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Become a better pilot with our licensed pilot program

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You’ve spent 💰💰💰 on gear and a license… Don’t quit now

Research shows that the majority of new pilots in Cape Town stop flying because they:

  • Think the wind blows too much (weather forecasting)
  • Don’t know where and when to fly (site knowledge)
  • Feel alone and frustrated (social)
  • Hurt themselves because of poor skills / decision making (pilot error)
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Paragliding Instructor Cape Town

Ria Moothilal

Your Instructor

Ria is a Grade B & C Paragliding Instructor. He has close to 20 years of experience in air sports including skydiving, base jumping and paragliding. He’s a former data scientist, has a BSc in Engineering, cycled across Africa and founder of Air School Paragliding

Starting with a fear of heights Ria is living proof that anyone can learn how to paraglide. He’s passionate about xc (using a paraglider to fly to different places), hike ‘n fly, and teaching others the accelerated path to becoming a competent paragliding pilot. On his “off” days he can be found hiking and flying off some of the less flown paragliding sites around Table Mountain National Park

Testimonials

Here’s what our happy pilots had to say about our services:

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