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Our Paragliding School is now closed.

After 35 years of teaching paragliding, we have decided not to renew our business insurance and close our paragliding school.

We didn’t come to this decision lightly, but we know is the right time for us.

Paragliding and teaching paragliding all these years has been our passion and watching our students grow as pilots, reaching new levels has been a pleasure and reward for us both!

In 1988, I started manufacturing paragliders and paragliding harnesses in Australia, and my unbreakable passion for flying was born…which is just as strong to this day.

Now, we are looking forward to having the extra time to fly, explore and create adventures.

Our paragliding shop will remain open and active with new and second-hand equipment for sale as usual. The Paragliding Repair Centre will keep growing and supporting more pilots than ever!

We thank you all for your support over the years and look forward to seeing you in the sky with us. Sylvie and Jiri

Here a few pictures of how our school started :

Tandem Instructional Flights

WA Paragliding Academy, based here in Albany, provides great sporting entertainment at one of the world’s premier paragliding locations. Paraglider pilots come from all over the globe to fly over our magnificent coastline.
While in the safe end of your Instructor, Jiri,  you will learn how Paragliding work and understand the safety of the sport.
You will get a great birds’ eye view of Albany and its surroundings, flying over the beautiful white sandy beaches, maybe even catching a glimpse of the dolphins in the ocean. Fly among the birds, and look down over the nature reserves to see the kangaroos and all the other wildlife that this fantastic area has to offer – as you’ve never seen it before!
WA Paragliding Academy offers a 30 minute tandem instructional flight with an experienced professional, for $250

We are depending on the weather and cannot be 100 % the flight will happen, SAFETY FIRST. But we will always do our best to provide the most amazing experience.

Ozone Photon is out

The Photon brings a new era for the Sport class (EN C). All of Ozone’s know-how in 2-liner designs has been applied to this wing to make it the missing link between conventional 3-liners and competition models.

True Performance was our focus during the extensive development phase to produce practical usability and comfort throughout the speed range in real XC conditions.

The handling, stability, and ease of use are as important to us as the performance numbers, which are close to those of the Zeno 2. Nonetheless, collapse behaviour and passive safety are solidly within the EN C category. Welcome to the future.

The Photon is now available, Ring Jiri on 0417 776 550 for the cost.

Also check out Ozone website for more info and colours : https://flyozone.com/paragliders/products/gliders/photon/

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Paragiding Courses

The West Australian Paragliding Academy is one of the oldest paragliding schools in Australia. The Academy celebrated its 30 years anniversary in November 2018!!!
WA Paragliding Academy is still the only paragliding school in Western Australia.
In order to fly a Paraglider legally and safely in Australia – you have to have a Paragliding license and be a member of the Sports Aviation Federation of Australia. (SAFA)
Jiri is a fully certified instructor and together with Sylvie, we are running one of Australia’s most established paragliding schools.
Since 1988, many students have learn the joy of paragliding with us.
The WA Paragliding Academy offers fantastic quality courses with the latest equipment, in some of the best Paragliding sites in Australia. Jiri has taught many pilots over the last 30 years and has really enjoyed watching them improving their skills over that time.
Learning to paraglide with us is not just about a 9 day course but it is about extending and improving your skills with us for years to come. We always welcome and encourage our ex-students to come and fly with us in our different trips or simply here in Albany.

PG 2 PARAGLIDING COURSE :
It takes a minimum of 9 days to complete all the requirements for you to get your PG2 paragliding license.  We do 2 courses  per year in  Albany between November and April. We only take 5 students per course.   Course cost: $3100 – which includes learning to paraglide with the  latest  equipment  during the course.

PG3 LEVEL IS NOT NOT A COURSE , but to get to it you need to have both flying experiences, ridge soaring the coast and flying inland in thermal activity.

PG4 LEVEL IS NOT A COURSE  but you will need to complete requirement and have gained a minimum of  25hrs air time and many other skills that you would have achieved from flying in general. You will also require to past a written test and the VHF Radio endorsement.

 MOTORISED ENDORSEMENT:
Paramotoring courses are available all year around for people who hold a PG4  license.
Course costs: $1500, this course needs a minimum of flights to complete. ring Jiri for more info. . This is done in Albany and does not including equipment.

SKILL IMPROVEMENT COURSE :
For pilots who want to improve quickly and move up to a different level ( ridge soaring, top landing, ground handling improvement.) $400 per person per session

PARAGLIDING REFRESHER COURSE :
For those pilots who haven’t flown for a while and need to get back into the sky safely and get get their re-certification by the SAFA.  $400 per person per Session.

COMPLETION OF UNFINISHED COURSE: for students who have started a course elsewhere but haven’t completed all requirements.  $400 per person per session.

PARAGLIDING CHECK FLIGHT :   From $200

Please contact Jiri  on 0417 776 550 or  Sylvie on 0428 918 443

Ground Handling session

How to post your glider to The Paragliding Repair Centre?


Avoid boxes as the post office will then charge you as cubic weight instead of scale weight.
Equipment posted to us is usually under 6kg and should cost you one way $40 or under.
Make sure you round the corners so it cannot be measured.
If you have a Concertina bag, post it with your glider. Much better for your Paraglider and much easier for us to pack your glider!!
Please write your name, return address and PHONE NUMBER on your parcel.

Parcels to be posted to :

The Paragliding Repair Centre

93 Princess Avenue

Torndirrup, Albany

WA 6330

Make sure you make the corners round
Jiri Flight Google Maps

Jiri Flight

A few years ago Jiri was planning to fly from Sand Patch to Salmon hole but made it all the way to Bold head.

Conditions were light and challenging but he made it all the way to the Bold Head. The end of that beautiful coast line. First time and only time still to this days, we know it is possible !!

He flew back from Bold Head to Salmon Holes,where he landed, the flight took just over 2 hours to complete.

You can see below his flight track, if you have  google Earth it gets even better, it can be in 3D!!!

The flight path is shown on the image below (click to see a larger image), or open the file here on Google Drive to get more details. You can also download it then open using Google Earth to see altitude during the flight.

Towing and inland flying

We run towing courses in Crambrook for pilots who need to get some inland flights towards their PG3. This is not a towing endorsement as we will only do one day at the time. But it will count towards your endorsement if you interested to complete it.

Send me an email for more details and cost.

fly@waparagliding.com

View of the Stirling Ranges

Glenn taking off