In the summer of 2006 I had my first training course to learn hang gliding. During a skydive team training weekend in 2005 one of my (skydive) friends asked me and some other skydive friends if we would like to learn this sport “in our great skies” too. I started in Cond (Germany) with 4 skydiving friends and since 2014 Bob and I are still enjoying this beautiful sport.
At the bottom of this page you will see a map with most of the locations (amongst others: Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, Norway and Switzerland) where I have made great flights. For me this sport is such a privilege to explore. Flying (all by myself) above impressive mountains, lakes, oceans and beaches with incredible beautiful views is every time a miracle for me. In September 2018 I learned in Bösingen, Germany, to be towed by a plane (a so called Dragonfly). The Dragonfly brought me up to around 700 meter in the blue skies.
In spring 2017 I also started to fly with a so called Mosquito NRG powered hang glider. Please see this specific page with more information about me flying my Mosquito. From this moment in time I am able to fly over the Netherlands. To learn hang gliding is much easier than you would expect. You also don’t need to be a daredevil at all! Just a positive mindset and some perseverance is enough. Please click here for more information about the schools in the Netherlands. After the training costs it’s a very inexpensive sport to further explore. You can ealy find a second hand glider for 1500 euro and the mountains / coastlines are free to fly from!
Since November 2019 I am the Chairman of the Dutch Hang Gliding Association as one of the airsport divisions of the Royal Dutch Airsports Organisation. Please see my introduction in Dutch here.
My key focus is make sure that our schools in the Netherlands acquire more enthusiastic students and pilots. A large marketing campain including Tandem Flights with influencers and celebrities to create lot’s of positive on- and off-line content.
Would you also like to learn this beautiful sport in the Netherlands too? Hang gliding is safe, easy to learn and will give you total freedom! Please check out: www.leernudeltavliegen.nl (in Dutch)
By showing these pictures and movies I am sure you will understand why I love to be in our beautiful skies!
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- Dolomites, Italy
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- Aletsch Glacier CH
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- Soaring over the Dutch sand dunes
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- Aletsch Glacier CH
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- Lago Maggiore Italy
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- Soaring Ouddorp
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- Fiescheralp, Switzerland
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- Rio de Janeiro from above
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- Airborne in Winter Wonderland
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- Annecy, La Tournette
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- Above lake Garda
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- Soaring Zandvoort
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- Soaring Zandvoort
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- Soaring Wijk aan Zee
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- Soaring Wijk aan Zee
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- Annecy, Les Dents de Lanfon
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- Take off to be towed by a Dragonfly
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- Bösingen, behind the plane
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- Smile to the Dragonfly
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- Take off in the snow
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- Grindelwald, Zwitserland
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- Winter 2017
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- Landing in the snow
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- Happy with my new Orbiter
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- Lake Annecy
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- Crowded here
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- Start at the Col de la Forclaz
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- At the start above Rio
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- No way back
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- What a view
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- Sao Conrado Beach, Rio, Brazil
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- Landing at the beach
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- My car and glider covered with snow
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- Grindelwald, Switzerland. Preparing my glider
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- Ready to take off from a black ski piste
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- Direction to the Eiger North Face
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- Grindelwald Grund
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- Malden NL. Ready to go.
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- On my way “up”
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- A room with a view
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- Do I need to say more…
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- Approach
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- Time to go home
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- Sapenay 2014, close to the rocks
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- Landing Annecy
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- Landing Annecy
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- Lake Annecy
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- Lake Annecy
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- Annecy above the start
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- Just after the start from the Revard, Telefirique, France
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- Above the Dent du Chat, what a great view!
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- Right turn above Pogusch in Austria
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- Grand Columbier, Castle of Atemare
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- Greifenburg
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- Greifenburg, the three Daltons (I started in 2006 with 5 skydiving friends)
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- Greifenburg, landing approach
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- Greifenburg, ready to land
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- Greifenburg, I love this sport
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- Greifenburg, great landing
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- Greifenbrug, running to fly
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- Greifenbrug, we all are waiting to start
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- Revard, just leaving the teleferique
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- Sapenay, Lac du Bourget
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- Pogusch Austria, right turn
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- Sapenay, landing aproach
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- Greifenburg, at the start
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- Slovenia Tolmin the start
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- Tolmin Slovenia
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- Slovenia Tolmin Grad Castle
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- Tolmin ready to land
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- Tolmin Slovenia so happy!
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- Soaring at the Dutch coast
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- Take off with heavy winds
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- Landing at the beach
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- With a jeep up the mountain @Lake Garda
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- Take off lake Garda, Italy
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- Landing San Michele Brescia
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- Landing @Fisch, Switzerland
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- Dolomites, Italy
Below you will see a map where I have been hang gliding. If you click on an icon, you will find more information regarding a specific location.
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