Pete Gallagher
CFI, Tandem Air Experience School
Pete is a legend and the Chief Flying Instructor at Sky Summits. He is a BHPA senior instructor and has been flying paragliders for 20 years.
He had a long career in the Army before settling in to teaching paragliding in all forms. He is a massively experienced skydiver and BASE jumper.
Pete is a keen cross-country pilot, tandem pilot and speed flyer. He’s done it all.
James Petts
AE Instructor, XC Guide, Tandem Pilot
James is a seasoned XC guide. He has considerable knowledge in all aspects of flying, guiding and teaching, from beginners through to advanced pilot training in big mountain or the flat lands. He is dedicated to the sport, flying and working all round the world as a guide and instructor - in countries such as Colombia, Bulgaria, Spain, India, Brazil and Turkey. He is also a paragliding Air Experience Instructor.
In addition, he has over 20 years of instructional experience in skiing and diving to the highest level.
James is an active and successful competitor when not guiding. He now transfers what he has learnt, both solo and tandem, enjoying the progression his students make. He will make you fly far and fly hard.
Debu Choudhury
XC & Vol Biv Guide, SIV Instructor
𝘿𝙚𝙗𝙪 was born and grew up in the stunning Manali. He dropped out of school at the age of 16 to start his flying career. Since then his life has revolved around paragliding.
His knowledge of the flying in north India is second to none since he has been flying in the area for the last twenty five years, and he has pioneered many of the routes including the first flight from Bir to Manali in 2000. Debu holds the current distance record in the area with a 256 km flight in April 2018. This was not only a new record from Bir but also the biggest flat triangle ever flown in Asia.
He’s fluent in English, Italian, French, Hindi and Pahari (the local mountain dialect).
It is hard to imagine a better person with whom to decode the best lines to connect the high peaks and enjoy a relaxing bivy mission.
