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- 10AUG 2020High temperatures = caution
As every year, we are suffering the effects of climate change, with temperatures exceeding 40° almost everywhere in… - 27MAY 2020Mountain flying: specific knowledge required
Preamble: The aircraft involved in the accident was fitted with a FLARM device, which made it possible to extract the flight parameters. The Evektor pilot…
- 13MAY 2020Radadavirus
At the start of this much-delayed season, our passion, frustrated and thwarted for a few months, may make us want to…
- 26MAR 2020Microlight quiz - Part 1
Microlight quiz - Part 1
- 05FEB 2020The back of the power curve, a stage you cannot avoid
Preamble: A large proportion of fatal accidents are very often linked to a loss of control in the phases close to the ground. More…
- 22NOV 2019Turning back after a loss of power on take-off…
On 25 October 2018, the pilot of a Zenair CH601 took off in mid-morning from runway 10 at Île des Pins aerodrome in…
- 08NOV 2019Safety review - November 2019
October was the worst month for accidents since the start of this year, with 4 fatal accidents, two with instructors on board and one…
- 07NOV 2019Safety in figures - BSV No 66
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to the end of October 2019, classifying casualties by…
- 06NOV 2019Flutter, loss of control in aerobatics…
On 14 May 2017 at Villefranche-de-Rouergue airfield, the pilot of a three-axis microlight "Volsau 01" took off at about 09:40. This microlight was…
- 02OCT 2019Safety in figures - BSV No 65
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to the end of September 2019, classifying casualties by…
- 08AUG 2019YouTube tutorials
On this page, find all the tutorials on the FFPLUM YouTube channel: Mechanics tutorials, the two seasons of… - 31JUL 2019Engine failure exercise, without reconnaissance...
On 24 June 2018, in the Arvieux area (12), a pilot and his passenger took off in a Skyranger for a local flight. The weather is very good…
- 31JUL 2019The sea fog trap
On 21 February 2019, at Abbeville airfield, the weather situation was characterised by a strong anticyclone centred over France.…
- 05JUL 2019Information note - Flight safety
Part one: here we go, sun, warmth, and the holidays will soon be here. All this makes us want to take to…
- 04JUN 2019Safety in figures - BSV No 61
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to the end of May 2019, classifying casualties by severity…
- 04JUN 2019Stall exercise, insufficient height ...
On 17 June 2017, at about 5 pm local time, a 3-axis Skyleader 200 microlight with a passenger took off for a local flight. It carried out 5 exercises…
- 04JUN 2019Safety in figures - BSV No 62
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to the end of June 2019, classifying casualties by…
- 04JUN 2019Safety in figures - BSV No 63
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to the end of July 2019, classifying casualties by…
- 04JUN 2019Safety in figures - BSV No 64
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to the end of August 2019, classifying casualties by…
- 02MAY 2019High-speed pass and aeroelastic resonance
On 7 August 2017, the pilot of a 3-axis Pipistrel Virus 912SW, with a female passenger, took off from the Saint-Estèphe microlight airfield for…
- 02MAY 2019Safety in figures - BSV No 60
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to the end of April 2019, classifying casualties by…
- 16MAR 2018Returning a paramotor wing to service
Here are some tips for getting your paramotor wing back into service properly. These points should in any case be repeated regularly… - 06MAR 2018Editorial
In our everyday lives, we are often faced with decisions that are taken by considering the wording of a text… - 06MAR 2018On the training side
Good weather should be arriving, I do say should… and with it the pleasure of getting the machines into the air by putting into practice the…
- 06MAR 2018The mechanic's word
It is time to take the machines out of the hangars, but a check is called for before enjoying the beautiful scenery. First of all, it…
- 06MAR 2018Safety in figures
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to 03 March 2018, classifying casualties by…
- 06MAR 2018Editorial April 2018
It seems we are in spring, and even if the days do not yet look like the picture-postcard image of this season, it is…
- 06MAR 2018On the training side
It was during an ISAL meeting (Light Aviation Safety Body) that I learned today that there had been a third death… - 06MAR 2018The Analyst's analysis
In June 2017, the BEA published the report on the accident involving the Nicollier HN 700 Ménestrel microlight registered 46-DX on 20 July 2016…
- 06MAR 2018The mechanic's word
Now that your microlights have been able to stretch their wings, please pay a little attention to carburettor synchronisation. Because a… - 06MAR 2018Safety in figures
