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
The Glen Paragliding Club objectives:
1. To facilitate the exchange of knowledge, views, and experience of pilots such that pilots can progress quickly and safely to the highest level of the sport.2. To organize competitions, events, and meetings both flying and non-flying to promote camaraderie, pilot development and singularity of purpose within the Club.3. To operate in accordance with and abide by the rules and regulations of the South African Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association (hereafter referred to as “SAHPA”), the Aero Club of South Africa and The South African Civil Aviation Authority in the interest of paragliding.4. To ensure that all pilots always fly with full knowledge of SAHPA and local rules so that neither present a danger to themselves, their fellow pilots, any third party nor the sport itself.5.Manage and control flying sites which are designated as being the Club’s responsibility.
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
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The Club Safety committee has issued a Safety Notice concerning flying at Lion’s Head.Read the newest Safety Notice here
The Glen Country Club has concluded an agreement with the Camps Bay High School giving the Glen Paragliding Club members the exclusive landing rights to the Glen Field. The key terms of the agreement are as follows:
Permission Granted: The School grants the Club’s paragliding members the exclusive right to land on the Field whenever the Field is not occupied by the School or for other purposes. This authorization is granted for the purpose of safe and controlled landing only.
Scheduling and Access: The Operations Manager of the School shall notify the Paragliding Section of the Club of the times and dates when the paragliding members cannot use The Field for landing.
Compliance: The Paragliding Section of the Club shall ensure that all paragliding activities comply with local regulations and any specific rules set by the School. Each member of the Paragliding section of the Club will be responsible for obtaining any necessary licenses, permits or approvals required for paragliding activities.
Insurance: The Club confirms that all paragliding pilots members of the Club have third party liability insurance
A reminder that if the Field is occupied, we can, as an alternative, land on Camps Bay Beach. To facilitate compliance by visiting and foreign pilots, we will introduce a weekly membership of the Club for a fee of Rand 50. Registration will take place by scanning the QR code on the signage at the Lower Lion’s Head take-off or directly on our website.
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
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
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
The Western Cape delivers a week of great paragliding tasks for a field of 75 mostly foreign pilots over the Cedarberg.Watch on YouTube
Join us for four days of flying, connecting, relaxing and enjoying the beautiful surroundings of Kardoesie, N7 Citrusdal. A unique opportunity to meet old and new pilots. Register here as soon as possible so that we can make the necessary arrangements for camping, braaing and others in time.
Join us! The challenge involves task setting, scoring, retrieve, medics, a spit braai on the Saturday night, talks, prizes and more.Entry fee is R1900. Registration closes 10 March 2024.
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.
Feel free to contact us for more information! T +27 66 490 1404 | E glenclubparagliding@gmail.comVictoria Road, Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa, 8005