--- title: "SIV with Indian Army" url: "https://www.templepilots.com/blog/siv-with-indian-army/" type: "post" published: "2024-03-18T11:27:25+05:30" modified: "2026-10-18T12:06:32+05:30" author: "Temple Pilots" --- ## SIV with Indian Army: Advanced Paragliding Safety Training and Technical Skills It has been 25yrs of running as a premier paragliding training school. Now, for me, I look forward to doing more specialized and advance technical [courses](https://www.templepilots.com/paragliding-courses/). I got the opportunity to train the Indian army Paragliding Team & conduct advance [SIV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIV) (Simulation de Incident en Vol) Course for them. This is a Safety Clinic that includes simulations of extreme situations in paragliding over a water body with Safety of a Rescue team & Rescue boat. The army Doctor was at the SIV site during the training ops along with Army ambulance on standby. ![Indian Army Paragliding Team with Temple Pilots](https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7461.jpg) Jets and me found ourselves in the middle of an army camp by the scenic lakeside of the vast Ranjit Sagar Dam that is a huge homesite for thousands of migratory birds. We were nestled between the boundaries of three Indian states of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab & Himachal Pradesh. It was a beautiful site surrounded by the Himalayas on the northern side of J&K & Himachal Pradesh & Punjab plains to the south. Next to us was the India army chopper dropping army skydivers & it was a site to behold the skydivers free falling & then opening their chutes & landing so close to our location. Although for me it was nostalgia being the army environment but for Jets it was thrilling, exciting & very new. The SIV Course is an advance Course where we practice advance instability manoeuvers over a water body. We were using a static winch that catapults the Paragliders to a decent height (between 1400 to 1600 feet & sometimes more when the winds were good). The pilots after releasing themselves from the Winch line, head to the manoeuvring box over the lake. ![Indian Army Paragliding Pilot approaching for landing](https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_4858-1024x768.jpg) The Course begins with Pitch & Roll Control exercises, followed by A-line Stalls, B-Line Stalls, Asymmetrical Collapses with & without Speedbar, Progressive Spirals, Full Stalls & Spins & Wingovers. We did about 67 Full Stalls & over 20 Spins. There were 15 Army Pilots & three Templepilots Club Pilots. We had two Reserve deployments & overall a safe & highly rewarding SIV Course with huge learnings for all the participating pilots. The Spirits in the army camp were generally very high with lots of singing & laughter. The camp life was an amazing experience for our SIV Instructor Jets & the three Templepilots Club pilots. They really enjoyed the taste of Indian army life & what added to the adventure were the low temperatures at night with the added flavour of foxes crying & howling near the tents. It was one helluva laugh riot listening to their stories in the mornings. There were thorough military style Briefings & De-briefing Sessions & logistically things moved like clockwork in battle mode style. The army had organised a born fire & a farewell ceremony, drinks & dinner. We were pretty touched by the honour & appreciation we received for conducting this Course for the Army paragliding team. We were presented with Gorkha Regiment’s Mementos & generous words of appreciation by the Ops Commander Lt. Col Sunil Bhatt (Gorkha Regiment). There was an amazing sense of camaraderie as we drank, sang & danced together with the army pilots. Strangely, although it was a very different atmosphere & vibe but we felt at home with the Indian army. ![](https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7457-1024x707.jpg) Heartfelt thanks to Col. Sarvesh Dadwal & Col. Sunil Bhatt for this great honour & opportunity of serving the Indian army. ![](https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3146-1024x768.jpg) **Watch :** [Video 1](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4bDWYji1xp/?igsh=MWJycmhobzc0bHlnZg%3D%3D) [Video 2](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4bDWYji1xp/?igsh=MWJycmhobzc0bHlnZg%3D%3D)  [https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7463.jpg](https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7463.jpg) [https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7464.jpg](https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7464.jpg) [https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7462.jpg](https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7462.jpg) [https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_0161.jpg](https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_0161.jpg) [https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_1722.jpg](https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_1722.jpg) [https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_5565.jpg](https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_5565.jpg) [https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_6405.jpg](https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_6405.jpg) [https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7458.jpg](https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7458.jpg) [https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7459.jpg](https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7459.jpg) [https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7460.jpg](https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7460.jpg) [https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7461.jpg](https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7461.jpg) [https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_4858.jpg](https://www.templepilots.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_4858.jpg) ## [Know more about SIV course with Temple Pilots Paragliding](https://www.templepilots.com/paragliding-courses/siv-simulation-in-vol/)