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Starting point support system

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Fund for support of starting points

The PG Association supports the self-governing system of airfield care as the most effective and long-term sustainable way to manage, maintain and improve the conditions for flying on airfields in the Czech Republic.

The starting point support fund is used to provide financial assistance to associations when building a new starting point, expanding an existing one, or other opportunities that the situation at the given starting point requires. Support takes the form of a non-refundable or refundable loan.

Support for operating costs

The support fund also, according to the possibilities of the Association, contributes to the operators' operating costs related to the operation of paragliding launch sites. Operators of supported launch sites must:

  • provide benefits for members of the Paragliding Association (e.g. in the form of a discount on the fee, if applicable)
  • equip the launch site with a windsock
  • an information sign with a map of the premises and information that the launch site is supported by LAA ČR
  • Provide the Association with the documents necessary for inclusion in the program and calculation of the amount of support (lease agreement, ...)

If obligations are not met, support may be withdrawn. Operating costs are calculated according to a key based on the following parameters:

  • Launch site attendance
  • Use of the launch site for sport flying
  • Documented mandatory costs

The PG Association is also able to support the launch site in the following ways:

    1. By supplying Union wind sleeves

    2. By supporting the creation and operation of a weather probe at the launch site

    3. Fund the creation of information boards with basic information about flying on the given terrain and a cut-out map of the areas around the given launch site for the managers of the take-off sites.

    4. The PG Association is able to offer launch site managers the publication of information about their launch sites in the Pilot magazine or here on the website.

  1. In case of legitimate need, financially support the starting point from the financial reserves of the PG Association. Union finances can be used in the following cases:

    • Threat to the launch site – maintaining operations at the launch site, which has been used by members of the PG Association for a long time

    • the commissioning of the new launch site, including the official opening of the previously unofficial launch site.

    • exclusion of the land of the starting point from fulfilling the function of the forest.

    • acquisition of the launch site land into the ownership of the civic association managing the launch site.

    • significant improvement of the conditions for flying at the take-off site (e.g. necessary landscaping, strengthening of the surface where erosion occurs, etc.).