Welcome ! Paragliding in Australia has one internationally famous location and Manilla is it. Whether you are a pilot coming to fly XC or keen to take a course and learn to fly at one of the best flying schools in the world, Manilla has got it all !

This is the World Wide Web site of the Manilla Sky Sailors club. Information on our pages will give you enough reasons to visit Manilla, the premier hang gliding and paragliding location in Australia, not only by surfing the Internet, but by coming here to fly for real !

You can learn to fly paragliders with one of the worlds best schools operated by the most experienced and famous pilot in the country - Godfrey Wenness (he also own's Mt Borah !). Not only that but you can also learn to fly trikes, ultralights and gyro's at the Manilla Sky Ranch with Australia's most qualified UL instructor, Willi Ewig ! The friendly Lake Keepit Soaring Club also offers gliding joy flights and courses.

Paragliding and Hang gliding pilots use rising currents of warm air called 'thermals' (just like the eagles do!) to provide lift. By finding a number of these thermals, a cross country flight can be completed with height gains up to 10,000ft (3 kms)! The 'Big Sky Country' of North West NSW (5hrs drive from Sydney) is ideal for such flying, and the launch location - Mount Borah - is one of the worlds best. Mt Borah with its 4 unique large and safe astro-turfed launches, and easy landing areas, also provides great ridge soaring for all levels - the perfect combination !

Mt Borah is and has been home to multiple World Records and Australian National Records (see Records section in the Information tab) and hosted the Paragliding World Championships in 2007. It also attracts pilots from around the world seeking some of the best (and safest) cross country (XC) flying to be found anywhere.

You are invited to come along and fly Manilla's Big Sky Country !

The link below will take you away from this web site to view the Mount Borah Web Cam :

www.flymanilla.com/Home/MountBorahWebcam/tabid/271/Default.aspx

150 pilots from 49 nations attended. For a full overview of the event, results and images please go to the web site :
www.manilla2007.com

Godfrey Wenness with Olivier Brughelle CIVL President.