A flying community, built on the ground.
Fly together
Dawn patrols and calm evenings. Group flights and camp-and-fly weekends when the weather agrees — Woodstock to the North Georgia hills.
Share the sites
Launches stay open because of landowner relationships, airspace awareness, and respect for neighbors. Exact LZs stay inside the community.
Keep each other sharp
Weather calls, kiting, gear checks, honest debriefs. The useful part of this sport is a group that talks before anyone launches.
Where we fly
Blue Ridge & the Toccoa Valley
Ridgelines stacked to the horizon and river fog burning off below — the flight that gives this community its name.
N 34.86° W 84.32°ELEV 1,750 FT
Blairsville valley
Wide valley floor under Brasstown Bald, big fields, and forgiving morning air.
N 34.88° W 83.96°ELEV 1,900 FT
Ellijay & the Cartecay
Apple orchards, river bends, and foothill terrain that rewards a slow low pass.
N 34.69° W 84.48°ELEV 1,300 FT
Dahlonega foothills
Where the mountains meet the piedmont — gold country from five hundred feet up.
N 34.53° W 83.98°ELEV 1,450 FT
Exact launches and LZs are shared inside the community. We fly Cherokee County parks with a Parks permit, and private land with landowner permission. FAA Part 103 still applies either way — keeping that trust is how sites stay flyable.
New to paramotoring?
A wing, a motor on your back, a grass field. Powered paragliding is simple gear and serious judgment. Good instruction is the whole difference.
We’re a community, not a school — we don’t teach first flights. We will point you to instructors we trust, talk gear, and be the people you fly with after you’re trained.
Schools we’d learn from
These are programs we’d send a friend to — foot-launch focused, real flight hours, not a weekend brochure course.
What training looks like
Watch a real training day before you book anything:
YouTube — what paramotor training looks likeAn honest path in
- Come watch a dawn launch (or a fly-in). You’ll know soon enough if this is for you.
- Train with an instructor you trust. Start with the schools above — or ask us for names closer to home.
- Buy gear after training, with your instructor’s input. Used markets are full of impulse purchases.
- Then come fly with us in North Georgia.
People to follow
Learn the sport from people who already fly it well — Instagram and YouTube are the free classroom.
Gear & what it costs to begin
Do not buy a random paramotor.
Have an instructor or flight school help you choose the right motor, prop, and wing size. Each depends on your height, weight, and skill level.
Honest floor for all-new equipment: about $11,000.
Train first. Buy second. Fly third.
Dealers we’d trust
Flying in Cherokee County
North Georgia did not have a real paramotor community — so we’re building one.
We just talked with Cherokee Recreation & Parks. Multiple county parks can be used for paramotor takeoff and landing with a Parks permit. They’re adding that permit to their online system now. By October, it should be easy to get online or at a recreation facility.
In the U.S., powered paragliders fly as FAA Part 103 ultralights. The rules look long on paper; in practice, apps help you stay out of restricted airspace, and the rest is simple: don’t fly over congested areas.
FAA Part 103 — Ultralight Vehicles
County land-use permission and FAA rules are both required. One doesn’t replace the other.
If you fly here — or you’re about to — say hello.
If you fly here — or you’re about to — say hello.
Pilots, students, and the paramotor-curious. Tell us where you’re based and where you are in the sport. Email or the Facebook group. No dues.