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Who flies with you
Every claim here has a source and a status, and where a pilot has a public record we link it so you check him instead of believing us.
In Kazakhstan the guide answers a question that is sharper than usual. Retrieval here is easy — most of the range front has a paved road under it. Airspace is not: you are flying beside a major international airport in a country whose aeronautical information is not in the app on your phone. So the thing you are buying is not a driver who is fast, it is a pilot who flies these corridors every week.
Almost every operator in this region answers "who is my guide" with the phrase "our experienced guides". That sentence is free to write and impossible to check. Each person below carries his own name, his own public profile and the source of every claim attached to him.
Every claim on this page carries its source and its status. verified — we checked it against a primary public record. claimed — a public source states it and we have not independently checked it. stated — the person or the operator told us, with nothing public to check against. Where a pilot has a public flight record, we link it and you check him yourself rather than taking our word.
Steve Reed
XC guide · the English-language voice of the trip
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A British pilot who has been flying for three decades. Almaty is the easiest serious flying in Central Asia to reach and one of the hardest to talk to anyone about in English. He takes the pre-trip call and flies with the English-speaking groups, here and across the border.
| Flying since | 1995 (stated) |
|---|---|
| Based | United Kingdom |
| Speaks | English (native), Russian |
On record
- Flying since 1995 stated
source: stated by the operator
Check him yourself
- XContest profile verified
Identity and country (United Kingdom) confirmed. The profile carries no scored flights in the seasons we checked, so treat it as identity confirmation only.
Evgeniy Oreshkin
Lead XC guide, Almaty · airspace and the range front
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The local answer to the one hard problem in Kazakhstan — and not only a Kazakhstan pilot: his flight from Chon-Tash on 17 July 2026 is in the top five registered in Kyrgyzstan this season. Retrieval near Almaty is easy; airspace is not, and a pilot who flies these corridors every week is worth more here than a driver who is fast.
| Flying since | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Based | Almaty region, Kazakhstan |
| Speaks | Russian, Kazakh |
On record
- Fifth-highest-scoring flight registered in Kyrgyzstan in the 2026 season: 93.45 km, 149.51 points, 6 h 20 min, launched Chon-Tash, 17 July 2026 verified
source: XContest, flights filtered by Kyrgyzstan and sorted by points, checked 2026-09-29 - Flies the Almaty range front year-round stated
source: stated by the operator - Flies both sides of the border — regular scoring flights from Chon-Tash across the 2025 and 2026 seasons verified
source: XContest 2025 and 2026, checked 2026-09-29
Check him yourself
- Top flights registered in Kyrgyzstan, XContest 2026 verified
Live table. His 17 July flight sits in the top five of the season. - XContest profile verified
Identity confirmed; seasons 2022 through 2026 present on the profile. - paraplan.kz claimed
His own Kazakhstan site.
Vitaly Peredereev
XC guide · flew the top-scoring flight registered in Kyrgyzstan this season
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The pilot the Russian-speaking side of this operation is built around, and — this season — the man who flew the highest-scoring flight registered in Kyrgyzstan: 110 km and six and a quarter hours from Chon-Tash on 17 July. He has run a paragliding shop, club and school for over twenty years and takes his own students abroad every season.
| Flying since | 2002 (claimed) |
|---|---|
| Based | Moscow region, Russia — flying since the early 2000s |
| Speaks | Russian |
On record
- Highest-scoring flight registered in Kyrgyzstan in the 2026 XContest season: 110.13 km, 154.19 points, 6 h 21 min, launched Chon-Tash, 17 July 2026 verified
source: XContest, flights filtered by Kyrgyzstan and sorted by points, checked 2026-09-29 - 250 km straight-line cross-country flight, 2 May 2016 claimed
source: paradrive.ru company news - 1st place, Russian Cup 2024, Kaliningrad, among 51 competitors claimed
source: paradrive.ru company news, September 2024 - Instructor upgrade certificate from the Russian federal sport training centre (FCPSR), April 2023 claimed
source: paradrive.ru company news - Runs annual training expeditions — Chegem, Yutsa, Dagestan — with his own students claimed
source: paradrive.ru company news 2022–2025 - In the 2025 season his best Kyrgyz flight ranked around 31st (53.69 km) — 2026 is a step up, not a standing position, and we say so rather than letting you find out verified
source: XContest 2025, same filter, checked 2026-09-29
Check him yourself
- Top flights registered in Kyrgyzstan, XContest 2026 verified
Live table. Sort by points, filter Kyrgyzstan, 2026 season — his 17 July flight is at the top of it. It will change as the season changes, and we link the live table rather than a screenshot for that reason. - XContest profile verified
Identity and seasons 2024–2026 confirmed. Use it to confirm who he is, not as a distance table. - ParaDrive verified
His own company: shop, club and school, trading since 2002, he has owned it since May 2009.
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