About us
Our philosophy
Quality and safety are key! We want you to enjoy one of man’s greatest dreams: fly like a bird, roaming the sky and walking on clouds. No engine noise, no cumbersome procedures. Free flight is the purest form of flying.
In order to fully enjoy this, it is essential to pay attention to safety. Safety is our number one priority. Paragliding is a sport, and as with other sports such as diving or skiing, you need to be well guided and trained to avoid risks.
The Airsport team is by far the largest instructor team of the Belgian paragliding schools. Most of us do this as a volunteer, based on our passion for flying, and to pass on this passion. We are all people with a background as teachers, physiotherapists, passionate about the sport of flying. Some fly competition at international level, others prefer to keep it as flying with family. What we all share is that flying should remain fun and above all safe!
Airsport is a non-commercially minded school, we are a non-profit organisation, the proceeds are primarily reinvested in equipment and in continuing training for our instructors. This gives them the best possible and continuous training. This way we are sure that we always have the best and motivated people. We use new, modern and certified material.
The training is built up in a pedagogically thoughtful way. We want you to enjoy yourself but at the same time make sure you really learn. We love a loose and friendly atmosphere. Your instructors are not 9 to 5 people: they spend the training together with the trainees, residing and eating together with you. They are people who are primarily driven by their passion for flying, and who are happy to pass it on to you.
The Airsport Team
Robin and Hannelore
Airsport is a team. Airsport is the sum of its members, the students, the monitors, the family and the friends. The school cannot exist without the instructors and they cannot be passionate about flying without the support of the family. Robin and Hannelore are together in charge of the school logistics and the training. Hannelore behind the scenes and Robin on the premises.
Our passion is to grow and support people in achieving their dreams. A bit like “Make a Wish”, but with a passion for flying. Safety is the most important thing, but there must also be fun and wonderfully long flights.
Together with a team of great and capable people.
Bert
Flying since: 2012
Best flight: My 1st XC may not be my prettiest flight, but one to remember! First cross from the Montlambert to the Dent d’Arclusaz, starting to go up to big grey cloud, while being a bit anxious. Then – wondering if I would make it – crossing the valley. In the slowly approaching the landing of Chamoux and landing there with a big smile on my face that stuck for the rest of the day(s). Thanks to Danny for his tips!
Task: Assistant instructor.
Motto: flying is fantastic, but landing safely is essential!
Bram
Flying since: 2007
Best flight: 1st time to rise above take-off instead of descending. Get cloudbase first time. 1st time on xc flying. Flying out of a league task once. The most memorable flight to date: a task of 83 km during Belgian Open in Grand Bornand 2017.
Task: Assistant instructor.
Motto: My wing makes the difference between the sky and the sky.
Dries
Flying since: 2007
Best flight: Oludeniz – Turkey, in 17 minutes until some beautiful cumulus clouds climbed at 3400m. With 3000m of altitude difference above the sea arrived. Butterfly Beach flew over and an island a few kilometers further into the sea. With wing overs, SATs and a steepled spiral dropped to 400m.
Task: Instructor.
Motto: If thinking about flying already excites you, imagine actually doing it!
Enrique
Flying since: 2019
Best flight: Normandy: a blue sky filled with white cumuli, each pilot with his own cloud. You rise beneath your personal cumulus, the world disappears beneath your feet, and you look around to see someone enjoying his white veiled cloud. The cumulus dissolves into icy wisps, and you fly towards the warm rays of the sun through a fog-shaped shark tooth. You search further and see someone in the distance playing with his own cloud, circling it but respectfully not in it. They act as if they’re best friends. The sun creates stunning contrasts on the pleasure of the wings all around. Isn’t it a blessing!
Task: Assistant instructor in training.
Motto: If life is like a flow, and you are in control of the strings: Go paragliding!
Francis
Flying since: 1998
Best flight: A task during the Belgian championship in Piedrahita in 2022. Before a pass I lost contact with the peloton. After the pass, the task seemed lost. I prepared to land until a bird of prey showed me the saving thermals. We flew together for a while and finally reached an altitude of almost 4000m and a beautiful view of the region and the globe..
