Important Info:
You MUST weight between 35 and 240 lbs
If your under 18 you must have a parent or guardian present

About the Hang Gliding Ranch:

The first and largest aerotow hang gliding flight park in the world.

The very concept of a hang gliding school built around two-place in-air instruction was invented here. It was in 1991 when Malcolm Jones, founder and owner of Wallaby Ranch, outfitted tandem hang gliders with wheels for easy take-offs and landings, which in conjunction with aerotowing revolutionized hang gliding instruction and paved the way for a better, safer, and more enjoyable way of learning how to fly.

We have more experience aerotowing hang gliders than any other outfit. No one comes even close. Malcolm is by far the most experienced tandem hang gliding pilot in the world, and has more than 30,000 incident-free tandem flights under his belt.

His vast experience, combined with a very conservative approach to tandem flying and hang gliding instruction, is responsible for our unparalleled safety record. In ten years of full-time operation, tens of thousands of tandem flights went without a hitch.

Wallaby Ranch enjoys a stellar reputation as one of the best hang gliding schools in the nation and around the globe. Numerous 'big name' hang gliding pilots recommend Wallaby Ranch as the best and safest place to learn how to fly hang gliders.

The Ranch is open every day of the year and someone is here 24 hours a day to help you.

Wallaby Ranch is a fully owned operation, not a co-op of tow plane owners or shareholders. We own the real estate, the tow planes, the hang gliders, and all related equipment.

Your Tandem Flight:

Wallaby Ranch is the ideal place to try out the sport of hang gliding. The development of tandem aerotowing, where a two-place hang glider is being towed by a specially designed ultralight towplane, has greatly increased the accessibility of the sport. Before tandem aerotowing, in order to experience to exhilaration of free flight, you had to learn how to hang glide yourself. You had to go through months of training at the hill, in order to be able to safely launch and land a hang glider, and then take the big step of launching from a mountain site for your first solo high altitude flight.

By contrast, during a discovery flight at Wallaby Ranch, you feel confident and relaxed with the wind in your face and your instructor by your side as you are being towed 2,000 feet into the air. Once you release from the 'tug', as we call it, you will free-fly for 15 to 20 minutes, and your instructor will show you how to control the glider by shifting your weight. You return to earth gently with a smooth rolling landing

Tandem discovery flights are for practically everyone. People from 4 years to 90 years old, and from 35 lbs to 240 lbs have experienced flying in its purest form at Wallaby Ranch.

Itinerary:
7:45AM: Arrive at the ranch, fill out paper work
8:00AM: Start flying!
8:00AM-11:00AM: Flights for each member with trained instructor

Cost:

Lesson fees include tows, ground school instruction, all equipment necessary, student training manual and log book. Club Membership fees are waived for us.

Total Cost: $129.42

Refunds will be issued if the event is canceled due to bad weather.

Refunds will not be issued for no shows!

No Refunds within 24 hours of the event!

Event Cancellation Statement :
In the event of bad weather or cancellation please check your email before departing for the event, or call TAG at 1-888-3111-TAG(824) to confirm if the event has been canceled. We do our best to notify members via email as soon as possible of all event cancellations. If the event is not canceled you will NOT receive a refund if you do not show up!

What to bring:
Camera
Hat
Sunglasses
Cool comfortable clothes and shoes

Directions:

From Tampa

Take I-4 East (towards Orlando) to exit 55 (Hwy 27)

From I-4 exit 55 (Hwy 27), go North on Hwy 27 for about 2 miles.

Turn left at the light onto Deen Still Road. (You will see a Citco gas station and a Walgreen's drug store on your right.)

Go exactly 1.7 miles. You will see our mailbox on the left (1805; there is no big sign). Turn left down the driveway.

Pull up to the office and ring the bell. Someone will always be there to help you.

Wallaby Ranch
1805 Deen Still Road
Davenport, FL 33897
Click here for driving directions

Contact Information:
Tampa Adventure Group:
1-888-3111-TAG(824)
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See you at the ranch!