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ABOUT INSTRUCTORS & PILOTS
We have professional Flying and ground crew members. The Instructors
have an experience of 7 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 He
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.
MANGESH
DIGHE
Mangesh Dighe started
his Paragliding career in the year 1994. Today he is an experienced
instructor in paragliding. 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.He has particiapted in Paragliding
Pre-world cup championships and holds International sporting
licence in paragliding. Since he holds a record of over 2000
tandem flights, he is known as a tandem pilot.
GOVIND
YEWALE Govind Yewale
is flying paragliders since 2003 and has started flying paramotors
in 2006. He is assistant instructor in Wings and Flights.
His speciality is in parasailing and also conducts training
in parasailing.He has a vast experience of giving parasailing
joyrides on the plateau of Panchagani near Mahabaleshwar.
YOGENDRA
JAHAGIRDAR
Yogendra Jahagirdar is
a paragliding enthusiast and a director at
Paragliding India. He is also a keen scale aeromodeller and
has two FAI
records to his credit. He runs a company Jahagirdar Aero Products
manufacturing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Targets.
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 Mumbai. He has flown
many hill sites in Western Ghats. He runs a paragliding school
in Virar, Mumbai. An excellent Winch Operator and paragliding
instructor. Apart from developing websites, he is good in
general and aerial photography.
DINESH
MARWADKAR Dinesh
is an assistant paragliding instructor at Aurangabad Adventure
Sports Association and also instructor for Wings and Flights,
Pune. A very knowledgeable and safety concious pilot and
has flown in every advanced sites around Aurangabad region.
One of the pioneer members of paragliding community in
Aurangabad, he is expert in Rock Climbing, Parasailing,
Rappeling and allied adventure sport activities.
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