Winter in England is pretty cold and miserable, so it was with great excitement that I booked myself a two week trip to Morocco to learn how to paraglide with Mid-Wales ParaGliding Centre (www.MWPGC.co.uk) I made a video of the…
Michael’s Trip to PG
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Disabled concession
Flyability has successfully arranged a disability discount for BHPA membership. At the moment it is only available to PIP and Adult Disability Payment (ADP) recipients (but we are trying to sort other benefits). To claim the discount, all you need…
Parafest 2024
For the first time we made it to Wales to Parafest, such a well organised event, Mark and the parafest crew worked very hard and put on a fantastic and safe event. when we got there the stands were just…
Buttermere bash 2024
Blessed by the weather, again (the rain stopped on the wednesday) Gordie and the bash team put on a Awesome event! Thankyou for inviting us Gordie! Nestled by the side of the gorgeous lake buttermere, Cumbria the Buttermere Bash is…
In May Andrew got to fly with the twins
Andrew from https://www.flyingfrenzy.com/ We had an amazing time this morning introducing 3 people to the skies at Swyre hill. It was pretty breezy but once up we had all the space and height and views we could ask for. Two…
In April Marcus gets airborne with Judy
Flyability was able to help by providing a scholarship and fast tracking approval when we were contacted by Judy to help get Marcus off the ground. Judy from https://www.airways-airsports.com/ It’s a privilege to be able to give a bucket list…
New linkedin page
We have a posh new linkedin page if your on on linkedin give us a follow https://www.linkedin.com/company/flyabilityuk/
Open Country bring a group of blind people to fly in a tandem hang glider at Airways
At the end of August we were lucky enough to be available to help out when Open Country visited Airways Airsports to get 4 blind people up in tandem hangglider flights. The weather was very changeable which meant sneaking in…
Marina goes flying with Sam at Fly Like a Bird
We’re very pleased to share that Marina managed to get flying in a tandem hangglider in gorgeous North Devon with Sam from Fly Like a Bird. Marina was born multiple limb differences but with some adaptions to her harness and…
Sally goes flying with YX Paragliding
We’re delighted to share that after a health and weather enforced delay, Sally finally got airborne in a tandem paraglider with Mick from YX Paragliding in the beautiful Welsh countryside. I finally did it!! Plagued with bad health and then…