Organisation profile

Westallgäuer Flugschule

• School
• Tandem flights
• Trip organiser
• Dealer

Westallgäuer Flugschule is the Hörburger family's school in Allmannsried near Scheidegg in the western Allgäu, which according to its website has been training pilots since 1981. Training for the German A licence (A-Schein) takes place entirely in the Allgäu in two steps: a four-day basic course (L-Schein) on practice slopes around the school, then high-flight training with 40 high flights, theory, simulator practice, radio guidance by two instructors and video analysis. Those who first want to properly experience flying can choose a seven-day combined course with about ten high flights. Groups are small, and beginners start on lightweight single-skin wings.

The school has many of its own sites for different wind directions and drives students to most launches in its school bus: the Salmaser Höhe by the Alpsee in summer, the Kapf in Oberstaufen in winter, the Hauchen between Isny and Kempten, the Mittag near Immenstadt in east winds and the alpine Hochgrat above Oberstaufen, with about 800 m height difference, as the highlight of training. It also flies tandem flights from the Hochgrat, the Mittag and the Salmaser Höhe.

For licensed pilots it offers flying-technique training and an alpine tour that, depending on the weather, visits sites in the Ostallgäu, the Tannheimer Tal, Vorarlberg and eastern Switzerland. It also runs guided flying trips, including a cross-country tour in Switzerland and trips to Italy, Slovenia, France, Denmark and the Canary Islands. The school has a shop for paragliding equipment.