Promote your educational events association APPI (40000)
14 September 2021INFOInstructors, are your planning to give a class? APPI 1,2,3, XC, SIV or whatever other educational event, declare it in your school space, it will appear in the worldwide map. …
New feature: collaborative fly zones mapping!
26 May 2026INFOWe are delighted to announce that our APPI worldwide map now includes flight zone mapping. The goal is to build a reliable international map with data verified and approved by …
Interview: From the workshop floor to the sky, Dau’s journey
02 April 2026INFODau is a certified APPI maintenance technician and maintenance instructor. She is based at Aerotact, Vietnam and Japan.
APPI is a community made up of people from all walks of …
Maintenance workshop Colombia 2026 Manu Bonte (10914)
14 March 2026EDUCATIONTamesis, Antioquia, Colombia – February 28 to March 7, 2026
The Colombian municipality of Tamesis hosted the APPI maintenance training program, organized in partnership with the Flyinfrog school. This session …
New APPI Self-Assessment and Co-Validation Feature Manu Bonte (10914)
01 February 2026EDUCATIONWe are delighted to announce the launch of an innovative new feature on the APPI platform: skills self-assessment and student co-validation. These functions aim to engage students more deeply …
The APPI Lexicon, a Paragliding Glossary… and more! Manu Bonte (10914)
01 February 2026INFOAPPI e-learning is enhanced with a new feature: a paragliding glossary.
This resource brings together common paragliding terms, each accompanied by its precise definition. It also includes words and …
Pro Workshop CONTROL & REPAIR, Spain, December 14-20, 2025 Manu Bonte (10914)
01 January 2026EVENTFrom December 14 to 20, 2024, the Spanish town of Ager hosted an intensive APPI maintenance training program that showcased both the growing international reach of professional paragliding maintenance and …
APPI & Volandoo: Log Your Flights Automatically and Enjoy All APPI Tools Manu Bonte (10914)
25 December 2025INFOVolandoo + APPI = The best of both worlds
Great news for all APPI pilots! We're excited to announce our partnership with Volandoo. From now on, your flights recorded on …
Launch of APPI FlightLog Manu Bonte (10914)
01 August 2025EDUCATIONWe are excited to announce the launch of APPI FlightLog, a new feature enabling APPI members to create a digital flight logbook focused on progression analysis 🎉
It offers …
Pro Workshop CONTROL & REPAIR, France, December 9-15, 2024 Manu Bonte (10914)
28 December 2024EVENTThe professional maintenance workshop organized in France in December 2024 brought together participants of excellent caliber from very different backgrounds: USA, Iran, Moldova, France, Ireland, Argentina, and Spain.
Most had …
Pilot's meeting Tunisia association APPI (40000)
25 September 2023EVENTFollowing the agreement signed between the FTSAAA (Fédération Tunisienne des Sports Aériens et Activités Associées) and APPI, a first APPI / FTSAAA meeting will take place in Tunisia at the …
Workshop report August 2023: Good vibes in Organyà Manu Bonte (10914)
03 September 2023INFOTANDEM Pro-workshop, Organyà Spain, August 17-23, 2023
A high-profile Tandem Pro-workshop was held in mid-August in Organyà. The result of joint work with the RFAE (Real Federación Aeronáutica Española), it …
Interview: David Eyraud, the SIV master. Manu Bonte (10914)
29 August 2023INFOAnnecy, Europe's SIV Mecca, is where David Eyraud has been training generations of pilots for over 20 years. Interview with the SIV master
APPI: The 90s, the magic house of …
Interview: Fatemah Eftekhari, Isfahan's shooting star
14 July 2023INFOFatemeh is one of the few Iranian pilots to have reached a high level, achieving incredible flight distances (241 km from Kermanshah to Hamedan). A few years ago, during a …
Pro Workshop India - May 2023
13 July 2023EVENTAPPI is expanding its presence in North East India! This first-ever national paragliding training event has been meticulously arranged by MASA (Mizoram Aero-Sports Association) with support of NEC (North East …
Tandem Pro Workshop Iran - May 2023
13 July 2023EVENTThe APPI tandem pro-workshop in Iran was held in Kiashahr, in the northern province of Gilan, on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea.
Accommodation and theory classes were held …
Photo contest APPI Manu Bonte (10914)
07 May 2023INFOPhoto contest - july 2023
Do you have a keen eye for capturing the magical moments we experience while flying? Then the APPI photo contest is for you!
