Your path
to becoming a pilot
The adventure of a lifetime!
Here you will find an overview of all levels of training at our flight school. Starting with the basic course through to the cross-country license.
Come and fly with us
From the first wind-up attempt to the professional pilot!
In the first week of the basic and high altitude course you will learn the basic technique of paragliding. During performance training, you will expand your knowledge, perfect your take-off technique, practice new maneuvers and refine your landing techniques. The paragliding course teaches you everything you need to know about paragliding. With your paragliding license in your pocket, you can then fly independently in Austria, Germany and Switzerland! To fly from mountain to mountain en route, you need a cross-country license. In the cross-country course you will learn about route planning, meteorology and air law for a successful cross-country flight.
Level 1
Basic course
The first level includes 4 days on the practice slope and 2 days of theory.
LEVEL 2
High-flying course
With at least 5 flights you will take your first steps in alpine flying.
LEVEL 3
Performance Training
During the performance flights, you refine your take-off and landing technique and practice new maneuvers in the air.
LEVEL 4
Paragliding license
The paragliding license course intensifies the training even further and concludes with a theoretical and practical exam. This makes you a licensed paragliding pilot!
LEVEL 5
Cross-country flight authorization
In the cross-country flight authorization course you learn the theory of flying from mountain to mountain and in the practical test this is put into practice straight away.
Level 1 - Basic course
Your entry
The first level includes 4 days on the practice slope and 2 days of theory. You will be carefully instructed in the first steps of paragliding. On the practice slope, the flight altitude is slowly increased and the correct take-off and landing technique is learned.
In theory, you will learn all the relevant things with meteorology, material science, flying practice, aerodynamics and aviation law. Level 1 concludes with the high-altitude flight qualification, which is a prerequisite for Level 2.
Theoretical and practical content
- 3-4 days on the practice slope with completion of high-altitude flight maturity.
- 2 days theory + own theory documents.
We don’t make it easy for you on the practice slope – but neither do we! Numerous launches in different conditions prepare you perfectly for your first high-altitude flights. Because it is undisputed: solid basic training on the practice slope lays the foundation for a safe and successful flying career!
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Info
- Course duration: 5-6 days
- Prerequisites: min. 14 years, declaration of consent from parents or legal guardians for under 18s, minimum weight of 45 kg and some fitness for the practice slope
- What to bring: Sturdy shoes, thin gloves (if available), ski helmet (if available)
- Equipment: All flying equipment is provided.
Contents
- Safe learning of basic flying techniques
- Getting to know the equipment
- Running exercises
- Starting exercises
- Checking the glider during the start process
- Start
- Flying
- Flights up to an altitude difference of 100m
- Landing
- Packing
- Theory lessons
Dates 2025
- Compact course Dec/Jan: December 28 – 30, 2024 and January 2 – 6, 2025
- Compact course February: February 8 – 15
- Compact course March: March 15 – 22
- Compact course April: April 12 – 19
- Compact course May: May 17 – 24
- Compact course June: June 7 – 14
- Compact course July: July 5– 12
- Compact course August: August 2 – 9
- Compact course September: August 30 – September 6
- Compact course October: September 27 – October 4
- Compact course November: November 1 – 8
- Compact course Dec/Jan: December 28 – 30, 2025 and January 2 – 6, 2026
Costs
Course fee: € 495,-
Level 2 - High altitude course
Your first flights from the “mountain”
The high-altitude flying course takes place in our high-altitude flying areas. With at least 5 flights you will take your first steps in alpine flying. Our flying sites have an altitude difference between 300m and 1200m and therefore offer ideal conditions to make your way to the pilot as easy as possible. The aim of this course is to obtain the training certificate required in Austria (basic paragliding license).
