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OFS Paragliding

  • School
  • Tandem flights
  • Trip organiser
  • Dealer
  • Equipment service

OFS Paragliding, also known as Ostallgäuer Fliegerschule, is a flying school in Marktoberdorf in the eastern Allgäu. It is run by its founder Hans E. Hoschka and, according to its website, has been teaching for more than 40 years. Training for the German A licence is split into three separately bookable parts: the OFS-BASIC course, the OFS-ADVANCED course with a theory seminar, simulator practice and 20 high flights, and the OFS-PERFECT final course with another 20 flights at alpine sites. All three can also be taken in one go as a compact course. Depending on the weather, training takes place in Marktoberdorf, Pfronten, Tannheim in Tyrol or Meransen (Weitental) in South Tyrol, in small groups, with radio guidance and single-skin school wings.

The school specialises in winch towing: alongside the foot-launch rating it can prepare students for the winch-launch rating in the same training. For licensed pilots it offers an alpine introduction for flatland pilots and newly licensed A pilots, the OFS-PROTECT ALPINE thermal and flying-technique training, B-licence training and guided flying weeks in South Tyrol and the Dolomites.

It flies tandem flights from places such as the Breitenberg near Pfronten and the Hochries near Rosenheim, and on the winch around Marktoberdorf. The school sells paragliding equipment, including beginner packages and second-hand gear, and its service carries out two-year glider checks and reserve repacks.

Official website

Services offered

  • Beginner training
  • Progression training
  • Tandem flights
  • Guided flying trips
  • Equipment sales
  • Wing inspections
  • Reserve repacking

Courses & trips from this organizer

Germany, Austria, Italy

OFS alpine introduction for pilots

OFS Paragliding

OFS Paragliding's five-day alpine introduction is aimed at flatland and winch pilots, pilots with few flights and newly licensed A pilots. Depending on wind and weather the group visits four flying areas in the Allgäu, Tyrol and South Tyrol and makes two or more flights a day. Experienced instructors with local knowledge guide the pilots at alpine sites and explain mountain weather development, the features of each site and how to behave in nature and in the mountains; there is a joint pre-flight briefing, an after-flight debrief and radio support. The flights count towards the foot-launch rating. Groups have five to eight pilots, and the school can arrange accommodation and car sharing on request.

  • Progression course

Dates from the organizer

Verified October 31, 2026
Germany, Austria, Italy

OFS-ADVANCED high-flight course

OFS Paragliding

OFS-ADVANCED is the second part of the German A-licence training at OFS Paragliding. The seven-day course starts with a two-day A-licence theory seminar, followed by five days of simulator practice and flying with 20 supervised high flights following the DHV syllabus, with radio guidance. Depending on the weather, the high flights take place at the school's sites either from mountain launches or by winch tow, so the same training can also prepare students for the winch-launch rating. Training venues are Marktoberdorf, Pfronten, Tannheim in Tyrol and Meransen (Weitental) in South Tyrol. Students buy a helmet and paragliding boots in the school shop before or at the start of the course; equipment for the high flights can be rented, or bought as a beginner package. The OFS-PERFECT final course follows.

  • Beginner course
  • Beginner

Dates from the organizer

Verified October 31, 2026
Germany, Austria, Italy

OFS-BASIC beginner course

OFS Paragliding

OFS-BASIC is the first of three parts of the German A-licence training at OFS Paragliding in Marktoberdorf. The four-day course, or two consecutive weekends, covers basic theory, launch and landing practice and supervised training flights following the DHV syllabus on the school's training sites, with radio guidance. The venue is chosen according to the weather: Marktoberdorf or Pfronten in the Allgäu, Tannheim in Tyrol or Meransen (Weitental) in South Tyrol. The school provides the glider, a harness with back protector and a helmet, and uses lightweight single-skin wings from the very start. Groups are small and every student flies their own assigned equipment. OFS-ADVANCED follows; all three parts can also be taken in one go as a compact course, and on request the school also runs the basic training privately for one or two students.

  • Beginner course
  • Beginner

Dates from the organizer

Verified October 31, 2026
Germany, Austria, Italy

OFS-PERFECT A-licence final course

OFS Paragliding

OFS-PERFECT is the third and final part of the German A-licence training at OFS Paragliding. The five-day course brings 20 confirmed high flights with set flight tasks as exam preparation, an introduction to flying technique and practical application of theory with simulator practice, all following the DHV syllabus and with radio guidance. Flying takes place at alpine sites or by high winch tow; the venue is chosen according to the weather between Marktoberdorf, Pfronten, Tannheim in Tyrol and Meransen (Weitental) in South Tyrol. The flights are made with the pilot's own equipment bought from the school, so that they get to know it well before the exam. The DHV exam is not part of the course; the school schedules it after the OFS-PERFECT courses when there are enough candidates.

  • Beginner course
  • Beginner

Dates from the organizer

Verified October 31, 2026
Germany, Italy

OFS-PROTECT ALPINE alpine training

OFS Paragliding

OFS-PROTECT ALPINE is a five-day OFS Paragliding course for licensed pilots who want to get to know their equipment better and extend their knowledge and flying skills. It combines flights supervised by an instructor with alpine and thermal flying instruction, simulator practice and flying-technique training, with radio guidance and video analysis. Flying takes place at selected areas in the Allgäu or in South Tyrol, depending on the weather. The course runs alongside the OFS-PERFECT final courses or by arrangement.

  • Progression course

Dates from the organizer

Verified October 31, 2026
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Service areas

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  • Marktoberdorf · Germany
  • Pfronten / Breitenberg · Germany
  • Samerberg / Hochries · Germany
  • Tannheimer Tal · Austria
  • Meransen / Weitental · Italy

Verified October 31, 2026

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