About us

"Isn't the air a very dangerous element?" Wilbur Wright was asked 1903 in Paris by an inhabitant. "Madam", he answered, "the air is totally innocuous. The only dangerous thing at flying is the earth."

Skydive Algarve has established itself as a skydiving center on the Algarve Coast. The actor behind this is ParAlvor Lda. with registered office at Aerodromo Municipal de Portimao and the people Evelin and Norbert Meier, assisted by “Exi” Dr. Rainer Hoenle, Ze Musico, Michi Reich, Klaus Fuhrmann (Super-Klaus), Sascha Schindler (of course, some important people have been forgotten!). Airplanes type DO28 (T), which are operated by DO28 Flugcharter GmbH, take the skydivers high up in the air.

You find here a little step back into the history of Skydive Algarve.

At the turn of the millennium, Norbert Meier organized the first X-mas-Boogie at Aerodromo Municipal de Portimao. After that successful event it was clear that this airport and the local infrastructure, e.g., reasonable accommodation for skydivers, fine restaurants and many cosy bars were ideal places for sun-greedy North European skydivers to hibernate. Starting out as a modest event with few participants, Skydive Algarve grew and satisfied skydivers and those in their company came back every year, e.g. Eddie Jones and his skydiver-group from Scotland, Kay and Mike Carruthers with their friends from Skydive Northwest, Irish-John and friends… and, and ….!! They all made Skydive Algarve to their preferred airfield at the extreme southwestern end of Europe.

Today, SKYDIVE ALGARVE stands for:

  • powerful DO28(T) aircrafts
  • professional organization of the dropzone
  • international parachute events
  • qualified parachute trainers/coaches
  • profound instruction jumps
  • experienced and renown instructors for FreeFly, Birdman-Flights, Canopy-Handling
  • infrastructure friendly to jumpers (board and lodging)
  • nice weather
  • wonderful panorama setting


This persons are standing for SKYDIVE ALGARVE:

Dr. Rainer "EXI" Hoenle

Number of jumps: 5200
Record holder German national record 156-way
President of German Parachute Association DFV/GPA
IPC Vice President
Member and Advisor in IPC Sports commissions
Organizer of competitions.
Besides this I get patients to radiate - by applying radioactive substances - and myself through a jump here and there.

Norbert Meier

Number of jumps: 6500
parachute instructor
Organizer of several boogies, like e.g.:
- 16-way Competition in Halle/ Oppin
- Mi-8 Chopper-Boogie in Blomberg
German Champion in 8-way-Formation Skydiving 1982 and 1984
World Championship participant: 1983 South Africa and 1985 Yugoslavia
Regional Delegate for Northrhine-Westfalia in the DFV/GPA (German Parachute Association)
Chairman of the FSC Soest-Bad Sassendorf e.V. e.V.
Accident surveyor
Pilot
In my true life I'm Traffic Security Consultant with the Police-Department of Paderborn.

Evelin Meier

Number of jumps: 200 (long time ago)
I jumped for the first time 1983 in Hassfurt (Unterfranken).
At this time only static line instruction was common and I started jumping with a round canopy.
Now I organise
- SKYDIVE ALGARVE -ParAlvor Ltd.-
- Parachute School Skydive Salamanca
- DO28-Flugcharter GmbH