Sky Sports in
Introduction
This document provides information on aero sports
for foreigners who stay in
Ultra-light
Plane/Ultra-light Machine
Mr. Park Hong Soo, currently the
chairman of Seoul Aero Clue, introduced Ultra-light Plane with his hang glider equipped with a small
engine in early 1980s for the first time in
He had been through one year's test flight by
modifying propeller. He finally completed 2 hours' test flight. That was the
first ultra-light plane flight in
Since then, sophisticated flight machine has been
introduced from abroad and flight clubs have been increased.
In 1989, Korea Ultra-light Aviation
Association (Chairman Lee Won Bok) under Ulra-National Aero Club was founded.
Ministry of Construction and Transportation defined 10 exclusive flight areas
for Ultra-light Plane such as Ansan, Banwal and Yangpyong.
Ultra-light Plane is one of the recent popular
aero sports in
If you want to find an
Ultra-light Plane instructor, I would recommend Bae Yong Ho of Aim High Aero
Club. He was a combat plane pilot and Top-Gun of Korea Air Force. Recently he
became a reserve officer and Ultra-light Plane instructor.
Competitions
President Cup Ultra-light Plane Flight Competition
is held every October. If you want to participate in the competition, contact
Korea Ultra-light Aviation Association.
Organizations
Tel. 82-31-501-2676 Fax. 82-31-501-2675
Kyongki-do, Ahansan-shi Sangrok-gu, Bono-dong 681
http://www.kulaa.or.kr/asapro/
E-mail : kulaa@kulaa.or.kr
Flight Club
Skynetports Flying
Club 82-17-243-0986 www.skynetports.com
Aeromaster
82-31-419-8917 www.aeromaster.co.kr
Blue Bird 82-31-493-2676 www.kitplane.co.kr
Osom 82-31-357-2147 www.osom.co.kr
Seohae Air 82-31-482-4966 www.seohaeair.co.kr
Sky Haven Aviation 82-32-834-2388
www.skyheaven.net
Narae Air 82-16-222-9295 www.naraeair.com
Delta Air 82-11-888-8226
Ilsan Air Club 82-11-338-0448
Cheonhae Flying Club 82-11-257-5719
Aim High Aero Club www.aimhighaeroclub.com
Aeropia 82-31-357-4116 www.aeropia.co.kr
Daechon Air
82-18-409-9597 www.daechonair.com
Dream Air 82-43-643-2676 www.seaplanes.co.kr
Silver Wing Air
82-55-584-2133 http://my.netian.com/~swaclub
Damyang Air
82-61-381-6230 www.damyangair.co.kr
Wing Man 82-10-2681-2676
Moak Aviation 82-63-283-5718 www.moakair.com
Sky-diving
Sky-diving was introduced by the Korea American
Military for the first time
The history of Sky-diving has
been dependent on supply of plane by the Korean government and Air Force. From
1963 to 1969, Kyonghyang News Paper had supplied helicopters for periodic
exercises. From 1970 to 1974, Air Force supported flight instruction. Especially,
from 1970 to 1974, the President had ordered Army Aviation Corps to supply U-64
Helicopter. April 1974, plan supply was stopped by Oil Shock. From 1979 to
1983, Sky-diving had not been active due to the safety concerns.
In the middle 1980s, Korean
pilots participated in various abroad competitions and world competitions were
held in
In 1988, Special Warfare Command
Sky-diving members seceded from the Korea Parachute Association to Korea
Sky-diving Federation. In December 1989, the two organizations were united to
the current Korea Sky-diving Association with 1,000 members.
In every first half, Sky-diving
Association Chairman supervised competition is held. In every October, Special
Combat Commander Cup Competition is held in Kyongki-do.
Sky-diving costs a lot in
Flight costs 120 thousand won
per count for a formally trained sky-diver in
Renting planes for sky-diving
costs a lot because there are not many civilian planes.
Competitions
Organizations
Tel: 82-2-2203-7943 Fax: 82-2-2203-7942
E-Mail: sky@kpa.or.kr
Paragliding
Paragliding was introduced for the first time in
Korean in 1986. Its activities were introduced in newspapers in 1987 and
actually spread among the public in 1989. At the beginning, paraglider
manufacturing was started. With Airman at the front, Deagyo (Condol brand),
Woongbi Uchae, Deahan Parachute (currently Jongwoo Parachute), Paracon
followed. Recently, Jin Glider of which members are from Airman was founded.
