Progression course

Paragliding Academy Alpentour: getting to know the Allgäu sites

Organizer: Paragliding Academy ↗

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.