Dennis formally a boat builder from London started sailing when he was
six years old, racing dinghies at ten, and has been skiing for more than
30 years. He has been involved in tourism since the mid 80's, firstly
with yacht charter and flotilla holidays in Turkey and then as a Ski
Club of Great Britain rep and party leader, leading parties in France,
Italy and Switzerland and since the late 80's in this area.
Dennis started flying paragliders in 1990 and hang gliders in 1997. He
has been teaching and guiding since 1993 and has more than 17000 hours
on hands-on teaching and amassed over 3500 hours of airtime with the
majority of his flying in the northern French Alps.
Dennis holds the French BEES (FFVL) instructors licence and
professional tandem rating and is a BHPA senior coach.
Gillian from Worcestershire who was involved with the travel business
for most of her working life now enjoys the winters skiing and the
summers flying in these magnificent mountains.
Gillian an accomplished thermalling and XC pilot has been flying
paragliders for a number of years and has recently started hang gliding.
Gillian fully involved in the school, helps Dennis with the teaching and
guiding.
Together Dennis and Gillian make an excellent team and have been involved
in running their successful chalets and school, firstly in Les Houches
in the Chamonix Valley for more than ten years and now in Domancy since
2003.