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Sky Club Austria

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Sky Club Austria teaches in the Schladming-Dachstein region. Its introductory Grundkurs is offered as a standard six-day course or a compact four-day version, with a maximum of seven participants stated for the shorter option. Training slopes are in Moosheim and on Michaelerberg. The programme covers ground handling, launching, landing and theory in weather, aerodynamics, equipment and air law. This stage aims to prepare students for high flights.

The subsequent Höhenflugkurs provides six days of practical training and ten theory units. Instructors guide flights by radio; sites include Michaelerberg and Hauser Kaibling. School bus transfers are included, while cable cars and taxis are excluded; equipment hire is charged separately.

The third stage, Technikkurs, develops wing control and understanding of alpine conditions. It includes assessing launch and landing sites, terrain, valley winds and weather, as well as the theory examination. Training is therefore organised as a sequence of connected courses.

Sky Club Austria also runs six-day FlyPark Dachstein flying safaris in spring, summer, autumn and winter versions. An instructor leads the group across sites in the Enns valley and Salzkammergut, providing radios and transport from the school; participants need a Paragleiterschein/A-Schein or a school certificate. Pilots with a cross-country rating can join XC training, where routes in the region are planned and flown with two instructors.

In Meduno, Italy, where Monte Valinis is an approved high-flight site for the school, Sky Club Austria runs a six-day thermal course as part of B-licence training, a six-day intensive launch and landing course and flying safaris with day trips to nearby sites.