Task: Assistant instructor in training.
Motto: The most beautiful experience is the realization of a childhood dream.
Jasmine
Flying since: 2011
Best flight: My first thermal flight on the Dents De Lanfon (Annecy), concentrated not wanting to give off my bell, only to suddenly realize that I was hanging at 2800m. What am I doing here? What next? Just the sound of my wing whizzing through the air, fresh wind to one’s slightly too bare ankles, and the world that was very small at my feet. Fantastic…
Task: Assistant instructor.
Motto: Paragliding is more than flying. It’s being in nature, getting to know yourself, trying to understand the meteo, dealing with ups and downs, installing an incredible amount of apps at some point, and lots of fun together at take-offs and landings…To keep it safe, to grow and to enjoy this sport for too long? Everything step by step.
Jeff
Flying since: 2014 (before that 15 years as sailplane pilot).
Best flight: There are several, but the best memory is of a flight where I went with friends on a flight-biv adventure. After we all gathered above the Grand Bornand take-off and flew together as a group along the Aravis, where our adventure started. Another great flight was at a race in Macedonia, I crossed the starting line in 60th place and ended up finishing 6th that day without being aware of it.
Task: Assistant instructor in training.
Motto: Enjoy the moment, make your own goals and plans. Find a nice balance between your gas and your brake. (You will probably discover what I mean by this).
Karel
Flying since: 2000
Best Flight: A flight of nearly 100 km in the Krusevo region, Macedonia, in 2017 during the Naviter Open. Leaving the last thermal after a flight of about 4 hours and realizing that you are going on a final glide and will reach goal is a great feeling!
Task: Club guide.
Motto: Better safe than sorry.
Karlien
Flying since: 2011
Best Flight: I made it with 3 friends. We flew 170 km, starting from La Sambuy, crossing several nature reserves to Grenoble and back again. The conditions were fantastic and we helped each other by staying together. Along the way we crossed the take-offs from Montlambert and Saint-Hilaire, and crossed the lake of Annecy. So cool to prepare and execute the flight together!
Task: Instructor.
Motto: Focus on the the things you enjoy, that gives you pleasure and satisfaction!
Koen
Flying since: 1987
Best flight: Laragne Chabre on 21/08/2011 80 km.
Task: Instructor.
Motto: Everyone flies at their level!
Lode
Flying since: 2009
Best Flight: my best flight is at any given time a recent one, for me, flying is about pushing boundaries and flying further and higher then I did before. My current highlight is June 9, 2020 with a flight of 416km over the French flatlands, followed shortly by a 200km in group with William, Bram and Karlien in the French Alps, also 2020.
Task: Club guide.
Motto: Higher, further, faster! But always safe.
Pieter
Flying since: 2008
Best flight: With my flight buddies for hours at the top of the Dormillouse at cloud base.
Task: Assistant instructor.
Motto: Better a pint on the ground than a tree in your ass.
Robin
Flying since: 2005
Best flight: The most beautiful flights for me are not the farthest or the longest, but the ones where we fly together in a group, where we pushed the boundaries together. In my ‘early’ years with Lode or Phil or more recently on a Club activity or a FL276 week.
Task: Instructor.
Motto: Listening, watching, enjoying, learning … Grow. Fly safely!
Roby
Flying since: 1998
Best flight: I had a lot of beautiful flights and I’m sure the most beautiful will still come but if I have to choose one it will be my overflying of the Mont Blanc with a start at Planpraz and almost 7 hours flying .
Task: Assistant instructor in training.
Motto: The most beautiful of a passion is sharing and transmitting it to others!
William
Flying since: 1989
Best flight: As a tandem pilot in Livigno in winter, took off at 2400m and then in blue thermals to almost 4000m… boundlessly beautiful!!!
Task: Assistant Instructor.
Motto: every flight with good take-off and landing is good flight… No matter how long that flight took. Your “super flight” will come… 🙂