Paraglider Training Reviews

Hello Rob Back home in the rain now! I feel SAD coming on already! Anyway, thanks for a great couple of weeks, learned lots. You both have great enthusiasm combined with careful advice and sense of fun. A great combination, long may it continue! Best wishes Bob Gay 

I wanted to thank you for the week of flying and for your guidance and instruction.........a fantastic time and such a great atmosphere. Lee, Graham and Ed make a great team. Thanks to you all for your time and putting up with such poor takeoffs....... 

My friend and I spent two weeks spent working towards our Club Pilot qualifications with FlySpain and it literally flew by. The staff were professional throughout and ensured that we had a lot of fun at the same time as gaining our qualifications. We were given ample support on both the practical and theoretical aspects of the course. The depth of knowledge amongst the instructors is incredible and it's great to be taught by people who so obviously love what they do. Algodonales is beautiful - especially from 1000 metres up! The relaxed Spanish atmosphere, delicious food, cheap beer and (usually) perfect weather add up to a great experience. There is one major downside: you won't want to leave. 

I don't do good decisions very often, but learning to paraglide with Fly Spain was definitely one of them. The instructors were great. Very friendly, welcoming, dedicated and instilled a lot of confidence. I did the EP course, choosing to finish my CP in the UK, but in retrospect I wish I had done both. I think the course gives you the chance to learn a great deal in a short space of time and provides a firm foundation for further learning, backed by some decent air time. The accommodation was top notch, in a lovely village where good food and booze are cheap and plentiful. I highly recommend it.

Hi Rob
I just wanted to say thank you for a great course. Lee was amazing and his ability to find flyable weather was brilliant. Ed and Graham were excellent too. You have a great team there – they worked really hard to get us the best flying while other companies were on the ground talking about the weather. 10 out of 10. I’ll certainly do the CP and will be in touch soon. In the meantime, please pass on my thanks to Lee, Ed and Graham. 

On the last night I forgot to thank you for another great week. You and Lee make us extremely welcome. We often remarked the extradorniarily lengths you go to to get us flying on the non-flyable days and as a consequence, I now have 5.5 hours to add to my log book ( if I actually kept one that is ) and alot more knowledge; something that yourself and Lee provide unselfishly and with a sublity that is far too scary. I would love to return, which will probably be next year 'cause I've spent all my browny points with my wife and need another year to earn them back again. Thanks again and if at all possible will be retruning next year. Regards Ray P.S Tell Lee he's as bad as I am at Bar-Football ( we both got thrashed by a bunch of girls ). 

I want to thank you for an excellent week and for me what was possibly the best holiday I have had in three decades! It is always a bit of a gamble booking things on line especially when you are completely new to something and you are potentially putting yourself into the hands of strangers in far off lands. I sat in Malaga airport on Sunday the 27th Sept 2009, in the Golf bar as instructed and wondered if I would by going home shortly!! However, Ralph arrived bang on time and without but a brief pause collected four of us and off we shot to Algo. That was that, lovely accommodation chauffeured everywhere and looked after by some very professional and friendly FlySpain employees that fast became good friends with everyone in our group. What a group, mixed ages and from Software R&D developers through to EasyJet Pilots great people, great fun. I came to learn to paraglide of course like everyone else and we were not disappointed. Conditions in Algo are excellent and couple that with the expert and friendly Training from Rob and Lee – you are on to a winner! Rob and Lee provide an excellent teaching and training regime which creates real enthusiasm and confidence in your abilities – especially important when being told to run off a mountain. We all passed our EP with ease and capped the week with a marvellous flight to circa 4000ft Above see level. If you want to learn to paraglide – book Fly Spain – and enjoy the course, the place, and the people. Rob & Nic thanks again – I’ll be booking my CP in the next week or so! 

Hi Nic Quick line to say thanks to you, Rob and Lee for a great week last week - well organized from booking through to flying and good to be in safe hands both in the air and in the bus (even Lee's driving). Hopefully get there again sometime next year. Have a good winter  

I'm still not on Facebook so I thought I'd email you my thoughts on the SIV course. What an amazing experience! It was a privilege to be part of that group and to benefit from Russell's unique knowledge and expertise. Lee did a fantastic job supporting Russell. As for the manoeuvres, I didn't enjoy spiral-dives very much but everything else was OK. In fact, the dreaded full-stall was great fun! It's surprising what abuse my Geo2 will tolerate and still sort itself out. I probably learned more about it in a week than I have in the last eighteen months. I'll have much more confidence in it in future. I'm looking forward to coming back to Algo, just as soon as I can fit in another trip. 

