Air-Davos team with experienced tandem paragliding pilots
As Davos pilots, we know our flying areas like no one else.
In our pilots, quality comes before quantity. As Davos pilots, we know our flying area like the back of our hand and have already completed well over 15,000 flights together. We love sharing our passion for flying with you during a tandem flight or as part of your flight training.
Martin Heckmeier
Flight Instructor (Solo & Tandem)
Tandem pilot
SHV-certified Rescue Parachute Packer
Martin has been flying since 2004 and is a flight instructor, tandem instructor, and SHV-certified rescue parachute packer.
His flying adventures have taken him around the world, with approximately 5,500 flights in South Africa, Namibia, Hawaii, the USA, Switzerland, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, and Greece. Among his most impressive experiences is flying over Kilimanjaro and Elbrus.
When it’s too windy to fly, you can find Martin kitesurfing on Lake Silvaplana.
Fabio Profumo
Tandem pilot
Fabio has been flying since the early 1990s and is a former competition pilot. His achievements include winning the Swiss championship title in cross-country flying (1998). He has won the annual target landing competition (Linocup) in Davos countless times.
In his free time, Fabio is an enthusiastic cross-country pilot.
Jan Caspar
Tandem pilot
Mountain Guide IVBV
Born in 1987 at Davos Hospital, Jan inherited the flying genes from his delta-flying father. From early childhood, he could be found on the training hill. Jan is also a mountain guide and enjoys combining his passion for mountaineering and flying during challenging hike & flys. The Engadin mountain world around Piz Palü, Biancograt, and Piz Bernina is his specialty. Jan is often there with guests on climb & flys.
Roger Meisser
Tandem pilot
Roger started paragliding back in 1989 and has become a well-known figure in the skies above Davos. When he’s not soaring high over Davos, he often participates in sledding competitions across Switzerland during the winter or trains at Rinerhorn. Among his achievements in sledding, he earned the title of Swiss champion.
Damir Simenic
Tandem pilot
Damir is a true Davos native and an outdoor enthusiast through and through. His passion lies in experiencing the Davos mountain landscape in all its facets—whether mountain biking, ski touring, or on hike & fly adventures.
As a trained ski instructor, Damir knows the mountains around Davos like the back of his hand and spends every spare minute outdoors. With his enthusiasm for outdoor adventures and his steady hand as a tandem pilot, he guarantees unforgettable flying experiences.
Philipp Kuhn
Tandem pilot
Flight instructor in training
Philipp is a passionate tandem pilot with South African roots and has a deep love for the mountains. In his free time, he explores the mountains with his girlfriend Sandra on challenging tandem hike & fly tours or embarks on extended tandem bivouac cross-country flying adventures. Philipp is currently training to become a paragliding instructor to share his enthusiasm for flying and nature with others.
Martin Bettler
Tandem pilot
Flight instructor in training
Roger Schäli
Tandem pilot
Mountain Guide IVBV
Roger is an internationally recognized Swiss professional alpinist, renowned for his outstanding achievements in climbing and mountaineering. He has long discovered his passion for paragliding, with a highlight of his paragliding career being his flight from the summit of Cerro Torre in Patagonia.