The beauty and variability of the Czech and Moravian landscape can be seen not
only from the ground, but also from the bird’s-eye view, from the board of a
tourist airplane or from a balloon. The view of mountain massifs, lowlands,
mirrors of water areas, the green of woods alternating picturesque villages and
towns with old castles and chateaus is the best from the “bird’s perspectives”.
Nearly one hundred small and sport airports through the country operate
observation flights, the routes of which you can chose yourself. If you hold a
pilot’s licence and are able to pilot a small motor airplane or an ultra-light
aircraft, you can combine discovering of the most beautiful places of this part
of Central Europe with your hobby. The airports in the Czech Republic will
provide you – on the basis of previous standard arrangements – with a good basis, both if you arrive by your own plane or hire a plane on the spot. The Czech Republic belongs to the countries with a long tradition of aviation sports.
Ultra-lights
The Amateur Aviation Association of the Czech Republic groups several thousand pilots and owners of ultra-light planes. In the framework of its activity professional ultra-light plane-rentals and aviation schools will offer you their services. You can encounter them, for example, at the airports in Benesov, Hradec Králové and many other places.
Flying on gliders and motor flying
One of the leading organizers of sport flying in Europe, the Aeroklub of the Czech Republic, associates several thousand pilots of gliders and motorized gliders and has its own flying schools. In cooperation with the Aeroklub there are several professional companies, which can rent you a plane and offer you the basic flying course as well as the course of acrobatic or non-engine flying.
Balloon Flying
Aviation clubs as well as private operators offer unforgettable experience during hot-air balloon observation flights. Their most frequent routes lead above Prague or famous castles, such as Karlstejn, Krivoklát or the Konopiste Chateau. Clients can be offered flights above other places with colourful sceneries and historical sights.
Paragliding and hang-gliding
The pilots of gliders and hang-gliders, organized in the Aviation Amateur Association of the Czech Republic, have their centres in Czech mountains, e.g. in the Krkonose Mountains or in Beskydy, on the hills of Raná near Louny or the Kozákov Hill. They have a long tradition of gliding. Experienced instructors at the schools of paragliding and selected take-off points, who will be pleased to teach you paragliding or take you for a flight by a tandem glider. Although paragliding and hang-gliding belong to the “adrenaline” sports, Czech centres guarantee safe operating.
Skydiving
Similar to the aircraft pilots, the parachutists have their own schools and centres in the Czech Republic with professional backgrounds. The top-class instructors, among which are world champions in skydiving, offer the visitors with the licence the possibility of descents and the visitors without experience the possibility of tandem descents, including the free-fall flights. The airports in Prague – Tocná, in Mladá Boleslav, Príbram or Kunovice near Uherské Hradiste belong to the parachuting centres.