Macedonia is a small Ex-Yugoslavian independent state, just north of Greece . Mountain tops paint most of the landscape and the flying season starts in January and ends the next January. There is snow in the winter, and its cold as hell up in those hills, but people are still flying. The summers are hot, but people are flying even more! With 8 mountain peaks topping the 2500m asl limit, height and large grassy slopes are easy to find and there are more than 14 flying sites with roads up to the very launch, and all of them within 2 hours or drive. All in reach and good for every wind direction.

Rent-a-cars are expensive, and the sites are not easy to find without proper directions. A point of reference, if you are on the launch and there are no pilots it means one thing only: there is flying on other place but not where you are standing. It means, find someone that knows the place and knows the weather better.

The good side is, the flying in Macedonia is generally easy, with normal thermaling days and good share of soaring. XC's of 50 – 60km are challenging but very doable! Almost all of the sites have big, wide and clean launches, and easy turnaround time makes many flights a day very possible! If the wind is not favorable for that site on which you are standing, the wind is probably wary good on the mountain right across, some hour to two drive! So the day is never wasted! There is not launch fee, no helmet stickers, no complicated site rules and sketchy owners, no “posted” signs. Fly and bother no one! That is all!