We're here for the week preceding the British Open to run a pre-comp training week.  We'll be basing ourselves in the Soca valley (including the Tolmin and Stol launches) for the best access to the best Mountain XC flying in this part of the world. The week will be joint hosted by Brett Janaway (multiple British Record Holder) and Toby Colombé (current World Record Holder), both of whom set their records flying in the Tolmin Soca flying arena.  This will be an excellent chance for any pilot whether competing in the British Open or not!  Expect to learn a lot about Mountain XC flying and cover some distance.

Although this week is sure to be popular with pilots entering the British Open competition the following week; it will also be of immense use to pilots wanting to enter competitions in the future aswell as pilots simply wanting to further their general XC skills.  The emphasis will be on spending time in the air and XC flying with a particular bias towards task-orientated flying.

The course will include the following;

• Daily briefings and debriefings
• Flying of sites and routes that may feature in the competition
• Lectures on competition flying, instrument use and route planning.
• Accommodation (if required)
• Transport (excluding travel to launch)
• Airport transfers (if required)
• Retrieves
• Site fees

The course costs £345 excluding accommodation; or £485 with accommodation. There are no discounts available for this week due to the high cost of organising a one-off trip.

The accommodation at the Hotel Modrina  also incudes access to such facilities as sauna and spa and at just 5 minutes walk from the landing field is ideally located. Breakfast is included for some rooms; others are apartments with kitchenette facilities.

PLACES ARE LIMITED; 12 of 14 places are already filled as of 26th April

Not included in the price for the week:

• Flights/travel to Slovenia
• Food/beer
• Parataxi when required to get to launch (1 per day at 10€)