Labour Day Long Weekend, September 04 to 07, 2026, Prince Edward Island
The Hang Gliding Paragliding Association of Atlantic Canada (HPAAC) and the local pilots of Prince Edward Island would like to invite you to the 2026 HPAAC Atlantic Festival of Flight.
The event will be held on Prince Edward Island. Join local pilots and fellow Atlantic pilots for a fun-filled long weekend of flying, socializing and chasing the winds.
All pilots, family and friends are welcome. PG, HG, PPG, PPC, Speedwing pilots, Ultralight…. Free flight, motor flight, tow flights, heck, if you can flap your arms and fly we would love to have you join us!
Flight Events include:
Free flight, (weather conditions permitting), coastal ridge soaring. Under special conditions, there is potential of going XC from two of our main coastal sites. Yes, you read that correctly, XC from a coastal ridge soaring site. A rare opportunity not found at most coastal sites. We are blessed with sites that have traditional coastal soaring ridges that offer regular, very smooth buoyant thermal lift from a shallow bay that regularly gives 1000′ plus altitude over a 50′ coastal ridge.
Dune flying, (weather conditions providing), we have several non-official coastal dune sites that are fun to play on with the potential of short sustainable ridge soaring flights. (Please note: it is not ermitted to fly (including ridge soaring) in any of our National Parks on PEI).
Towing flights, we hope to be able to offer towing operations to provide payin/payout tow flights from a grass airfield and/or beaches.
PPG/PPC demonstrations, morning, and evenings with daily (weather conditions permitting).
Competitions:Free
Flight competition (non-official):
Including drop target, spot landing, longest flight of the weekend, highest flight of the weekend, furthest free flight XC, Camp Fire – last man standing (reigning champion Tim Parker).
Motor assisted flight (non-official):
Including drop target, spot landing, longest flight of the weekend, highest flight of the weekend, furthest flight XC, Camp Fire – last man standing (reigning champion Tim Parker).
Accommodations:
Hotels: There are literally hundreds of accommodations to rent on PEI. We
encourage you to book your accommodations as soon as possible as
the Island is a busy place in the summer. Once registered, we can send
you a list of suggested accommodations but cannot guarantee
availability.
Camping: There will be non-hookup camping sites available at home base. We will have a porta-potty onsite available to all those who choose to camp.
Campfire Socials:
Daily campfires starting at dusk. All are welcome! If you
play a musical instrument, it is mandatory that you bring it….
BYOB permitted.
Pizza Social:
Saturday, September 5, evening we will be having a Pizza Social. We will be collecting $20 each for the pizza order for anybody who wants pizza. Please settle up with us for the pizza prior that evening. We will have a BBQ available for you to grill on if you don’t want pizza. Bring your own food to grill.
BYOB permitted.
REGISTRATION:
Please register ASAP by providing the information below to the email address chris@a360.ca so we can nail down the number of attendees and plan for your arrival.
There will be no registration fee this year for any and all pilots, family and friends. All pilots flying free flight on our main HPAC approved sites will be required to be a member of HPAC. Non-Developed sites don’t require a HPAC membership but it is encouraged.
Specific details will be sent to registered pilots as they develop.
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Pilot Name:
Aircraft Type:
HPAC Membership Number, if applicable:
Pilot Ratings:
Home province:
Email address:
Phone number: Cell- Home-
Alternate contact person and cell number:Individual Needs:
Pizza Social: Yes/NoWe hope to see you here on beautiful PEI in September!ChrisChris Jette
President, HPAAC
902-940-0357 c.
chris@a360.ca
www.hpaac.ca