Share with …
Interview: François Ragolski Manu Bonte (10914)
07 May 2023INFOAdventurer, world champion of acrobatics, APPI instructor.... François Ragolski tells us about his last incredible bivouac in the Himalayas and his paragliding school project "Glide Paragliding" with his partner Loraine …
Agreement signed with Tunisian Federation Manu Bonte (10914)
06 May 2023INFOAPPI (Association of Paragliding Pilots and Instructors) and the FTSAAA (Tunisian Federation of Air Sports and Associated Activities) have signed a cooperation agreement.
This agreement aims to strengthen ties …
Pro Workshop XC instructor, Japan Manu Bonte (10914)
06 May 2023EDUCATIONApril 2023, an XC instructor workshop took place in Japan, given by Manu Bonte with Aerotact, on the superb site of the Coo airpark.
The magic formula: 3 top level …
Pro-course CHECK & REPAIR, Japan, March 2023 Manu Bonte (10914)
06 May 2023EVENTThe professional training course "paraglider check and repair expert" which was scheduled for March 2020 in Japan could finally take place. It is an understatement to say that it was …
Tandem Pro-workshop in UAE Manu Bonte (10914)
17 February 2023EDUCATIONJanuary 16 to 22 at Sky Adventure School in the Al Faya desert, UAE was held a tandem pro-workshop organized by Shahin Fallah, APPI Master instructor and Middle East representative. …
Cooperation agreement signed with the Oman Air Sports Committee Manu Bonte (10914)
17 February 2023INFOThe Omani Committee for Air Sports, headed by Dr. Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Jahuri, signed a cooperation agreement with APPI.
It was agreed between the two parties to use the relevant …
PPG Instructor workshop , Rome Italy, 03-09 11 2022 Manu Bonte (10914)
01 February 2023EDUCATIONAshref and his friends Younes and Wesam were flying PPG for almost 9 years in the beautiful skies of Libya, discovering the subtleties of the sport by themselves. With no …
Pro-course CHECK & REPAIR , Montevideo Uruguay, 03-08 December 2022 Manu Bonte (10914)
17 January 2023EDUCATIONThe first professional training "expert in check and repair paragliding" was scheduled in March 2020... and it was the first of a long list of APPI pro-trainings canceled because of …
Pro-workshops TANDEM and INSTRUCTOR , Tucuman Argentina, 08-29 November 2022 Manu Bonte (10914)
31 December 2022EDUCATIONThis double program of pro-workshops has a special history. It is the result of an ambitious cooperation agreement that was signed between the Argentinian Free Flight Federation "FAVL" and APPI …
Pro-workshop TANDEM , San Gil Colombia, 02-10 of June 2022
23 November 2022EDUCATIONThis pro-workshop held with the approval of the Colombian Air Sports Federation "FEDEAEREOS" saw 36 pilots from different backgrounds and cultures converge on the famous Chicamocha Canyon: pilots from Ecuador, …
Stories from the APPI Wonderland
23 November 2022INFOEdison Valencia Cano is a Colombian citizen. Owner of APPI pro tandem and instructor ratings, he had the opportunity to work as professional tandem pilot in Japan.
The japanese APPI …
SHOP APPI association APPI (40000)
02 July 2022INFOAPPI shop is now open!
Check our collection of cool Tee-shirts, sweatshirts and caps. Be APPI and show off the APPI attitude !
Tandem pro-workshop in Oludeniz Turkey Manu Bonte (10914)
07 April 2022EVENTTwo tandem pro-workshops are scheduled in Ölüdeniz, Turkiye.
- April 23 to 29 in English
- Mai 9 to 15 in Turkish
Tandem course in Makedonia Manu Bonte (10914)
10 September 2021EVENTSeptember 2021
Tandem course in Makedonia given by Mendo Veljanovski and Ivo Gerov just finished succesfully. Good weather, excellent level of the participants, new tandem pilots are joining the family! …
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MENTIONS
APPI provides a paragliding license based on a high quality of paragliding, and an education system that is recognised internationally among all APPI schools worldwide, and partner Associations and Federations.
APPI certifications awarded to a pilot is internal to the APPI system, and shows no particular right in the country where the activity is done, unless APPI is recognized by the legal authority managing free flight in that country. Your paragliding activity must comply with the laws of the country in which it is performed. Check with the local federation if such an agreement exists. In some countries, APPI is the official education system.