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- 24JUN 2020Be Sport - A club near me: innovative platforms for your club
The French National Olympic and Sports Committee is launching the “Be Sport” and “Mon club près de chez moi” platforms. These innovative spaces…
- 15MAY 2020European microlight news in brief as lockdown eases
European microlight news in brief as lockdown eases
- 08MAY 2020A controlled return to flying
We are all sensing the signs of the restart and of the easing of lockdown that will allow us to resume flying. The arrangements remain…
- 01MAY 2020Georges Humeau, an example to follow
In this video, you will find an interview with Georges Humeau, president of ULM Chambley. In early April, he launched a gesture of solidarity…
- 01MAY 2020FFPLUM measures - Covid-19
In the absence of treatment and a vaccine, the fight against Covid-19 relies on everyone’s sense of civic duty and on compliance with the rules…
- 23APR 2020Grants extended by 6 months
Grants extended by 6 months
- 23APR 2020Let us prepare our Return to Flying
Let us prepare our Return to Flying
- 23APR 2020Covid-19: nothing changes for now (17 April)
Covid-19: nothing changes for now (17 April)
- 23APR 2020Lockdown interview: what about sport?
Lockdown interview: what about sport?
- 23APR 2020Covid-19 Memo
Covid-19 Memo
- 16APR 2020Clubs: acts of solidarity in our regions
Last week, we relayed in our newsletter and on our website the initiative of the Chambley club, which is offering…
- 14APR 2020Lockdown & mechanics: what can we do with our machines?
Lockdown & mechanics: what can we do with our machines?
- 10APR 2020Covid-19 and lockdown
A week ago we published a Covid 19 Memo that sets out the extremely precise regulatory framework for activities… - 08APR 2020Federal life: the steering group of the Regional Committees
Federal life: the steering group of the Regional Committees
- 06APR 2020FEDERAL INFORMATION: COVID-19 (old)
All FFPLUM announcements on COVID-19 news
- 06APR 2020Covid-19 editorials
It all starts from the ground! Project to acquire federal strips. This very particular period allows us to take a different look… - 06APR 2020Increase in the REV grant
Increase in the REV grant
- 01APR 2020FFPLUM Challenge: the best pictures of the week
Send us your photos or videos taken during lockdown. Find all the details of this challenge by clicking here! THE BEST-OF!… - 27MAR 2020Editorials
Let us embark together! The French Navy and the French Microlight Federation have decided to form a partnership for young people. So that…
- 26MAR 2020A word from a member: Patrick, microlight club president
All together to keep the dream alive… Keeping in touch, sharing our passion for aeronautics, learning from the experience of others… in these…
- 24MAR 2020Take part in the FFPLUM challenge!
From today, FFPLUM is offering you a new challenge: every week, send us your best messages in pictures,…
- 19MAR 2020Affected activities: some advice!
Updated 31 March Affiliated clubs and schools, depending on your status, you may be able to get help during this health crisis…
- 19MAR 2020A message from our firefighter pilot friends!
In the current context of the health crisis linked to the coronavirus covid-19 pandemic, it seems reasonable to recall a few guidelines.…
- 19MAR 2020Optimists!
Pascal writes in the Pensées: “When I have occasionally set myself to consider the various distractions of men, the toils and dangers to which they expose themselves (…) from which… - 19MAR 2020Federal doctor: some advice
Federal doctor: some advice
- 19MAR 2020While waiting for flying to resume, keep busy!
Here we are, the anticyclone is over France and the weather is fine across the country, but… Covid-19 has arrived on our soil and we… - 19MAR 2020Statement by the Minister of Sport
Statement by the Minister of Sport
- 14OCT 2019Handivol day at the Aéroclub de Picardie
On 13, 14 and 15 September 2019, the 14th edition of Handivol was held, an event that allows people with disabilities to… - 05AUG 2019FFPLUM at the amateur builders’ show
Since Friday, FFPLUM has been present at the RSA gathering in Brienne le Château. The good weather allowed more than 320 machines to…
- 28FEB 2019Photos
You can all send us your pictures. They will be used in this section, in our magazine ULM Info, or on… - 25FEB 2019General Assembly 2019
Once again this year, the Directorate General for Civil Aviation is welcoming us to its lecture theatre for the federation’s General Assembly…
- 11FEB 2019Champions’ Evening 2019
On 5 February, the 2019 Champions’ Evening was held at INSEP. The French Paramotor Microlight Team was honoured there thanks to…
- 28JAN 2019Board of Directors meeting
The first meeting of the year of the Board of Directors of the French Microlight Federation took place on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 January 2018 at…
- 20DEC 2018A sporting and leisure form of aviation... within reach!
FFPLUM editorial
- 18DEC 2018AERAL declaration
Club and school managers, remember to submit your 2018 activity declaration.
