamaska area. The average flying speed on a trike is 60 km/h.

We recommend reserving your spot 2 weeks ahead to make shure you get the time and day you prefer.