Organisation profile

Parapente Puy Mary

• School

Parapente Puy Mary operates in Le Claux in Cantal, near the Chabraire, Puy Mary and Puy de la Tourte flying sites. Its pathway runs from beginner training through Perfectionnement 1 and 2 to Performance / Cross. The first progression level is for introductory-course graduates who are not yet independent at familiar sites; the second assumes that independence. A Premiers Cross course introduces initial cross-country flights.

Beginner training has five-day and shorter three-day formats. The first two or three days mainly involve the training slope and short flights. The longer format aims for initial high flights guided by radio from instructors at take-off and landing; the school describes training sites with height differences of 500–700 metres. The shorter format aims for a first intermediate flight or, where possible, a high flight.

The organisational overview specifies up to seven participants with two instructors and usually two teaching sessions daily. Each student receives a wing, harness, reserve parachute, helmet and radio. The school also has small wings for ground practice and uses video to analyse technique.