Paragliding Academy

Flying training in Algodonales

Paragliding Academy

A trip with thermalling, soaring and flying technique training, radio support, launch video analysis and daily weather briefings.

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Paragliding Academy A-licence high-flight course in the Allgäu

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The seven-day high-flight course is the practical stage of training for the German A licence (A-Schein) after the basic course. Depending on wind and weather, flights start from Allgäu sites with roughly 300–1,000 m of height difference: Ratholz and Buchenberg, the Hörnerbahn near Bolsterlang, Tegelberg and the Nebelhorn, and occasionally winch launches at Agathazell airfield below the Grünten. At least two instructors guide students by radio at launch and landing; training covers flight exercises, groundhandling and descent techniques under the DHV syllabus, video analysis of flights and an introduction to flying in the Alps. A DHV practical examination is scheduled at the end of the week when enough students are ready. The school recommends at least two high-flight courses; the licence also requires the two-day A-theory course with its examination, held in Oberstaufen or as a webinar. Students who miss ten high flights in a week because of the weather can rejoin a later course on individual days, subject to free places. Equipment can be hired; shuttles, lifts and launch and landing fees are paid separately. The same weeks also serve as a refresher for A or B licence holders returning after a long break.

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Paragliding Academy Alpentour: getting to know the Allgäu sites

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A five-day course for pilots after the A licence who want to get to know the flying mountains of the Allgäu and neighbouring Austria and make their first thermal flights. Participants meet each morning at the school in Oberstaufen or directly at the site, and after the weather briefing the instructors choose the mountain, for example the Nebelhorn, Hochgrat, the Hörnerbahn near Bolsterlang, the Spieser near Hindelang, the Mittag near Immenstadt or the Grünten, and in Austria the Neunerköpfle, the Hahnenkamm near Reutte or Andelsbuch in Vorarlberg. Every site comes with a detailed briefing; the instructors guide by radio from launch and often from the air and work with participants on thermalling and on launch, flying and landing technique. It includes a radio for each participant, video analysis of launches, a daily weather briefing and talks and alternative activities when flying is not possible; flights and training content count towards the B licence. The group tries to fly on every day, including the first and last. Late-winter dates combine first soaring and thermal flights over snowy landscapes with skiing. Driving to the sites in your own car and lift tickets are not included.

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Paragliding Academy basic course in Oberstaufen

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The five-day basic course is the first step towards the German A licence (A-Schein). It runs on practice slopes around Oberstaufen in the Allgäu with 30–150 m of height difference, which the school has for almost every wind direction; participants meet at the school by the Hündle lift. You learn to launch and land, fly your first turns and make solo flights in constant radio contact with an instructor, and your flights are reviewed on video. Theory follows the DHV syllabus: equipment, meteorology, aerodynamics, air law and hazard awareness. The course ends with the L-Schein student permit for practice slopes, which opens the way to high-flight training. Anyone who misses the required 15 slope flights because of the weather can rejoin a later basic course on individual days free of charge, subject to free places. Equipment including a radio can be hired; the school does not always accept equipment bought elsewhere. The first two days can also be booked as a separate taster course.

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Paragliding Academy hike and fly in the Allgäu

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A five-day hike-and-fly course in which the group walks up to lower or high alpine launches in the Oberallgäu and Ostallgäu or in neighbouring Austria, such as the Hochgrat, the Nebelhorn or the Spieser. Each day involves 300–1,000 m of ascent at a slow pace so that everyone can keep up; light equipment, walking poles, good boots and spare clothes are recommended. From launch the group flies thermals, small joint cross-country flights or relaxed glides. The instructors provide site briefings, a radio for each participant, radio support, video analysis of launches, thermal, soaring and flying-technique training and a daily weather briefing; talks and alternative activities are offered when flying is not possible. Flights and training content count towards the B licence. The meeting point is the school in Oberstaufen; driving to the sites in your own car is not included.

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Paragliding Academy landing training in the Allgäu

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A two-day weekend seminar on approach planning and landing for pilots who struggle with hard landings or avoid sites with small landing fields. On the school's training slopes and high-flight sites in the Allgäu, participants practise setting up the approach in different winds, sighting exercises, a well-timed flare, soft landings that bleed off speed, strong-wind and small-field landings and S-turns on approach. DHV instructors work individually on each pilot's weak points; the seminar includes a theory briefing, video recording of landings and radio support. The meeting point is the school in Oberstaufen.

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