Hi Rob You have been on my to-do list for a week now Firstly I would like to thank you, Lee and Jimmy for taking my childhood dream and, with enthusiasm, passion and good humor, safely turning it into reality. Please would you be so kind as to pass on these words to the other instructors as I don't have their e-mail details. I´ll see you in the air very soon 

Rob gave me a superb week - I went from Para dweeb to para cherub - and am desperate for more. The team were great fun to be with and I always felt safe and looked after in the air. Lee was a great instructor and Chris very kind and helpful. James, besides possessing the worst music collection since the british deaf and dumb foundation cut its first CD, was a trojan and always on the case. And the Master - he was just great - 'no-wamean'. I know you haven't yet made your plans for late spring next year but I would like to be on your books.Thanks again for a superb week 

I just wanted to say a big thanks for last week. You have a great set-up over there – mixing good flying conditions with a nice holiday feel. Super stuff. I´m keen to get back and finish my ticket in November.....just tell me when i can come... 

Have u heard the phrase "it does what it says on the tin" well.... that's Flyspain, and very well too!! This l believe; reflects on the proprietor (Rob) and staff (Lee,James & Chris) if l have missed anyone, apollogies. The work ethic; and really wanting to get people through safely is amazing and for all that l thank you, and really hope l can get back for some thermalling, and pilot rateing next year. I'll probably send u an email from time to time just to annoy u all, and let u know how Brian (the large one) and I (slim one) are doing, so for now bye; Ron. 

Many thanks to you and Lee for a most enjoyable course, to James for keeping us well fed and watered, and to Chris for all his help especially on the first day out in the furnace. Having spent years in the Army where training is always on going it was a pleasure to watch a well run course, slowly building up the confidence of the students. ( Even if the instructors did resemble Worzel Gummidge ! ) Thanks also to Nic for the accommodation, which was very comfortable, and for a most pleasant evening with paella. Regards Brian 

Just a short note 2 thank you all for a cracking good time. Accommodation and Algo was brilliant and Lee and your understanding of the mountain kept everyone safely enjoying the superb flying on offer, all in all an exceptional week! Kind regards Steve Merten 

Thanks Rob, Lee, John and Nic for an amazing week! Thanks for all your patience and encouragement. It was clear we were in very safe hands, and you gave us the confidence we needed to fly! Thanks also for creating such a fantastic atmosphere, for being so friendly and welcoming. It would have been a great holiday even without the flying! I hope to be back for the CP some time soonish. To be honest, I'm not even considering doing it anywhere else. If you find a diamond, stay with it I say. Give my best to all the crew (and tell Lee to cut down on the chicken wings :-) David 

Algodonales is one of the world's tiny communities that cherishes the pilots who come to visit and fly the skies above

Dear Rob and Nic We felt that we must send you an e-mail post our weeks EP course. Both Jan and I have enjoyed many holidays during our time but we have to admit that this rates amongst the best of those experiences. Both Lee and Tim were first rate instructors who made us feel not only competently and professionally taught but also that our safety was their top concern at all times. The white board was a great investment Rob :) as both Tim and Lee gave great lectures (as a trainer myself its very rare that I don't get bored during presentations) but they both bought the theory to life. In addition to being great instructors they were also very friendly and approachable. The week soon became a delightful social mix (which we had not anticipated) in no small measure down to the wonderful Team Leader effect from John who really made the whole thing gel and produced a fab DVD that we have purchased. A big thankyou to all the team. We will be in touch very soon to book our CP. All our best

Dear Rob, Thanks to you and your crew for a fabulous two weeks in getting my CP license and being thoroughly enthused by you all about flying.

Great week, superb flying, just what I was after!

Video review form recent December beginners paragliding course

Hi Rob and the team,

Firstly a big thank you for a great week on the CP course last week. Both Gemma and I really enjoyed it and gained a lot from it as well as gaining our CP tickets. All our instructors were fantastic but a special thanks should go to Russ and Ross for there expertise and patience!
Considering Ross was clearly under the weather he remained professional and focused even though he should have been convalescing. Russ really tried to get the very best from both us and the conditions. They certainly have nerves of steel too!!!

Paul & Gemma

Thank you FlySpain and all its staff for an amazing trip to Porterville and Wilderness South Africa.
Along with a very special thank you to Stu our guide. who made the trip what it was, through his constant attention to ensuring that we had everything we wanted while ensuring we where safe at all times.
 

Rob, Nic,
Many thanks for a superb week, we flew every day, exceedingly my expectations withing a couple of days,  my 1st XC was epic (for me!). Thanks too for the party last night, the paella was lovely, and what a great place you have.