Theoretical and practical content
- Perfecting flying skills at the basic training ground
- Medium flights
- High altitude flights between 300 m and 1,200 m altitude difference
- Mastering the landing layout
- Approaching rapid descent methods
- Safety briefings
- Alpine briefing
- Theory lessons
- Final theoretical and practical examination
Exclusive take-off and landing sites make it particularly easy for you to enjoy your first high-altitude flights. We start stress-free with flights of 300 m altitude difference and then increase with flights of up to 1200 m altitude difference and 15-20 minutes flight time.
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Info
- Prerequisite: Level 1 completed.
- Course duration: 5 high-altitude flights with more
than 300 m difference in altitude. - Practical test: high-altitude flight with independent landing.
- Theoretical exam: multiple-choice test with 50 questions.
- Completion: Training confirmation.
- Equipment: All flying equipment is provided.
Course location
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The high-altitude flights with an altitude difference of between 300 m and 1,200 m are usually held in our high-altitude flying areas. Our take-off and landing sites are exclusively for our student pilots. This guarantees stress-free flights during training!Depending on the weather, we also use other flying areas in the Salzburg region or switch to the Southern Alps in bad weather.
Dates 2025
- 4. – 5. Jänner
- 14. – 15. Februar
- 21. – 22. März
- 18. – 19. April
- May 23-24
- 13. – 14. Juni
- 11. – 12. Juli
- 8. – 9. August
- 5. – 6. September
- 3. – 4. Oktober
- 7. – 8. November
Costs
Course fee:
€ 265,- + € 30,- examination fee
Level 3 - Performance Training
This is where you gain practice!
Now it’s time to get some practice. During the performance flights you will refine your take-off and landing technique, gain your first thermal and soaring experience and practice new maneuvers in the air. We take a close look at you from take-off to landing and pave the way for you to become a complete paraglider pilot.
The performance flights should be completed directly after the altitude flights in order to gain flying experience, refine the technique and learn new exercises and maneuvers. With a total of 40 flights, at least 25 of which are under supervision, sufficient practice is gained to be able to fly independently on the mountain. And you’ll make new friends too!
Prerequisite is the training confirmation
We try to train complete paraglider pilots. By varying the flying sites, you will get to know a wide variety of take-off and landing sites and will be well prepared for a safe flying career.
During the performance flights, we try to learn something new with every flight. Our instructors give feedback on every take-off & landing, and in the air training maneuvers are flown on every flight to improve glider handling and increase confidence in the equipment.
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Training content
The following maneuvers arepracticed during performance training:
- Grip on the rescue parachute
- Turning without steering line
- Flying tight turns
- Pulling ears
- Flying at characteristic speeds
- Inverse turn
- Big Ears: Pulling ears and speed up
- Flying figures of 8 over a ridge
- Flying figures of 8 around a fixed axis
- Lateral collapse
- Pitching/swinging
- Rolling/lateral swinging
On our YouTube channel you can find the maneuvers, filmed from different perspectives, to get a basic understanding of them.
Course location
Our main flying sites are:
- Fulseck in Dorfgastein
- Zwölferhorn in St. Gilgen
- Loser in Altaussee
- Biberg in Saalfelden
- Ettenberg in Marktschellenberg
- In the fall/winter or in bad weather, we also like to move to the south side of the Alps to collect flights.
Dates 2025
January: January 4, 5, 11 and 25,
PFC Lijak: January 23 – 26
February: February 14, 15, 18, 22, 25 and 26,
PFC Meduno: February 20 – 23
March: March 1, 13, 23, 25, 26 and 29
April: 1, 3 and 26. April
May: May 1, 4, 8, 24 and 29
June: June 1, 3, 19, 24 and 29,
July: July 3, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25,
PFC Andelsbuch: July 3 – 6
August: August 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 28,
PFC Altaussee: August 14 – 17
September: September 8, 9, 10, 16, 17 and 25
October: October 9, 11, 18 and 25,
PFC Feltre: October 16 – 19
November: Nov. 7, 8, 9 and 15,
PFC Revine 2: Oct. 30 – Nov. 2
PFC Meduno 2: Nov. 20 – 23
December:
PFC Meduno 3: December 5 – 8
Costs
- Per flight: € 35,- (excl. ascent)
- Block of 10: € 300,-
- 4-day Performance Camp Italy: € 465 (incl. ascent)
Please note that the dates are only provisional and that new dates may be added or canceled depending on the weather. You will be contacted by email about every performance training session via our performance mailing list. Would you like to be on the performance mailing list? Just send an e-mail to Daniela and you’re in!
