For legal speed-flying in Switzerland, you MUST have the Swiss Speedflying Licence (SSL) and a valid third part insurance for Speedflying which covers at least 1.000.000 CHFr.
Before you can join a SSL course you first need a Swiss Paragliding Licence, or already have a Paragliding Licence to the standard of IPPI Level 4.
The following details about how and what is needed to get your Swiss Speedflying License was received from Bernhard Kälin a Swiss Speedflying Instructor with Chilloutparagliding
How to get your Swiss Speedflying Licence
Switzerland and France are so far still the only countries in the world, which have official regulations and a licence system for Speedflying. There are other education systems but no official licence in any other countries. The French Speedflying license does not officially allow you to legally fly a speedflyer in Switzerland. The manufacturer still says, whether a wing is a speedflyer or a paraglider.
The Swiss Hangliding Federation is working on a system to accept future Speedflying Licenses from other countries if they come up with their own speedflying license, but this will take time!
For legal speed-flying in Switzerland, you MUST have the Swiss Speedflying Licence (lets call it SSL) and a valid third part insurance for Speedflying which covers at least 1.000.000 CHFr.
To get your SSL you need to join a course from a certified Paragliding and Speedflying Instructor. Not all Paragliding Instructors are also Speedflying Instructors. To be allowed to get your SSL you need to have a Paragliding licence with at least the IPPI Level 4! If you are not sure which IPPI level your paragliding license equals, ask the paragliding federation in your country.
The obligatory Speedflying course you must take, is up to every Instructor himself. There are only education guidelines for the Instructor, but he at the end decides whether you are ready or not. So it can be anything from one day to a week or more. It is not obligatory to make this course on skis. But first you need to find an Instructor who agrees to teach or test you only by footlaunching…
Here is the list with all certified Swiss Speedflying Instructors:
http://www.shv-fsvl.ch/ausbildung/speedflying/instruktoren/
http://www.shv-fsvl.ch/ausbildung/speedflying/instruktoren/
To get your Swiss Paragliding License you MUST do at least 50 flights under supervision of an Instructor. You MUST pass the Swiss Theoretical exam. If you have both of this, you are allowed to go for the practical exam, which is hold from the SHV (Swiss Hangliding Federation). Once you pass the exam, you will get the Swiss Paragliding Licence, which gets you IPPI 4 Level right away and allows you to do your SSL: Swiss Paragliding Licence NEVER expires! Same with the SSL!
There is no rule that says you need to do those 50 Flights under supervision with a normal certified Paraglider. You only MUST have a certified paraglider and harness with protection and a safety parachute during the practical exam. But in most Swiss Paragliding Schools this is anyway a rule… If you find an Instructor who lets you do some of those 50 flights with a Miniwing, Hybrid or Speedwing, this is legal. But obviously you need some experience on the normal paraglider to pass the practical exam…
There is no Skydiving licence which allows you to make a shortcut education to get your Swiss Paragliding Licence, neither for the theoretical exam nor for those 50 flights.
Here is the link to the all the detailed rules, also hanggliding, tandempilots, instructors and more, for visiting pilots to Switzerland:
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Key points from above details...
- For legal speed-flying in Switzerland, you MUST have the Swiss Speedflying Licence (SSL)
- Valid third part insurance for Speedflying which covers at least 1.000.000 CHFr..
- Before joining a SSL course you first need to have a Swiss Paragliding Licence, or a valid Paragliding Licence equivalent to IPPI Level 4 or higher.
- There are no education shortcuts to by-pass or gain your Swiss Paragliding Licence.
- No Swiss Paragliding Licence or IPPI Level 4 = No Swiss Speed-Flying Licence.
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