In Spring 2006 I had my first training course to learn hang gliding. During a skydive team training weekend in 2005 one of my (skydive) friends (Edwin van der Kraan) asked me and three other skydive friends if we would like to learn this sport “in our great skies” too. So I started in Cond (Germany) with 4 skydiving friends to enjoy this amzing sport in our beautiful skies.
At the bottom of this page you will see a map with most of the locations in the 11 different countries (amongst others: Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, Norway, Croatia and Switzerland) where I have made many great flights. For me hang gliding is such a privilege to execute and to further 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 easy find a second hand glider for roughly 1500 euro and the mountains / coastlines are free to fly from! 🙂
Some statistics as per 30 September 2025: I have made 366 flights in 11 different countries. My longest flight to date has been 2,5 hours and my highest flight has been 11384 feet (3470 Meters) above Canazei, Dolomites, Italy.
From November 2019 to March 2025 I have been 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 was make sure that our schools in the Netherlands acquire more enthusiastic students and pilots. We created a huge marketing campaign 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 high above in our beautiful skies!
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.
Galary with more pictures
