The passive safety and simplicity of a true school wing, built on an architecture advanced enough to take you well beyond your training: all the way to your first thermals, your first cross-country kilometres and your first SIV course.
It is the wing that will be with you for your first inflations, your first high flights, your first thermals, your first cross-country kilometres and, why not, your first SIV course. The A1 was designed exactly for that.
Like every AEROTECH product, it is developed according to the Premium Access™ philosophy: product quality first, and the best value for money thanks to a completely rethought business model.
“The A1 is probably the wing that best represents my vision of a beginner paraglider. After more than twenty years devoted to paraglider design, to teaching, and today to inspecting, repairing and servicing hundreds of wings in our workshop, I wanted to create my ideal school wing.
A wing reassuring enough to accompany a student from their very first day of training, yet progressive enough to keep teaching them something several hundred flights later.”
The A1 is built on a particularly ambitious platform for an EN A wing: solutions usually reserved for “A+” category wings, deliberately toned down to remain reassuring.
42 cells and mini-ribs on the trailing edge: a particularly clean profile for the category.
Diagonals and compression straps: the wing keeps its shape and behaviour as the hours add up.
The winglets naturally damp roll and yaw: a wing that is easy to recentre in thermals and very tolerant of mistakes.
Very wide weight ranges that cover practically all pilots, and make life easier for schools.
Progressive inflation, natural lift-off, consistent behaviour across the whole certified weight range. The brakes offer plenty of travel to forgive mistakes, while keeping the precision needed to learn active piloting and thermal centring.
The A1 was first developed to meet the needs of our own school. Every detail makes life easier for instructors and students alike, because a good school wing must also make everyday teaching easier.
A simple layout, instantly identifiable, even under stress at take-off.
An excellent grip to handle the wing with confidence from the very first sessions.
A dedicated riser lets you pull big ears quickly, with no hesitation about which line to grab.
The leading edge / trailing edge contrast lets the instructor identify the wing's orientation from a distance, right from ground handling.
Durability guided every one of our technical choices. Our goal is simple: for a wing to keep its behaviour, its handling pleasure and its passive safety qualities for as long as possible.
The most stressed areas use Porcher fabrics exclusively, renowned for their dimensional stability and resistance to ageing. Less stressed areas receive a carefully selected MJ-Tex: optimised weight and cost, uncompromised reliability.
Lower lines in Edelrid aramid, upper cascades mainly in Liros Dyneema: a large safety margin, favouring stability and longevity over the outright pursuit of performance.
A single Nitinol rod combined with a specific Dacron reinforcement: the profile geometry is preserved over time, without the friction points of multi-rod designs.
The risers are designed to accept rear riser control handles, supplied in the accessory kit. Deliberately not fitted as standard, you install them the day you want to discover rear riser piloting.
| STOW 55 – 90 kg | MTOW 70 – 110 kg | LTOW 90 – 125 kg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Take-off weight range (TOW) kg | 55 – 90 | 70 – 110 | 90 – 125 |
| Glider weight kg | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 |
| Number of cells | 42 | 42 | 42 |
| Flat area m² | 23.6 | 26.5 | 29.3 |
| Projected area m² | 19.99 | 22.45 | 24.82 |
| Flat span m | 10.70 | 11.34 | 11.92 |
| Projected span m | 8.39 | 8.89 | 9.35 |
| Flat aspect ratio | 4.85 | 4.85 | 4.85 |
| Projected aspect ratio | 3.52 | 3.52 | 3.52 |
| Chord m | 2.71 | 2.88 | 3.03 |
| Risers | 3+1 | 3+1 | 3+1 |
| Speed system mm | 140 | 140 | 165 |
| Brake travel cm | > 65 | > 70 | > 70 |
| Certified chest strap width cm | 40 – 44 | 40 – 48 | 44 – 48 |
| Certification EN 926-2 | EN/LTF A | EN/LTF A | EN/LTF A |
| Recommended use | Beginner students (training hill and first flights) | Students from 10 flights | Students from 30 flights and independent pilots |
Data taken from the official A1 flight manual (V1.5, June 2026). Apart from the speed system, the wing is fitted with no adjustable, removable or variable device.
Three colourways in the 2026 catalogue, plus custom colours. Even the colour choice follows a teaching logic: the contrast between leading edge and trailing edge makes the wing's orientation readable from a distance, from the very first ground handling sessions.
The A1 is available in two configurations.
Everything you need to fly, maintain and repair.
The Standard version, plus the AEROTECH 130-litre rucksack.
Premium Access™ is built on a simple idea: invest as much as possible in what genuinely improves the product (design, materials, manufacturing, durability) while removing the costs that bring no value to the pilot. The result: paragliders with no compromise on quality, at a price positioning unseen on the market.
Designed in Vence, inspected in our workshop. Tell us about your flying and your build: we will advise you on the right size and configuration.
