Edi Geczy - Owner - Instructor - PG PPG

Edi's first flight was when he was 12 years old and knew that's what he wanted to do for a living. After flying many different aircraft ranging from different powered aircraft from Cesnas to Chipmunks, done aerobatics in sailplanes and is even becoming a Hang glider pilot, he started paragliding in 1996 and a year later was very privaliged to get a position with the military at the Joint Services Hang Gliding and Paragliding Center as a trainee instructor.

2 years of training with the JSHPC gave him extremely high standards in both training and safety which he now uses to train civilians students through Welsh Airsports, which has an excellent safety record.

He has now been a Paragliding instructor for 10 years and a Paramotor Instructor for 5. He is also one of only a few pilots qualified to Instruct Tandem Paramotoring. As well as being in charge of the Paramotoring side of things Edi also runs our flying trips abroad.

Flying to Edi is a 24hr a day occupation, and when not on the hill teaching can be found planning the forthcoming Trans Sahara Paramotoring expedition in 2008 as well as being able to take up his long awaited hobby of Paragliding Acro Flying.

Edi is also on the Executive board of the BHPA and on the commitee of the South East Wales Hang Gliding and Paragliding club as FLPA (Paramotoring) Officer.

Peter Gallagher - Instructor - PG

Pete joined the Welsh Airsports team in 2005 after an extensive background in free fall parachuting and retiring from the army. He qualified as a Club Pilot in Cyprus in 2000 and trained as an instructor with the JSHPC, The Joint Services Hang Gliding and Paragliding Center, in Crickhowell. That doesn’t mean that he’ll make you do push ups every time you make a mistake but it does mean that he has had the best training in the business to train you.

Since the start of his Paragliding career Pete has been busy becoming a tandem pilot and running numerous holidays in France and Cyprus. Pete is currently our France specialist and is responsible for organising our trips to Annecy and St Hilair this year in between looking after Welsh Airsports while the others are away in the rest of the world.

Having said that Pete is taking 2007 off while he has gone abroad for the year doing other things. We wish hime well and look forward to his return in 2008.

Currently abroad for the winter hopefully Peter will be back with us ready for the 2008 season.

M ichelle Hall - Accounts/Trainee Instructor

Michelle has been doing the accounts for Welsh Airsports for the last 2 years and after passing her pilot exam, has now become a TI. Michelle has been flying for about 4 years and has now flown in many different countries around the world the last of which was Nepal, where this photo was taken, to do an SIV course.

Michelle is still going to do the acounts but is looking forward to acting as Trainee Instructor on the many trips scheduled for the future as well as on the hills of South Wales.

Jo Lapit - 1st Year Apprentice

Princess Jo joined Welsh Airsports at the beginning of July as Paraglidings first ever female flying apprentice. Having never heard of Paragliding before she had her first taste of free flight in Turkey where she did a 6000ft Tandem flight. Once landed she was hooked and new a career in Paragliding was for her. She is hoping to follow in Lee's footsteps and learn the business from the kettle up becoming a trainee instructor early next year and then going on to gain her full instructors licence. You will see her out on the hill learning to fly throughout this summer.

"i can't wait to visit Morocco" says Jo and thats just one of the many sites she will be visiting during her training.

Tom Garner - Trainee Instructor and I.T.

While waiting to into the RAF Tom started flying with us just two years ago and made rapid progress through the sylabus quickly showing his above average talent and natural feel for flying. Without a driving licence he made his parents drive him all the way from west Wales every flyable weekend just to get the course passed.
He worked double shifts at Sainsburys for over a year to get the money to buy his glider and harness forsaking nights out with his friends and holidays with this kind of drive and determination we are proud to have him in our team.
Now having passed his pilot exam he is joining us as a Trainee Instructor and helping us with our new web site