The Turas team travelled to Achill Island in Mayo to film the IHPA fly in over the June Bank holiday weekend.  Hang gliders and paragliders (both free-flying and powered) travelled west for one of the many annual getogethers.  Achill is a stunning flying site with drive-up access to 1,500-foot Minaun Heights which takes both NW and SE wind directions with wonderful and safe landings on the beach at Trá Mór beside Keel.  Minaun also takes a WNW to W (for experienced pilots) as long as they stay high enough over the sea cliffs to avoid the sea and to make it safely to the beach. There are other take-off options on Croaghaun Mountain (overlooking Keem Bay) and at Slievemore (overlooking Dugort) for the young at heart who yearn for a carry-up.

The IHPA is the National Association for the sports of Hang Gliding, Paragliding, Paramotoring and Powered Hang Gliding in Ireland. We were founded in 1974 as the Irish Hang Gliding Association and later expanded to include the newer sports of paragliding and foot-launched powered aviation.
The IHPA is a democratic association of pilots run by its members, guided by its Constitution which it adopted in 1997. The Executive Committee is elected by its members at the AGM, and anyone may put their names forward for election. The committee comprises a Chairman, a Secretary, a Treasurer, the Training & Flight Safety Officer, a Hang Gliding and a Paragliding Competitions Officers.

For more information check out www.ihpa.ie