The manufacturers are currently leading world markets with advanced technology
and professional marketing activities.
In October 1989, the first
friendship competition was held. In 1991, paragliding subcommittee of Korea
Hang & Para Gliding Association which supervises hang gliding was founded
to become a formal association.
In 1991,
Korea Hang & Para Gliding
Association has 21 official schools and 13 official clubs. They owns homepages.
You can find the information on the Internet.
Competitions
There are many paragliding competitions in
Organizations
Tel. 82-31-796-2706 Fax. 82-31-794-2625
Kyungki-do, Hanam-si, Dukpung 2-dong 357-50
E-mail : khpga@khpga.org
Air Age
82-2-9629-0303 http://www.paragliding.co.kr
Airfield 82-2-3667-0117
http://www.airfield.co.kr
Hanulro 82-11-604-5845
http://www.hanulroschool.com
Paracamp 82-55-252-9440
http://www.paracamp.com
Seoul Paragliding
82-16-853-8236 http://www.nanosky.co.kr
Da Vinci Paragliding
82-11-533-2897 http://www.nalge.net
San Paragliding School 82-11-9642-6266
http://www.para2626.com
Free Flying Club
82-2-416-3102 http://www.flyingclub.co.kr
Fling X-C Club 82-43-285-5534
http://www.x-cparamotor.com
Hnabhk Paragliding
82-31-826-8788 http://home.freechal.com/hanbukps
Clubs
HMC Gliding Club http://hmcpara.wo.to/
Bicha Paragliding Team 82-11-9049-8542
http://www.bichapara.com
Hanultaki
82-11-9585-2478 http://www.skydream.net
Free Flying Club 82-2-416-3102
http://www.flyingclub.co.kr
Juyu Paragliding Club 82-11-469-8845
http://www.juyu.co.kr
Hang gliding
There are two types of hang glider, class 1 with a
triangle-shaped wing and class 2 with fixed wings similar to a plane's. In
Hang gliding is defined as
manpower glider by FAI. In
It was introduced for the first
time in 1975. Pioneers are Lee Yong Jae and Lee Seong Jae brothers. They found
photos of hang glider by chance in the aero sport magazine when hang gliding
equipment or aviation skills were not introduced at all. They made a triangle wing with aluminum pipe
and Taffeta, 100% nylon cloth, and performed test flight in the bank of
Jongrang stream. After that, Back Jun Hum, Hong Jyong Ki, Oh Tae Suk joined.
They founded Korea Hang & Para Gliding Association under NAC. Lee Yong Jae
and Lee Seong Jae brothers are called 'Korean Light Brothers because of their
challenge and spirit of pioneer.
There are 10 professional
schools. You can apply for the closest school and be trained as a beginner. The
class includes basic aviation theory, equipment handling, ground exercises,
take-off and landing exercises, practical low altitude aviation training, and
practical high altitude aviation training. Training period depends on schools.
The training with one time Practical high altitude aviation training needs 7
days for 2 months and with 10 times' flights needs 15 to 20 days for 5 months.
Training fee is from 300 to 600 thousand won. It includes equipment uses and
insurance. No extra charge is needed.
After training, you can register
to a paragliding club as a member and join intermediate and advanced classes if
you want. Normally, to get intermediate grade, 2-3 years are needed and to get
advanced grade, 5 to 10 years are needed.
Organizations
Tel. 82-31-796-2706 Fax. 82-31-794-2625
Kyungki-do, Hanam-si, Dukpung 2-dong 357-50
E-mail khpga@khpga.org
Clubs
SkyPass http://kr.club.yahoo.com/hanggliding
Hot Air Balloon
I'm a pilot of Hot Air Balloon. However, it is not
easy to introduce Hot Air because there are quite few balloonists with a very
short history in
There are 30 balloons. Out of
them, currently 20 balloons are estimated to be capable of flying. The first
balloon was imported from
Competitions
Organizations
http://www.balloonnet.org
E-mail : hotair@naver.com
Pilot
http://www.myairdream.com
email hotair@naver.com
Muntae Kim Tel.
82-11-9148-2882 kikyu40@hotmail.com