OUR TEAM

We have professional Flying and ground crew members. The Instructors have an experience of 14 years of Paragliding and Paramotor flying. The Chief Paragliding Instructor comes with a thorough aviation background. He has 18 years of Sailplane flying experience and is a holder of Pilot's Licence (Gliders) and Flight Instructor's Rating on Gliders.

ERIC MENEZES

Eric is the Chief Paragliding Instructor and is with a thorough aviation background. He has 22 years of experience in flying sailplanes and is a holder of Flight Instructor's Rating for Gliders issued by Civil Avaition Dept., Govt of India. He started his flying career way back in 1980, has done 4000 flights and logged 450 hours airtime.

He is one of the pioneers in paragliding in India. Having started paragliding in 1994, he established a paragliding school in Pune. He has successfully trained more than 1100 students in the past 10 years.

Apart from flying paramotors and trikes, he specializes in aerial photography. He is very safety concious and believes in disciplined flying.

E-mail him at paraglidingeric@gmail.com

MANGESH DIGHE

Mangesh started his Paragliding in the year 1994. Today he has 16 years experienced flyer in paragliding and paramotoring. Incidentally, he happens to be a Civil Engineer and has completed his post graduation in Environmental science. He is an expert on free flying and paramotor cross country flights of more than 100 kms. He has done 6500 + flights since he started paragliding.

He has particiapted in Paragliding Pre-world cup championships and holds International sporting licence in paragliding. Since he holds a record of over 3000 tandem flights including trike powered and free flights,

he is known as a tandem pilot and a cross country pilot. Recently he did a 105 km cross country flight on a paramotor. Details at http://g6powerppg.com/news.htm

RHONE MENEZES

Rhone Menezes: Rhone started to Fly Paragliders from the age of 13 years. After a couple of hours
of hill flying and winch launched flying experience he took up Powered Paragliding. He completed
his powered paragliding basic to advance level cross country flying requirements at the age of 17.
Rhone happens to be the youngest Powered Paraglider Pilot in India. During the same period he
completed his trike flying rating and Instructor’s rating under the expert Instructions and supervision
of Instructor Mangesh Dighe. Today he stands with a flying experience of over 100 hours, be it
powered paragliding, cross country flying, thermalling, ridge soaring, tandem flying, and the monstor
trike flying. He is a budding aerobatic Pilot. He could also be termed as the youngest Powered
Paraglider Instructor in India.

SHAILESH BHATT

A name withstands among the pioneers of paragliding and paramotoring in Gujrat. He has successfully organised many paragliding training camps in Ahemdabad. He has flown the leading international brands of paramotors and has been representing paragliding in International Kite Festival organised by Tourism Dept, Gujrat. He won the second place in in National Paramotor Rally. He has the most experienced team for conducting parasailing joyrides.

SAMSON D'SILVA
A prominent name in paragliding circle in Virar, Mumbai. He has flown and discovered many hill flying sites in Western Ghats. He runs a paragliding school in Virar in the name of Space Apple link : http://www.spaceapple.com, Mumbai. An excellent paragliding and Paramotoring instructor. He also conducts camps and workshops for children and imparts training and guidance in aeromodelling and aviation activities. He is also professionally involved in other activities such as making fabric kites, taking children for treks and camps. Today he stands with a flying experience of over 12 years.

THE PPG GROUP AT DIVE AGAR BEACH