- 14DEC 2018Radio conversion plan 8.33
implementation arrangements
- 29NOV 2018Youth Flying campaign in Guyane
Around a hundred young people enjoyed introductory flights.
- 27NOV 2018Safety Day, CR ULM PACA
Saturday 15 December 2018 at Vinon
- 22NOV 2018Air Cadets 2019
Pre-selection will be open from 1 December 2018 until 25 January 2019.
- 21NOV 2018Women Flying in Guyane
140 women enjoyed introductory flights
- 06NOV 2018Les Vieux Deb's are very active
The association Les Vieux Déb's, approved by FFPLUM and based at Bois Landry aerodrome in the heart of Eure-et-Loir, is particularly…
- 04NOV 2018The results
Saturday 3 November: the competition is drawing to a close and the official results are in: France are team world champions!
- 03NOV 2018The French in the top 10
Friday 2 November: the French paramotor pilots, consistent in their performances, settle into the top of the rankings.
- 02NOV 2018The French team united and efficient
Thursday 1 November: a close-knit and supportive French team
- 01NOV 2018Satisfying first rounds
Wednesday 31 October: at last, a proper day of flying
- 31OCT 2018The competition begins
Tuesday 30 October: the competition gets under way with a slalom round
- 30OCT 2018Official practice, Boris Tysebaert at last
Monday 29 October: official practice rounds
- 30OCT 2018Opening ceremony
Monday 29 October: official opening of the competition
- 29OCT 2018Free practice day
Sunday 28 October: first practice flights
- 28OCT 2018Practice delayed, spirits high
Saturday 27 October: official checks and hold-ups pushed back the practice day.
- 26OCT 2018Narbonne flying club appeals for donations
Faced with a disastrous situation, the Aéro-club de Narbonne (ACN) is appealing for solidarity from the aviation community
- 26OCT 2018The Blues arrive in Cairo
Friday 26 October: the French Paramotor Slalom Team has arrived safely in Cairo, Egypt.
- 22OCT 2018French team about to leave for Egypt
D-3 before the paramotor slalom world championships
- 10OCT 2018Change in fuel designations
From 12 October 2018, motor fuels (MOGAS) will change designation.
- 10OCT 2018ULM Info no. 105
The federation’s quarterly magazine for September 2018 has just been published.
- 08OCT 2018Microlight Cadets course
Programme and call for applications
- 04OCT 2018Your new Member area
FFPLUM Member area
- 02OCT 2018European grant for 8.33 kHz: the CNFAS thanks the DGAC
Following the Ministry of Transport’s announcement that a grant of €7.9 million has been obtained from European funds,
- 01OCT 2018Introductory flights in Guyane
for women, young people, people with disabilities...
- 28SEP 2018Grand Est paramotor pilots’ gathering
29 & 30 September 2018 at the EULMONT microlight airfield (LF5453)
- 28SEP 2018Car boot sale and aviation flea market
Sunday 30 September 2018 - Aéro Club de la Pierre Levée
- 27SEP 2018Coupe Icare, the great free flight festival... and paramotor festival
The 45th Coupe Icare is already over... and was a great success for paramotoring!
- 19SEP 2018France Air Expo 2019 returns to Lyon
FRANCE AIR EXPO LYON - Thursday 13 to Saturday 15 June 2019 - Eurexpo Lyon
- 18SEP 201845th Coupe Icare: D-2
See you from 20 to 23 September 2018 at the St Hilaire du Touvet-Lumbin site - 14SEP 2018The Air Festival at Batzendorf is this weekend!
The open days of the Batzendorf Ultra Légers club will be held on 15 and 16 September 2018.
- 13SEP 2018Millau-Larzac microlight gathering
Saturday 15 September 2018
- 12SEP 2018This weekend, fly over the Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire Microlight Tour 2018 - 15 and 16 September 2018
- 07SEP 2018Fine weather forecast this weekend for “L'envolée Cathare”
Saturday 8 September 2018 - Saint Paul de Fenouillet (66220) - LF6652 microlight strip
- 31AUG 2018Coupe Icare 2018: microlight access and instructions
See you from 20 to 23 September 2018 at the St Hilaire du Touvet-Lumbin site. It is the world gathering of free flight in all its… - 29AUG 2018Slalom in Spain: Egypt is the goal for the France team
The preparation of the paramotor competitors for the 2018 Slalom World Championship took place at Bornos from 20 to 24 August 2018.
