Well we’ll students flying 5 days in a row, learning lots, awesome experience, flying many flight and hours and close to getting their basic license. Slp, Sir Lowry’s pass delivers again some students flying for two and half hours one flight, and this is only the beginning. Well done Matt and David. Other pilots flying to Hans kop and back, flying close the the rocks hearing the water falling and the sounds of the eagle chirping, flying close to ones wing tip.   Later the clouds rolled in and they had to fly back on bar.  This is good as it gets.      ..read more

    Students practicing forward launching, with light conditions at Piketburg we could do many flights and practice the manouvers. Your guys getting many different sites, many flight and hours air time and your journey has only begun. We’ll done. #xalps3 #paragliding #advance #paradise #soaring #excitment #flying #piketburg #swartland #birdmen ..read more

    Birdmen steals another fantastic training day from Kardoesie Porterville area. While Cape Town was cloudy and raining. Students doing 9 flights, top landings, big ears, speed bar and D riser flight and landings a massive progress and excitement for these pilots in the making. #paragliding #advance #paradise #xcflying #poterville #kardoesie #personalbest #thermalling #students #beauty #sunny #birdmen ..read more

  Another perfect day students heaving a blast with many flights, some good long soaring flights, flying with traffic, learning tons after a few hours of theory lectures. A few top to bottoms before the wind increased and the students soaring for over 20 minutes.  The views over the Ocean a few rain showers in the distance but not reaching us. A busy day but an epic one for all. Well done guys.#training #kiting #paragliding #advance #paradise #soaring #excitment #flying #langebaan #capetown #westerncape #wind #birdmen ..read more

  Birdmen descends on Franschhoek. Others joining, out for another days scenic flying, snow capped peaks in the back drop. Light thermic conditions. Wow we live in a beautiful place and are privileged to fly these amazing mountains.   #xalps3 #paragliding #advance #paradise #xcflying #Franschoek #scenery #friendships #freshair #chilly #Birdmen ..read more

  Day2. Another super good days training, with good forward and reverse pull ups, kiting and little bunny hops. We loving be out and being able to teach again, soon the new guys will be taking their first flight into the big blue, skies. Soaring like the eagles, their journey had begun. #paragliding #advance #perfection #kiting #training #students #soaring #excitment #flying #capetown #cloudbase #birdmen ..read more

Back to the skies. After lock down, first days training. We had a great day doing ground handling, students getting the hang of running and kiting the glider above their heads. The journey has begun. Well done to all.   #capetown #paragliding #advance #paradise #training #students #flying #excitment #birdmen ..read more

      Early birds get the flights, launching just after 9.20am good lift with about 9 pilots enjoying our last days of freedom, before lock down. Wind steadily increased, and became more cloudy as time passed. Very nice cumulus clouds forming, turning and climbing to base, then most of us headed to Gordon’s Bay Beach and landed at the beach, good celebration. All keeping one and half meters apart to be safe…. #paragliding #advance #perfection #xalps3 #xcflying #birdmen #slp #cloudbase #thermic #thermalling #gordonsbay ..read more

  Another exciting day with Birdmen, Hermanus produces an amazing day of flying. Blue water and blue and white skies set the back drop of the red gliders. Thermaling practice, top landings, flying east, west and finally landing at the Marine hotel, what a cool day.     #xalps3 #paragliding #advance #paradise #soaring #excitment #flying #Hermanus #capetown #birdmen #braai #fire ..read more

The country almost going into lock down, we isolating ourselves 1250m above ground flying from Kardoesie. On our second flight, climbing then flying briefly on the mountain, before heading into the flats. Really nice to fly some good 5.5m climbs and big sink in between. One must be flying to get the reward, super good day. Back home for quarentien SA boerwors braai. #xalps3 #paragliding #advance #paradise #xcflying #poterville #kardoesie #eendekuil #braai #happy #sunset #beers #fire #boerewors #birdmen ..read more