Organisation profile

Annecy Vol de Pente

• School
• Tandem flights

Annecy Vol de Pente (AVP) is an association founded in 1985, by its own account the first paragliding club in Annecy, which also runs a school. Training is given by qualified volunteer instructors, which together with the association status keeps training costs low. AVP manages the Semnoz flying site.

The school teaches all year, but on Sundays only; theory takes place on Sunday mornings in bad weather or on Friday evenings at the club room. Training leads to the pilot brevet exam; the school lends the equipment and takes students to sites around Annecy in club minibuses. Those who do not want to sit the brevet can fly under instructor supervision on flight cards.

Members with a brevet join club outings to local and more distant sites, including hike-and-fly. The association also offers tandem flights from the Semnoz and full discovery days.