Paragliding safety
People always dreamed of having wings and flying up into the sky. The team SkyAtlantida has been arranging paragliding flights during 9 years and has helped many people to implement their dream – to enjoy the feeling of a free flight, the opportunity to float beneath the clouds, as if you had wings. Almost anyone can touch the sky. This became possible due to experienced tandem pilots-instructors. All you have to do is relax and enjoy the unique landscape of Georgia feeling its flavor from a bird’s eye view.
Paraglider is an ultralight aircraft which is made of specific materials. The paraglider is fixed to the harness systems of a passenger and a pilot with help of straps and carabiners. In case of emergency there is a reserve parachute in the instructor’s harness.
Paraglider and modern parachute look very similar as a wing, sometimes they are even confused with each other, but they are completely different. A parachute is originally designed for dynamic opening and descent – it is a safety tool, and a paraglider is a complete ultralight aircraft which can gain altitude, flying for hours covering distances of over 500 kilometers.
What you should know about safety and how to prepare for the flight will be described below.
Why it is safe with us
- SkyAtlantida is a small friendly family. We fly every day all day long, with skinny and fat people, with children and adults. Paragliding is not a job for us, it’s our life. We respect our guests and our reputation.
- All flights are conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations of IPHFG – International Paragliding and Hang Gliding Federation of Georgia.
- We use only advanced, certified equipment that meets all safety requirements.
- We fly only when the weather is good and use only safe launching sites for paragliding.
- Flight equipment is regularly inspected and promptly replaced if there are any signs of wear and tear.
- Instructors are required to have medical monitoring before their flights.
- Our pilots are winners of international paragliding competitions, Pre World Cup and World Cup stages.
- We have the highest qualifications confirmed by international certificates.
- People don’t visit us by chance, welcome to the Aviator family.
Notes:
If weather conditions are not favorable for paragliding: precipitation, strong wind or clouded sky. Your flight can be rescheduled or canceled and your money will be refunded in full.
The team of real professionals who truly love flying and are in love with the sky will take care of our flight safety, let’s get acquainted:
- Mikhailyuta Sergey Nikolaevich – flight director of SkyAtlantida at the launch sites. He has flight time of 1618 hours on AN 26, has been practicing parachuting since 1975, has made 2306 parachute jumps and has been keen on paragliding since 1991. Eventually Sergey’s hobby became the main interest and business of his life, so the company SkyAtlantida was created in 2013.
- Mikhailyuta AnatolySergeevich – Head of the International Federation of Paragliding and Hang Gliding of Georgia. Expert in paragliding in Ukraine, flight director, instructor. He is the current record holder of the Caucasus in paragliding, a winner and participant in international competitions Pre World Cup and World Cup stages. A professional tandem pilot, SkyAtlantida school instructor, he has trained more than 540 students-paragliders and made more than 6730 commercial tandem flights.
- Mikhailyuta Dmitry Sergeevich – Co-founder of the International Federation of Paragliding and Hang Gliding of Georgia. Tandem pilot, instructor. The symbol of reliability and safety, with more than 3850 commercial tandem flights under his belt. Instructor at our school in Georgia. He is also a drone pilot and he is fond of professional aerial photography.
- Mikhailuta Tatyana Anatolievna is a professional guide, linguist, medical specialist, assistant and coordinator at the launching sites; earlier she was actively involved in hiking and mountain climbing.
- Nikolaeva Natalia is a mother of three children, co-founder of the International Federation of Paragliding and Hang Gliding of Georgia
Senior Manager in the SkyAtlantida team. She educated as an ecologist, but she become successful in the tourism industry.
For 5 years Natalia has been an integral part of the team.
Responsible, creative person, our ideological inspirer.
She will cheer you up and charge you up with positive energy, answering all your questions on the phone, and if it is required, will give you an extra instruction before the flight.
