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About Us Paraglide Texas is a paragliding company in the Austin TX area. We offer instruction, gear, & tours. You will learn how to fly safely and confidently. We focus on safety for you, your ground crew (for towing operations), your chase crew, and the public. Our course also provides you with the knowledge to understand the weather and how it affects your flying. We'll train you how to safely and efficiently launch by running off a hill or mountain and through use of a tow winch system. Knowledge and safety will help ensure you have a wonderful lifetime of paragliding flight. Let's go fly!
In The Media
2008 Capital City Sports Report... article by Kyle Dalton (July issue) News8Austin "Fit For Friday" w Amy Hadley... tandem (5/30) News8Austin "Fit For Friday" w Amy Hadley... tandem (3/21) News8Austin... writeup of Annual Kick-off Party (1/6) News8Austin... television coverage of Annual Kick-off Party (1/5&6) Austin Chronicle... our ad (1/4&11)

Instructors

	V. Paul Greenwood, USHPA #79721 Co-founder of Paraglide Texas Paragliding Instructor, certified by USHPA Leander, Texas Background... Paul has made his home in the Austin TX area since the early 1990's. He moved to the area after earning a degree in electrical engineering from Oklahoma State University. He spent many years as a design engineer for high tech companies in and around Austin. 3 State Records...[click here] Paul set 3 state records for distance paragliding in the U.S. in July 2005 (Oklahoma, Nebraska, and South Dakota). Tow Winch development... With his background, he is at home designing and developing mechanical, hydraulic and electrical systems. To this extent, he developed a hydraulic tow winch we affectionately call “V-tow,” so named for ‘V. Paul Greenwood’ (better known as “V” to those of us in the paragliding world). V-tow is used to bring a paraglider airborne from the ground by attaching a tow line from the winch to the pilot. Typically, the pilot releases from ‘V-tow’ between 1,000’ and 2,000’ above the ground. The highest release to date is just over 3,200'! Whoohoo - - what a ride! Other Info... Paul is not only a top engineer, designer, pilot, and instructor; he's also an artist of modern and contemporary art. He's truly a one-of-a-kind individual. Check out a sampling of his artwork...[click here] Important liability note from Paul Greenwood... "Remember, paragliding can be a dangerous sport. I also believe it is the greatest experience I've personally ever undertaken. We'll be learning many ways to improve safety and hopefully learn ways to keep you from getting hurt. I, however, do not accept any liability for injuries or death that may occur due to participation in this sport. Instruction is not required in the United States to fly paragliders. I instruct to help you be a better paraglider pilot than you might be without instruction."


	Gary Leach, USHPA #81212 Co-founder of Paraglide Texas Assistant Paragliding Instructor Austin, Texas Background... Gary was born and raised in Texas, and has been in the Austin TX area since the mid-1990s. He earned his petroleum engineering degree from Texas A&M University and his MBA from Texas State University. After spending his first years in the oil & gas business, he's been in Austin auditing information technology systems. 1 State Record...[click here] Gary set the state record for distance paragliding in Kansas in July 2005. Other Info... Gary assists Paul with many of Paul's paragliding-related development projects; in fact, Gary was the test pilot on Paul's V-tow project... and he was really glad it all worked! Gary also wrote a song about paragliding...[click here] Articles by Gary Leach... Mid-States Record Setting Vacation Lucky Number 13! Pack's Defining Word... "Awesome" Check out Gary's personal paragliding page...[click here] Important liability note from Gary Leach... "Paragliding can be a dangerous sport. It is also one of the most satisfying and rewarding activities I've ever pursued. We'll be learning many ways to improve safety and hopefully learn ways to keep you from getting hurt. I, however, do not accept any liability for injuries or death that may occur due to participation in this sport. Instruction is not required in the United States to fly paragliders. I instruct to help you be a better paraglider pilot than you might be without instruction."

	Amy Tomko, USHPA #80832 Assistant Paragliding Instructor Leander, Texas Assistant extraordinaire & demo specialist... that means "the real person in charge" :-)

Graduates & Students
Mike Wykoff P2--2006 Paramotor 2010	Dan Bishop P2--2007 Paramotor 2007	Butch Akin P2--2007	Marc Spillman P2--2007 Paramotor 2007
Shannon Lucas P2--2007 Paramotor 2007	Roger Nathanson P2--2007 Paramotor 2007	Caroline Smith P2--2007	Shea Sullivan P2--2007 Paramotor 2007
Karl Smith P2--2007	Jeff McNutt P2--2007	Chris Hopkins (Australia) P3--2007	Don Grenier P2--2008
Jeff Azulay P2--2008	Brian Sweeney P2--2008 Paramotor	Scott Bounds P2--2008	Russ Croman P2--2009 Paramotor 2010

Alan Vest P2--2009	Werner Nagy P2--2009	Brad Aldrich student	Kevin Lehnert student
John Holder student	Tom Ellis student	This could be YOU! student (pending)	This could be YOU! student (pending)