David Thomson, PG Senior Coach

• Experience: 16 years / 1400 hours
• Current Glider: Gradient Aspen (Orange/White)
• Familiar Sites: Tinto Group, Glenshee, Broughton, Glencoe, Campsies, Aonach Mor, Abington, Ochils, Killin, Fairlie, Carsphairn
• Favourite Site: Tinto, Glencoe (when its good!), and Piedrahita
• Preferred Conditions: Nil or light met. Wind, moderately thermic, major mountain flying. Also any flying over terraced terrain !
• Other Points of Interest: LLSC Senior Paragliding Coach. I really really dislike paragliding accidents, and have devoted a lot of energy to changing some attitudes towards the sport to improve our safety record.

Bob Matthews, PG Coach

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Stephen Pegler, PG Coach

• Experience: 10 years
• Current Glider: Aerodyne Jumbe (Purple, blue and white)
  [the Windtalker glider]
• Familiar Sites: Tinto, Glencoe, Broughton
• Favourite Site: Tinto
• Preferred Conditions: Not too strong
• Other Points of Interest: Speak to me about windTalkers!
  Also, any issues with Broughton let me know as I’m the LLSC Broughton site rep.
  
  I’m just a casual weekend pilot happy to chat to anyone about local flying sites or to share my experiences.

George McGhee, PG Coach

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Sean Figgitt, PG Coach

• Experience: 3 years/120 hrs
• Current Glider: Advance Epsilon 5 (Turquoise/Orange)
• Familiar Sites: Tinto Group, Broughton, Abington, Fairlie, Carsphairn, Arran, Cyprus, and Piedrahita
• Favourite Site: Tinto, Fairlie, and Sopot Bulgaria
• Preferred Conditions: Enjoy the moderately stronger conditions and major mountain flying, but struggle in nil or light conditions, due to being one of LLSC heavy weights.
• Other Points of Interest: Feel extremely privileged & humbled as a pilot when I'm in a position to see scenes that would normally not be seen from the ground. Always keen to learn more about the sport from all pilots who have different ranges of experience . Being one of the club reps for Fairlie always more than happy to introduce others to the site and give coach assistance on the hill when required.

Kenny Cooper, PG Coach

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Gordon Smyth, PG Coach

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Tina Wood, PG Coach

• Experience: 4 years / 50 hours
• Current Glider: Advance Alpha 3 (Orange/Grey)
• Familiar Sites: Ochils, Tinto, Bishops, Gargunnock
• Favourite Site: Anywhere in Arran
• Preferred Conditions: Light met wind, warm weather and kind, gentle thermals
• Other Points of Interest: I like flying abroad in warm climates. I like arriving at a flying site on my motorbike as it gives me confidence in myself.

Mark Leyland, PG Coach

• Experience: CP in November 2005, Pilot in Feb 2007
• Current Glider: Gradient Delite (Blue/Orange)
• Familiar Sites: LLSC sites- Glen Fruin,Glencoe. Others- lots of different hills in Argyll
• Favourite Site: None-I love exploring and visiting new areas
• Preferred Conditions: Any when you can fly in the big hills
• Other Points of Interest: Unlike most pilots I actually enjoy walking up the hills especially if it takes me into an unfamiliar area. Argyll is my home patch so if you are over in the West then give me a call.

Rik McHarg, PG Coach

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Dorita Orr, PG Coach

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Hanglider Coaches

Steve Brown, Senior HG Coach

• Experience: 22 Years / 750 hrs
• Current Glider: Airborne Sting 2 (Red/Purple/White)
• Familiar Sites: Tinto group, Broughton, Glencoe
• Favourite Site: Tinto, Broughton
• Preferred Conditions: Easy conditions, moderate winds sunny and thermic. Bit of a woos really.......
• Other Points of Interest: Mainly weekend pilot at the moment

Mike Armstrong, HG Coach

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Martin Pacitti, HG Coach

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Sergey Kataev, HG Coach

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