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to 04 April 2018, classifying casualties by…
- 06MAR 2018Editorial - BSV No 48
Whatever the different phases of a flight, the search for aerodynamic balance is paramount and ensures a flight with…
- 06MAR 2018The Analyst's analysis - BSV No 48
In October 2017, the BEA published the report on the accident involving the Dyn’Aero MCR01M microlight registered 84-MP on 12 August 2016 at Col de…
- 06MAR 2018Safety in figures - BSV No 48
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to 30 April 2018, classifying casualties by…
- 06MAR 2018On the training side - BSV No 48
Questioning ourselves allows us to progress in life. Anyone who never questions themselves prevents themselves from discovering…
- 06MAR 2018Editorial - BSV No 49
How hard it is for everyone to admit that events do not always go the way we hoped, and that sometimes we have to…
- 06MAR 2018On the training side - BSV No 49
About ten years ago, when I arrived in the south of France, many people told me: you know, here it's simple, the…
- 06MAR 2018The Analyst's analysis - BSV No 49
In September 2017, the BEA published the report on the accident involving the paramotor registered 08-NR on 17 April 2016 at…
- 06MAR 2018Safety in figures - BSV No 49
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to 30 May 2018, classifying casualties by severity…
- 06MAR 2018Editorial - BSV No 50
In our search to improve our safety in flight, several lines of action are possible and should be used. There are…
- 06MAR 2018The Analyst's analysis - BSV No 50
In May 2017, the BEA published the report on the accident involving the FK12 Comet microlight registered 974-GJ on 27 August 2016 at Sours (28). The…
- 06MAR 2018Safety in figures - BSV No 50
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to 30 June 2018, classifying casualties by…
- 06MAR 2018On the training side - BSV No 50
The holidays are coming, and the sky will do as the roads of France do, filling up with aircraft of every kind. The good weather…
- 06MAR 2018The Analyst's analysis - BSV No 51
In June 2018, the BEA published the report on the accident involving the Cosmos Chronos 16 microlight registered 25-OB on 13 July 2009 at…
- 06MAR 2018Editorial - BSV No 51
It is summer and this year it is a particularly hot one. While we suffer from the excessive temperatures in our daily lives, they…
- 06MAR 2018On the training side - BSV No 51
The 23th microlight tour has just ended, the celebration was wonderful, but… 128 machines, 4 classes, 270 people, a logistics caravan led by…
- 06MAR 2018Safety in figures - BSV No 51
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to 30 July 2018, classifying casualties by…
- 06MAR 2018Editorial - BSV No 52
That's it, it's back to school: the holidays are over, but the summery weather allowed us some lovely flights whose memories will charm…
- 06MAR 2018The Analyst's analysis - BSV No 52
In October 2017, the BEA published the report on the accident involving the Super Guépard microlight registered 14-NI on 11 September 2016 at…
- 06MAR 2018On the training side - BSV No 52
Below is the feedback from a pilot who agreed to tell us about a recent equipment incident (ground collision), of which he is…
- 06MAR 2018Safety in figures - BSV No 52
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to 31 August 2018, classifying casualties by severity…
- 06MAR 2018Editorial - BSV No 53
What lovely flights in recent weeks! After a disastrous spring, Lady Weather decided to give us an extra month of…
- 06MAR 2018The Analyst's analysis - BSV No 53
In September 2018, the BEA published the investigation report on the accident involving the three-axis RANS S-6ES "Coyote II" microlight registered…
- 06MAR 2018Safety in figures - BSV No 53
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to 30 September 2018, classifying casualties by…
- 06MAR 2018On the training side - BSV No 53
We are regularly asked whether or not it is necessary to "turn over" the engine to check the oil level. The manual…
- 06MAR 2018Editorial - BSV No 54
Our favourite activity, flying motorised ultralight aircraft, is a recreational and leisure activity. Of course, this…
- 06MAR 2018The Analyst's analysis - BSV No 54
On 8 October 2017, a three-axis Funk FK12 Comet S1 microlight took off from Nogaro aerodrome in clean configuration and made a tight turn…
- 06MAR 2018Safety in figures - BSV No 54
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to 31 October 2018, classifying casualties by…
- 06MAR 2018The Analyst's analysis - BSV No 55
On 30 April 2017, the pilot of a VL3 microlight, with a passenger, took off at about 4 pm from the Fréjus microlight airfield, flying together with…
- 06MAR 2018On the training side - BSV No 55
There are no new ways to get killed; we just repeat the same mistakes, again and again… BOB HOOVER Pilot…
- 06MAR 2018Editorial - BSV No 55
