Mr. Dang Van My, born in 1985, was a lecturer at Hanoi University of Technology before pursuing professional paragliding. His connection to this sport began around 2016 after backpacking trips and explorations. Initially, he participated in basic paragliding courses, then gradually pursued more advanced training with the goal of building a professional paragliding community in Vietnam. According to Dan Tri newspaper, he dedicated almost all of his free time to practicing, translating international paragliding materials, and learning from foreign pilots.
🏅 Achievements and certifications
Dang Van My is one of the few Vietnamese pilots holding a P5 rating from the Japan Hang & Paragliding Federation (JHF) — a high level in the IPPI international pilot system. He also holds an APPI Parapro P5 rating. He has logged around 2,000 flight hours across ten years of flying, seven of them professionally, with more than 5,000 solo and 4,000 tandem flights completed safely. Vietnamese media have repeatedly described him as the pilot with the most flight hours in the country. In 2022 he set the Vietnamese record for an FAI triangle with a 100 km closed course, flown at the Sa Thay site in Kon Tum. He was the first pilot in Vietnam to fly the helicopter manoeuvre, and remains the only Vietnamese pilot able to fly what local pilots call "nhảy dây" — both among the hardest acro techniques in the sport. Beyond flying skill, he is regarded within the community as having one of the strongest grounding in flight theory in Vietnam.
🪂 Role at Mebayluon Paragliding
Dang Van My is the founder of Mebayluon Paragliding and Sapa Paragliding, and owns the two largest privately run flying sites in Vietnam along with a substantial tandem operation. At Mebayluon Paragliding he is involved in: Pilot training Tandem flights for guests Developing flying sites at Mu Cang Chai, Sapa, Hanoi and elsewhere in the country. On flight safety In interviews he has repeatedly stressed that paragliding is an air sport demanding three things: knowledge of the weather, the skill to handle situations as they arise, and strict safety procedures. Speaking to Dan Tri, he explained that to fly commercially with passengers a pilot needs at least 200 flight hours, 200 flying days and 500 flights, and must have mastered the techniques required for tandem flying under FAI standards. He has also warned about people taking up paragliding as a trend without understanding the risks involved.
