PARAGLIDING
The Glen Paragliding Club is a sporting section of the Glen Country Club and has over 130 members. Cape Town is one of the most spectacular places in the world to paraglide. Lion’s Head and Signal are our most iconic sites because of their location and the stunning views of Table Mountain and the Cape Town area. The Club is the custodian of all flying sites on the Table Mountain National Park, including Signal Hill or Lion’s Head, and of several other sites. It is essential that all pilots, including visiting pilots, strictly adhere to the sites’ rules in order not to jeopardize our right to fly.
Want to Enquire about Paragliding? Contact us : glenclubparagliding@gmail.com
OUR OBJECTIVES
The Glen Paragliding Club is dedicated to fostering a safe and supportive community for pilots.
Our core mission is to help members improve their skills by sharing knowledge and experiences.
We build a strong sense of camaraderie through flying competitions and social events.
A top priority is strict adherence to all regulations from national aviation bodies like the SACAA and SAHPA, and we ensure every pilot understands these rules to guarantee the safety of all.
Finally, we take responsibility for managing and maintaining our designated flying sites.
CLUB NEWS
2025 Barberton Paragliding Open
6 June 2025
Barberton Paragliding Open 2025 will be held on Jun 15 - Jun 21, 2025 in Barberton, South Africa. Our club is fielding 30 participants, including two ladies. To date we expect more than 75 pilots, including 10 ladies, to participate in the competition. The Glen Paragliding Club will field 30 pilots, a record number in recent years.
The location is the historical mining town of Barberton, with the Barberton Golf Club as the official meet center and the Lone Tree Hill launch site as the official launch.
The event seeks to establish the South African XC champion in 8 classes, namely: Novice, B-class, C-class, D-class, Open (CCC) class, Overall Woman, and Overall Men. The event will establish also the Best Team and the National Club Champions 2025.
Follow every day the competition results by clicking on this link:
https://civlcomps.org/event/barberton-paragliding-open-2025/results
Visit the official site to get more information:
https://civlcomps.org/event/barberton-paragliding-open-2025
Online Weather Forecasting Course
4 June 2025
Ria Mo0thilal has developed this course. A must for anyone flying in the Cape Area.
A self-paced online course to help you read Cape Town’s weather like well, me, WJ, Fielies, whoever you look up to for forecasting advice. It covers the popular tools (RASP, SkySight, Windy, etc), lapse rates, Skew-Ts, site selection, and risk assessment with a heavy emphasis on Cape Town flying.
🎓 7.5 hours of video content
💸 Opening special for R350
📲 Lifetime access. Learn at your own pace.
📽 Check out the 60-sec promo video here:
👉 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRZVTzwO2l8]
Enrol here: https://airschool.co.za/online-paragliding-courses/weather-forecasting-for-cape-town-paragliding-pilots/
Feel free to share it with anyone who wants to fly more and guess less!
Safety Notice concerning flying at Lion’s Head
27 May 2025
The Club Safety committee has issued a Safety Notice concerning flying at Lion’s Head.
Read the newest Safety Notice here
VISITOR INFO
Register with SAHPA here
Good to know
Every foreign pilot flying a paraglider, hang-glider, paramotor or paratrike in South Africa must be a member of SAHPA, must have 3rd Party liability insurance, must have landowner permission to launch from any site and must have at a minimum an IPPI4 card.
Register here
Use Our Club
Good to know
We recommend visiting pilots to join our Club on a temporary basis for a small subscription fee. Fill in our quick joining form and fly with the knowledge that you are in good hands with the Glen Paragliding Club.
Join here
PAST EVENTS
2024 South Africa Open, WC
15 - 21 Dec '24
The Kaapse Buitepos Klub will be hosting the 2024 South African pre PWC, a FAI sanctioned CAT2 event.
The seven day event will run from Sunday 15 to Saturday 21st December 2024, with no rest days.
Friday 13th December will be an unofficial practice day. Saturday 14th December will be an official practice day.
Flying Site : Porterville, which is known as Africa's premier summer flying and XC competition site has hosted several South African Nationals.
Want more info? Visit https://airtribune.com/2024-south-africa/info
2024 SA PARAGLIDING Pre WORLD CUP
PORTERVILLE
The Western Cape delivers a week of great paragliding tasks for a field of 75 mostly foreign pilots over the Cedarberg.
Watch on YouTube
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JOIN OUR WhatsApp GROUP
Become part of the crew! For up to date informations and notifications regarding flights, weather, news and upcoming events and more. Scan the QR code to join the WhatsApp group. We also enjoy many social gatherings, get to know your fellow fliers and learn everything there is to learn about flying in lovely Cape Town through the Glen Paragliding Club.
Please Note : This group is for FLYING related talk ONLY. Specifically things like flying plans, site updates, flight feedback. There are members who aren’t interested in general chatting – please respect this and use the CHAT group for chatting.
USEFUL LINKS
- SAHPA https://www.sahpa.co.za/
- Aero Club of South Africa https://www.aeroclub.org.za/
- SACAA https://www.caa.co.za/
- FAI https://www.fai.org/
- CIVL https://civlcomps.org/
- XContest https://www.xcontest.org/
CONTACT US
Feel free to contact us for more information!
T +27 66 490 1404 | E glenclubparagliding@gmail.com
Victoria Road, Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa, 8005
