Air sports Rhônes-Alpes

Annecy and its lake are even more beautiful seen from the sky in the silence of a majestic balloon flight. Enjoying a certain comfort but especially a breathtaking view, we let ourselves be carried by balloons that show us Annecy and the Alps from another angle. The pilots are professionals ensuring a perfect safety of the flight. From take-off to landing, the sensations of pleasure are intense. The only condition to our happiness is the weather. The hot air balloons cannot take off in case of rain, snow or fog and by wind higher than 20 km/h. Unforgettable sensations and a show to share in complete safety with a great team of enthusiasts.

For 37 years, Les Passagers du Vent has been offering take-offs at La Forclaz. The Talloires-based school, staffed by state-certified instructors, offers tandem paragliding first flights over Lake Annecy and the Aravis mountains all year round. The school also organizes a large number of advanced training courses entitled "cross-country, piloting, ascent progression, autonomous progression and travel" for connoisseurs. On the online website, you can reserve your equipment (for sale or hire). On the ground, the Plancher des Vaches is the perfect place to share a good time over a drink or a plate of food.

Accompanied by Joël, a qualified and highly experienced professional, you'll have the opportunity to take a tandem flight to discover or deepen your knowledge of paragliding. The youngest among us, from the age of 4, can take part in discovery flights, as can the less young, right up to an advanced age! Please note, however, that it takes around 45 minutes in total, including preparation, access to the summit for take-off, flight and landing. The flights are safely accessible to all, including people with reduced mobility.

You don't have to be a superhero to fly! Just book your flight with Ifly. You've heard of Ifly: the giant wind tunnel set up near Bron airport, where you can take to the skies in a flight suit. With wind speeds of up to 300 km/h, the sensations of flight are magical. And for even more free-fall thrills, you can take the Ultimate 4D jump and enjoy, via a VR360 headset, a parachute jump over Lyon accompanied by world free-flight champions Karine Joly and Greg Crozier, or an extreme wingsuit flight in the Alps. A great adrenalin rush on the way down! Gift pack.

Founded in the late 1980s by Didier Maturin, current coach of the French paragliding team (world champions in 2013), this paragliding and hang-gliding school offers introductory tandem flights, enabling students to discover the Arve Valley. The school also encourages autonomy by teaching the skills needed to fly solo, in the presence of a flight professional. For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

The great outdoors, they'll be under your feet when you're in the air! The mountains of the Alps, the waters of the lake are never as beautiful as seen from the sky. Les Grands Espaces is more than 30 years of paragliding experience by professional and passionate instructors who will take you safely into the air. One of the best experiences of your life! Sensations more or less strong guarantees according to the type of flight chosen from the Col de la Forclaz or Planfait: Loupiot for the youngest, Discovery, Ascent with some acrobatic curves and Prestige. Training courses to learn and shop to get equipped. See Annecy in a big way!

From May to mid September, a paragliding school to discover, initiate, advance or train. Flights make you discover the valley and mountains from a different angle. Try after a bi-place flight, an initiation over 3 days for beginners and another 3 days to go further. Think of hot clothes and rising shoes and a medical certificate for paragliding practice. Arches in Heaven also offers mountain sports, live water, via ferrata, canyoning… Technical clothing and sports equipment available at the store.

And if we took the height to see the world from the sky along a peaceful flight where the nature of the Vallons and Monts du Lyonnais is revealed in all its splendor. You will cross valleys and hills under an unusual angle, alone, with family or friends. The flights take place early in the morning or late in the evening and last about 1 hour. After the landing, return in 4x4, delivery of the certificate of ascent, without forgetting a drink to celebrate the flight.

The flying club Les Ailes du Mézenc offers paragliding initiation and improvement courses. Well integrated in the local life, this club allows to discover magnificent landscapes by taking height. The life of the club also revolves around inter-club outings in other regions, the practice of kite flying, training in the folding of the rescue, the supervision of newcomers. The club tries to promote the activity while respecting local traditions... A wonderful opportunity to get some height and admire a breathtaking view!

This association brings together lovers of free flight above the Ardèche. Non-amateurs prefer a tandem flight with a monitor.

The great attraction in Saint-Hilaire since the 80's is hang-gliding and now paragliding. The exceptional aerological quality of the site and the professionalism of the instructors have given this school a flawless reputation. Prévol, in addition to initiation and improvement, offers since 1986 the discovery, two-seater paragliding flights - also in wheelchair - for a gentle first flight. The setting is fantastic for your first take-off between the limestone cliffs of Chartreuse and the Belledonne mountain range in the distance.

If you would like to spend your baptism in the air or learn to do some of the clouds in the clouds, contact this school. Frank, a state-run instructor, with his ten years of experience, offers many benefits to learn to ride a pole or to take a walk in the air, in tandem. Sports enthusiasts can train and get the state patent that allows you to fly alone. For those who want to enjoy their loved ones, it is also possible to offer a good gift, valid for one year, which opens right to a tourist tour above the Loire. And if you're looking for equipment, you'll be aware that Destination Ulm is also selling and selling new and used machines. You can even drop your aircraft into one of the aerodrome hangars.

Altibulle offers a captive flight on hot air balloon from the Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne airfield. You cross over 30 m above sea level and discover the Roannais from another Angle. After technical explanations and a pre-flight briefing, you will be involved in assembling and blowing the ball and then embark for takeoff. The team consists of professional pilots. Each ball is followed throughout the flight by a radio-linked recovery vehicle, which is responsible for recovering the ball at its landing place and participating in the storage of the equipment. In week, for two to six people, flights can be programmed within a very short period of time, on simple telephone calls (agencies and individuals, flights in roannaise region only). For Saturdays, Sundays and holidays are required, about five to eight weeks! If you have a gift to make, offer a gift ticket including flight and guest room for two people, but find out because there are different formulas in the form of envelopes and boxes, very surprising!

Whether you want to learn or realize "modern sports parachute", you will find your happiness at the start of the Saint-Galmier small airfield. You will start with traditional training including a theoretical learning coupled with a suitable sports training for strong sensations and a fabulous panorama that will attuned your practice. Framed by seasoned instructors, you'll have automatic opening jumps at 1 200 m before you start for free fall! Tandem or solo… You will have an unforgettable memory. It is your grandchildren who will be happy when you what your youth exploits!

Besides its activities as manufacturer and importer of spare parts for gliders and gliders, this company is also a well-equipped ULM school. Possibility of baptism: tandem and ULM piloté. This base is located about kilometres south of Thonon, near Perrignier.

A highly professional paragliding school caters for beginners and experienced paragliders alike, offering courses to suit all levels. A warm welcome awaits you. During the winter season, the school also offers speed riding courses for experienced skiers. The guide office offers a wide range of other activities, including snowshoe trekking, ruisseling, ski touring, heli-skiing, ice climbing, caving, canyoning and more.

Thrills guaranteed! Created in 2009 by Haut-Savoyard Jean-François Michelin, Bun J Ride is the world's first bungee jumping site. By bike or on foot, alone or in tandem, you can launch yourself from a 28-metre-long springboard anchored in a cliff, for a 40-metre jump with free figures over the torrent. A second Bun J Ride site is open in Tignes during the winter season, offering jumps on snow. There's something for every thrill-seeker!