Meet the Staff
Frank Brown
Guide
Frank Brown is a 12-time Brazillian National Champion, 4-time world record holder, Vice Champion World Champion, and Vice Champion of the PWC Superfinal. He lives in Vittoria with his family and knows this part of Brazil as well as any pilot alive!
We couldn’t think of a better local to team up with!
Austin Cox
Instructor
Austin Cox learned how to fly in Washington in 2015 and since then has dedicated his life to becoming a balanced pilot in all areas of the sport. Cross country, acrobatics, and tandem flying are all disciplines he has spent time training and perfecting. These adventures have brought him all over the world to fly paragliders from World Cups in Argentina to multi-day bivy flying trips in the Indian Himalayas.
Austin will already be in Brazil after qualifying for the PWC Superfinal by taking 8th overall on an Ozone Zeno 2 at the World Cup held in Baixu Guandu (one of the sites we will be utilizing) earlier in 2023.
Nick Greece
Instructor
Nick Greece has flown over 400km a few times, won numerous national cross-country titles, edited the USHPA magazine for 10 years, flown in over 37 countries, and is well known for being able to eat three-course meals while flying. He is an advanced instructor, tandem instructor, Wilderness First Responder, and has been flying for 22 years and guiding off and on for 15 years. He dreams of bringing rich flying experiences to pilots worldwide that focus on what has kept him enthralled with the sport. He hopes his trips will provide great flights, and opportunities to grow as an international citizen through sharing experiences with local pilots in the places we visit.
Ariana Pinheiro Caldas
Emergency Doctor
Ariana Pinheiro Caldas is an emergency doctor in Brazil, specializing in mountain medicine and aeromedical rescue. She is fluent in English and Portuguese and loves outdoor sports, hiking, racing, biking, and climbing. She started to fly paragliders in 2017 when she was 18 years old and now has been focusing her time to learn more about how to help outdoor athletes, offering health care during competitions.
“I couldn’t be more excited to share several of my favorite flying arenas in the world with you!”
- Frank Brown