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Les Choucas

  • School
  • Tandem flights
  • Dealer

Les Choucas is a professional paragliding school in Mieussy in the Giffre valley (Haute-Savoie), a site regarded as the cradle of paragliding. According to its terms of sale it is recognised by the French free-flight federation FFVL under the École Française de Vol Libre label, and its instructors hold French state diplomas. The school is run by Les Ailes du Giffre SAS; its president and the school's technical director is Antoine Fanin, who also coordinates school traffic on the Mieussy site. Courses run from June to September.

Training is split into level-based courses: an introductory course with first high flights, a progression course towards the French brevet initial, an itinerant course on nearby sites, a thermal course for brevet initial holders and three-day cross-country courses at two levels with at most six students and two instructors in the air. Les Choucas is the only school allowed to launch from the historic private Pertuiset take-off on the Sommand plateau; landings are at La Ferme in Mieussy. Teaching is individual, with briefings, debriefings and video feedback where useful. Complete equipment, including reserve and radio, can be hired for the courses.

The school also offers tandem flights in Mieussy and Samoëns, sells its school equipment and supplies new gear from a range of brands.

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Services offered

  • Beginner training
  • Progression training
  • XC coaching
  • Tandem flights
  • Equipment sales

Courses & trips from this organizer

France

Cross-country course in Mieussy (levels 1 and 2)

Les Choucas

The three-day Les Choucas cross-country courses run at two levels in a small group of at most six pilots, accompanied in the air by two instructors. Level 1 is for licensed pilots who want to complete their first cross-country flight in a safe setting: planning and flying simple routes and seeing the valley from a new angle. Level 2 is for pilots already comfortable with three to four hours in the air and focuses on linking several sites, longer distances and better route choice and decisions. School equipment can be hired.

  • XC camp

Dates from the organizer

Verified October 30, 2026
France

Introductory paragliding course in Mieussy

Les Choucas

The five-day introductory course at Les Choucas in Mieussy is for complete beginners and for pilots who have not flown for more than five years. It starts with the equipment and ground handling, both forward and reverse, continues with first guided flights with two instructors and moves on to first high flights over the Giffre valley with basic direction changes and balance in the air. Theory covers meteorology, aerology, flight mechanics, safety and the reserve parachute. Students fly their own wing under instructor supervision; full autonomy and the French brevet initial usually come with the second or third course. The number of flights depends on the weather. School equipment (wing, harness, reserve, helmet and radio) can be hired.

  • Beginner course
  • Beginner

Dates from the organizer

Verified October 30, 2026
France

Itinerant progression course around Mieussy

Les Choucas

The Les Choucas itinerant course helps pilots feel at ease beyond a single home site. Each day the group flies a different site around Mieussy; the meeting point is always in Mieussy, or at the take-off by arrangement. Pilots get used to different launches and landings, build self-assurance in unfamiliar places, broaden their flying knowledge and progress towards autonomous flying in real conditions. The course lasts four or five days, is led by state-qualified instructors, and school equipment including a radio can be hired.

  • Progression course

Dates from the organizer

Verified October 30, 2026
France

Progression course towards the brevet initial in Mieussy

Les Choucas

The Les Choucas progression course follows the introductory course and takes pilots who have already flown towards autonomy and the French brevet initial. It runs as a five-day course or as a weekend. When the wind allows, it includes reverse ground handling (facing the wing), then solo launches and landings, balance and pendulum control, more dynamic turns and advanced handling, and a deeper understanding of the air mass. Teaching is adapted to each pilot's level, and at most one introductory-course student can join a group. School equipment, including reserve and radio, can be hired.

  • Beginner course

Dates from the organizer

Verified October 30, 2026
France

Thermal flying course in Mieussy

Les Choucas

The Les Choucas thermal course is for pilots holding the brevet initial who want to learn to use rising air. It teaches how to read and feel thermals and dynamic lift, understand thermal bubbles and climb in them, position yourself well and choose transitions and lines. The course works towards the next French level, the brevet de pilote. It runs as a four-day course or a weekend with state-qualified instructors; school equipment can be hired.

  • Progression course

Dates from the organizer

Verified October 30, 2026
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  • Mieussy · France
  • Samoëns · France

Verified October 30, 2026

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