As at the end of every year, we must present the accident review and the safety actions planned for the year…
- 06MAR 2018Safety in figures - BSV No 55
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to the end of November 2018, classifying casualties by…
- 06MAR 2018Editorial - BSV No 56
The festive season is over, with its feasts and merrymaking of every kind. Now it is time to make good resolutions…
- 06MAR 2018On the training side - BSV No 56
Remember: this year, I will take care not to let the validity dates of my machine's administrative documents expire. This…
- 06MAR 2018The Analyst's analysis - BSV No 56
On 27 August 2016, in the late afternoon with favourable weather, a microlight pilot carried out engine tests on the runway.…
- 06MAR 2018Safety in figures - BSV No 56
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to the end of December 2018, classifying casualties by…
- 06MAR 2018Safety in figures - BSV No 57
Since the start of this year, we have had no fatal or serious accidents, nor any causing minor injuries, to record. The…
- 06MAR 2018The Analyst's analysis - BSV No 57
On 30 April 2016, at Montélimar Ancone aerodrome, a gyroplane microlight with its side doors removed took off from grass runway 20 to…
- 06MAR 2018On the training side - BSV No 57
Hello everyone, There are 16 000 of us with a licence, and some of us have a great deal of experience in the field…
- 06MAR 2018On the training side - BSV No 58
Every month we publish the accident figures. Some of them are, sadly, harder to…
- 06MAR 2018The Analyst's analysis - BSV No 58
REX – Contamination by white frost… At the end of 2017, a weight-shift microlight pilot decided to set off early one morning on a flight to…
- 06MAR 2018Safety in figures - BSV No 58
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to the end of February 2019, classifying casualties by…
- 06MAR 2018On the training side - BSV No 59
Please circulate this information as widely as possible among your members, students and pilots. 2 - Return to Flying. To date, 75 REVs have been validated,…
- 06MAR 2018The Analyst's analysis - BSV No 59
On 15 August 2018, a group of 4 paramotors decided to fly to the microlight airfield of Courseulles-sur-mer LF1451 to…
- 06MAR 2018Safety in figures - BSV No 59
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to the end of March 2019, classifying casualties by…
- 23JAN 2018Return to Flying
Return to Flying
- 12DEC 2017Flight Safety Bulletin - No 48 May 2018
Questioning ourselves allows us to progress in life. Anyone who never questions themselves prevents themselves from discovering… - 12DEC 2017Flight Safety Bulletin
In September 2018, the BEA published the investigation report on the accident involving the three-axis RANS S-6ES "Coyote II" microlight registered… - 12DEC 2017Flight Safety Bulletin - No 50 July 2018
The table below summarises the accident statistics recorded from 1 January to 30 June 2018, classifying casualties by… - 12DEC 2017Flight Safety Bulletin - No 51 August 2018
In June 2018, the BEA published the report on the accident involving the Cosmos Chronos 16 microlight registered 25-OB on 13 July 2009 at… - 12DEC 2017Flight Safety Bulletin - No 52 September 2018
In October 2017, the BEA published the report on the accident involving the Super Guépard microlight registered 14-NI on 11 September 2016 at… - 12DEC 2017Flight Safety Bulletin - No 53 October 2018
In September 2018, the BEA published the investigation report on the accident involving the three-axis RANS S-6ES "Coyote II" microlight registered… - 12DEC 2017Flight Safety Bulletin - No 54 November 2018
On 8 October 2017, a three-axis Funk FK12 Comet S1 microlight took off from Nogaro aerodrome in clean configuration and made a tight turn… - 12DEC 2017Flight Safety Bulletin - No 55 December 2018
There are no new ways to get killed; we just repeat the same mistakes, again and again… BOB HOOVER On 30 April… - 12DEC 2017Flight Safety Bulletin - No 56 January 2019
Remember: this year, I will take care not to let the validity dates of my machine's administrative documents expire. This… - 12DEC 2017Flight Safety Bulletin No 58 - March 2019
This year we will focus our flight safety improvement policy on preventing loss of control in flight,…
- 27SEP 2017The wind, our best enemy
(by Éric GALVAGNO, Chairman of the FFPLUM Flight Safety Committee) As we have already pointed out, the common denominator of…
- 27SEP 2017MCR ULC, UL, Pick Up
The DGAC has asked us to pass on Airworthiness Directive 2013-ULM-02, concerning the flap control system on the MCR ULC, UL…
- 27SEP 2017Burglary alert
Stand together! More and more thefts of aircraft, engines and instruments are being reported to us.. thieves-09
- 27SEP 2017Radios 8.33: it's happening now...
As announced in an earlier ULM INFO, since 17 November 2013, all new radio installations must be on 8.33 spacing…
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