The Team
Our team of ex military instructors will train you to the highest standard..
The Team
Meet Your Instructors
Every instructor brings serious military aviation credentials and a passion
for getting people into the air safely.
Alistair Andrews
Chief Flying InstructorAlistair took up paragliding at 18, building on a background as an air cadet with solo glider and Cessna flights already logged. What started as self-taught flying became a BHPA Club Pilot rating — and a lifelong obsession.
After 11 years as a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm officer, flying Sea Kings on Search and Rescue duties, he left to start his own paragliding school in Wales. Over 20 years on, he draws on that military and cross-country flying experience — alongside a team of instructors with similar backgrounds — to train pilots to the highest levels of the sport.
Andy Reid
Paragliding InstructorAndy brings over a decade of teaching experience to his role at Crickhowell Paragliding, with a focus on CP and CP+ training in the Italian Pre Alps. A former Army Air Corps Skydiving Team captain, he spent 10+ years as a military skydiving instructor, and also teaches advanced disciplines like speed flying and para kiting.
A former military photographer and videographer, Andy brings a unique visual eye to flight instruction, and as a certified First Aid Instructor, he keeps safety at the heart of everything he teaches.
Andy Macdonald
Paragliding Instructor & Tandem PilotAAC Apache Instructor, now teaching new military pilots as a civilian. Andy is also the BHPA’s Airspace Consultant.
Aaron Binks
Paragliding & Speed Flying InstructorAn expert skydiver, Aaron is our go to guy for advice on Emergency Parachute Systems and a very keen speed flyer and cross country paraglider pilot.
Oli Fisher
Paragliding InstructorAlistair’s best mate from school, and best man! A former RAF flying instructor and now British Airways A380 pilot, Oli loves to get out tandem flying with our clients and has really loved the lightest form of aviation since the age of 18.
Cam Cannings
Paragliding InstructorOur youngest instructor, and is always keen to get out teaching, flying cross country, or soaring his mini wing.