After the success in 2022, the wonderful people at the Great British Aerotow Revival offered us a gap on one of their warm up days to get disabled people flying. We managed to get four people up thanks to our…
GBAR Flyabilty tandem day 23
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Latest news articles and updates from Flyability
Buttermere Bash 23
We’ve just come back from Buttermere Bash 2023. We have never been (Helen and me ) although this event was behind the original fundraising to set up Flyability over 25 years ago. The festival is full of awesome people in…
Altitude Trips offering paragliding wheelchair development training in the Swiss Alps
We have been contacted by Altitude Trips about a training course in the Swiss Alps they’re offering in October. They’re keen to include paragliding wheelchair pilots in their courses. Altitude Trips are a BHPA registered school operating outside the UK.…
Great British Aerotow Revival (GBAR) 2023 Disabled Tandems
Flyability have been invited back to GBAR for 2023 following our successful Disabled Tandems Day in 2022. Once again we’ll be offering free hang glider tandems for disabled people. Find out more and register here:
Royal AeroClub (RAeC) Newsletter mentions Flyability
We’re delighted to be included in the Summer 2022 Newsletter from the Royal AeroClub. The Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom (RAeC) is the national co-ordinating body for Air Sport in the United Kingdom. Their quarterly newsletter covers updates…
A Magical Flight Through North Cumbrian Skies
By Samantha Dryden-Sillars On a clear Thursday in June, I had the opportunity to go paragliding with Flyability (http://www.flyability.org.uk/). Flyability is a branch of the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association dedicated to supporting people with disabilities to go paragliding…
Great British Aerotow Revival (GBAR) – Disabled Tandems Day 2022
This Spring Flyability was invited by organisers Tony Smith and Steve Blackler to run hang gliding tandems for disabled people during the warm up days of the Great British Aerotow Revival competition. Judy Leden MBE from Airways Airsports travelled down to help with…
Accessible Hang Gliding in Woolacombe by Fenella Johnson
I have always thought of myself as a bit of a daredevil when it comes to adrenalin sports. That feeling of freedom and euphoria is unparalleled! Having already completed a skydive, been water-skiing, and enjoyed various other hair-raising sports, I…
Solomon’s flight with Airworks
Solomon achieved his aspiration to fly like a bird on Easter Sunday morning 2022, soaring in thermal lift above the Cuckmere River at Alfriston, skilfully piloted in tandem harness by Steve Purdie of Airworks. Conditions were very fine, Solomon reported being…
Crowdfunding for a Handivol Paragliding wheelchair
On Thursday January 23 2020 we officially launched our new Crowdfunder campaign to raise funds for a new paragliding wheelchair. Cross Country Magazine very kindly invited us to two talks by Chrigel Maurer where we were able to present the…