Organisation profile

Flugschule Aufwind

• School
• Tandem flights
• Trip organiser

Flugschule Aufwind is based in Ramsau am Dachstein in the Schladming-Dachstein region, where it has its main office and shop, and also teaches at a second site in Unzmarkt in the Murtal valley. Its calendar lists taster days, basic courses in both areas, high-flight training, theory preparation and examinations for the Austrian Paragleiterschein. The school says training can also be completed under German rules for the DHV A licence.

In Ramsau it offers a three-week package from the basic course to the licence, including a personal equipment set. Depending on the weather, high flights take place in the Schladming-Dachstein region, the Gastein valley, the Murtal or at Meduno in Italy. For licensed pilots the school runs refresher courses, cross-country seminars, a week of cross-country rating training at Bassano in Italy and safety training on Lake Idro.

It also organises flying trips. Besides trips abroad, it runs a five-day instructor-led week from Ramsau around the Dachstein sites and a five-day trip with thermal and technique training. For its trips the school generally requires a Paragleiterschein or A-Schein. Tandem flights are offered in both regions.

In Meduno below Monte Valinis, the school also offers separately bookable high-flight blocks for students and a three-day parakite course with test wings provided, which the school says is taught in German and English.