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!
Dolomites, Italy
Aletsch Glacier CH
Poidoi (Dolomites)
Soaring over the Dutch sand dunes
Aletsch Glacier CH
Lago Maggiore Italy
Soaring Ouddorp
Fiescheralp, Switzerland
Rio de Janeiro from above
Airborne in Winter Wonderland
Annecy, La Tournette
Above lake Garda
Soaring Zandvoort
Soaring Zandvoort
Soaring Wijk aan Zee
Soaring Wijk aan Zee
Annecy, Les Dents de Lanfon
Take off to be towed by a Dragonfly
Bösingen, behind the plane
Smile to the Dragonfly
Take off in the snow
Grindelwald, Zwitserland
Winter 2017
Landing in the snow
Happy with my new Orbiter
Lake Annecy
Crowded here
Start at the Col de la Forclaz
At the start above Rio
No way back
What a view
Sao Conrado Beach, Rio, Brazil
Landing at the beach
My car and glider covered with snow
Grindelwald, Switzerland. Preparing my glider
Ready to take off from a black ski piste
Direction to the Eiger North Face
Grindelwald Grund
Malden NL. Ready to go.
On my way “up”
A room with a view
Do I need to say more…
Approach
Time to go home
Sapenay 2014, close to the rocks
Landing Annecy
Landing Annecy
Lake Annecy
Lake Annecy
Annecy above the start
Just after the start from the Revard, Telefirique, France
Above the Dent du Chat, what a great view!
Right turn above Pogusch in Austria
Grand Columbier, Castle of Atemare
Greifenburg
Greifenburg, the three Daltons (I started in 2006 with 5 skydiving friends)
Greifenburg, landing approach
Greifenburg, ready to land
Greifenburg, I love this sport
Greifenburg, great landing
Greifenbrug, running to fly
Greifenbrug, we all are waiting to start
Revard, just leaving the teleferique
Sapenay, Lac du Bourget
Pogusch Austria, right turn
Sapenay, landing aproach
Greifenburg, at the start
Slovenia Tolmin the start
Tolmin Slovenia
Slovenia Tolmin Grad Castle
Tolmin ready to land
Tolmin Slovenia so happy!
Soaring at the Dutch coast
Take off with heavy winds
Landing at the beach
With a jeep up the mountain @Lake Garda
Take off lake Garda, Italy
Landing San Michele Brescia
Landing @Fisch, Switzerland
Dolomites, Italy
Langkofel (Dolomites)
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.