Level 4 - Paragliding license
You will become a paraglider pilot!
The INTERNATIONAL GLIDER’S LICENSE corresponds to the German A-license!
A paragliding license is required to take off from any mountain – even abroad. The paragliding license course teaches you everything you need to know in theory. This allows you to fly freely in Austria, Germany and Switzerland in compliance with air traffic regulations. Your paragliding license, in conjunction with the FAI IPPI card, allows you to paraglide and hang glide in most countries around the world.
In the theoretical training for your paragliding license, you will learn everything you need for practical flying and for the theoretical exam. Our flight instructors are experts and can answer your questions clearly.
In addition, you will receive the book Gleitschirmfliegen für Meister by Toni Schlager and the online learning account of the ÖAeC/DHV to learn the exam questions.
We offer you the examination course for the flight license recognized in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. In other countries, the respective national guidelines must be observed.
Our flight instructors are true experts in their field. This enables them to convey even difficult learning content simply and answer complex questions in an understandable way!
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Course location
Our paragliding license theory courses take place in our seminar room or in a seminar hotel in our area. The theory rooms are equipped with seats with writing facilities, projector with screen, flipchart and paraglider harness simulator.
Examination
Theoretical examination:
- Multiple-choice test with 100 questions
Practical examination:
- Flight planning
- Pre-flight check
- Start
- Guiding principles
- Earmolding
- Lateral folding
- Landing classification
- Landing
Dates 2025
PG1: February 27 – March 2
PG2: June 26 – 29
PG3: September 18 – 21
We start the course on Thursday afternoon, Friday and Saturday we have theory lessons all day and on Sunday we have the theory test and practical test (weather permitting).
Costs
Course fee: € 525,-
+ € 30,- examination fee theory
+ € 30,- examination fee practice
The learning materials DHV/ÖAeC (book + account learning program) are included in the course fee!
Level 5 - Cross-country flight authorization
Level 5 - Cross-country flight
authorization
Become an independent pilot and fly from mountain to mountain!
The aim of the cross-country course is to learn how to leave the flight hill and the familiar landing site – in other words, to learn cross-country flying. By entering the cross-country rating in your paragliding license, you are allowed to fly cross-country in compliance with air traffic regulations. This cross-country rating corresponds to the German “unrestricted pilot’s licence – B-Schein” and is also recognized as such.
Prerequisite
After obtaining the Austrian paragliding license, the following confirmed flights are required:
- 10 alpine flights with an altitude difference of over 500 m
- 10 flights with at least 30 min duration
- Flight exercises such as rolling, pitching, leading edge, side collapse.
The test flight is flown together in a group with a flight instructor. The weather is analyzed in detail in advance, the route is discussed and flown together as a group. This also makes the test flight easy!
Theory
Our paragliding license theory courses take place in our seminar room or in a seminar hotel in our area. The theory rooms are equipped with seats with writing facilities, projector with screen, flipchart and paraglider harness simulator.
Practice
There is a joint test flight:
- Meteobriefing
- Route planning
- Terrain briefing
- a documented cross-country flight in accordance with FAI regulations over at least 10 km on a predetermined route.
Dates 2025
STF1: March 28 – 30
STF2: July 25 – 27
The theoretical training takes place in the seminar room of the Salzburg flying school and the practical training (joint examination flight) takes place at the high-altitude or cross-country flying site.
Costs
Course fee: € 345,-
+ € 30,- examination fee theory
+ € 30,- examination fee practice
The DHV/ÖAeC learning materials (account learning program) are included in the course fee!