- 27AUG 2018ULM Blois 2018
38th microlight show and gathering
- 03AUG 2018Find FFPLUM at the RSA this weekend
The gathering of amateur builders and restorers of leisure aircraft at Brienne le Château aerodrome, from 3 to 5 August…
- 30JUL 2018Pays de la Loire Microlight Tour
15 and 16 September 2018 - 27JUL 2018Lurcy-Lévis, heading east, early start
Friday 27 July
- 27JUL 2018Back at Mâcon: the tour is over
Friday 27 July, evening
- 26JUL 2018La Flèche, a transition stage
Thursday 26 July, midday
- 26JUL 2018Amboise, via the Loire châteaux
Thursday 26 July, evening
- 25JUL 2018Le Havre Saint-Romain: from Picardy to Normandy
Wednesday 25 July, midday
- 25JUL 2018Saint-André de l’Eure, following the Seine upstream
Wednesday 25 July, end of the day
- 24JUL 2018Towards Abbeville, a summer coastline
Monday 23 July, evening
- 23JUL 2018Dunkerque, a flight in Belgium, landing in France
Monday 23 July
- 22JUL 2018Chambley, capital of air sports!
Saturday 21 July
- 22JUL 2018Maillen, Franco-Belgian friendship and microlight regulation!
Sunday 22 July
- 21JUL 2018We saw Vesoul
Saturday 21 July, midday
- 20JUL 2018Mâcon: everyone airborne!
Friday 20 July 2018
- 18JUL 201823th Microlight Tour: D-2!
Crews are expected this Friday at Mâcon (LFLM)
- 13JUL 2018French Microlight Championship 2018: short video
A look back in video at the French Championships
- 09JUL 2018French Microlight Championship 2018
The results!
- 09JUL 2018Rotary-wing gathering of 30 June 2018
The 8th edition of the GYROPLANE AND ROTARY-WING GATHERING organised by the Aéro–Club ETM was a great success, helped by…
- 29JUN 2018Air arrangements for the Tour de France 2018
CNFAS information note on the air arrangements for the 2018 Tour de France cycle race.
- 28JUN 2018ULM Info no. 104
The federation’s quarterly magazine for June 2018 has just been published.
- 25JUN 2018Rehearsal of the 14 July 2018 air parade
The rehearsal for the 14 July air parade in Paris will take place at Châteaudun on Tuesday 26 June, within large temporary restricted areas.
- 19JUN 201850 years of the BIA at La Ferté Alais
When you are young and passionate, anything is possible - Saturday 23 June 2018 - La Ferté Alais
- 12JUN 2018Information on the 8.33 MHz conversion plan
Here is a short explanatory note from the FFPLUM Airspace Committee on the 8.33 MHz radio communications conversion plan,…
- 11JUN 2018Looking back at the Women Pilots' Gathering in Vinon
The 15th FFPLUM Women Pilots' Gathering was held from 1 to 3 June, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, at the aerodrome…
- 08JUN 2018Women of the Air Gathering
23 and 24 June 2018 at Montluçon- Domérat
- 08JUN 201822th Cipières meeting
Guy TRIER gathering on Saturday 23 June at the Cipières mountain landing strip (LF0652)
- 08JUN 2018New free classified ads service
AIRcontact has just launched a new classified ads platform for pilots and aviation fans…
- 08JUN 2018Filming of “Dr Jack’s Lessons”
Filming of a new series of teaching videos with a prestigious guest has begun...
- 06JUN 2018Transfer of microlight file handling, DSAC Sud-Est
Concerning departments 04, 05, 13 and 84
- 06JUN 2018FFPLUM invites you to France Air Expo Paris-Le Bourget
Find the French Microlight Federation on stand no. 027 at the FRANCE AIR EXPO PARIS-LE BOURGET show, to be held from 7 to 9 June…
- 05JUN 2018Military air exercises
Creation of 2 temporary restricted areas (ZRT) in Normandy for exercise ADW 2018 (Air Defense Week 2018) from 25 June to 06 July…
- 01JUN 2018Vote for Aéroservices Guépard, Aveyron entrepreneur of the year!
Jean-Daniel Roman is one of the very last French producers of high-performance, genuinely microlight three-axis aircraft: support him!
- 31MAY 2018191: the aeronautical emergency number
Do you know 191? We explain what it is. A number to know by heart!
- 30MAY 2018New microlight airworthiness directive CN 2018-ULM-001
issued by the Directorate General for Civil Aviation - 24MAY 2018Find FFPLUM at Blois this weekend
Blois - Le Breuil aerodrome, Sunday 27 May 2018
- 23MAY 2018Vigilance alert
The GTA staff sent us an alert email concerning the theft of two light aeroplanes.
- 23MAY 2018Normandy Air Games
Regional “Discovery” competition - 16 and 17 June 2018 - LFAJ - Argentan aerodrome: register now!
- 22MAY 2018CR ULM PACA, partner of Lycée Jean Perrin since 2009
The CR ULM PACA regional committee is a partner of the Lycée Jean Perrin in Marseille, Industrial Products BTS course
- 22MAY 2018Electric weekend at Saint-Auban
Two electric paramotor discovery days were held on 14 and 15 April 2018 at Château Arnoux/Saint-Auban aerodrome, at…
- 17MAY 2018Air Sports Festival: a small, very committed club
Here is a fine example of a very small club (10 members) in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, which despaired of the slow erosion of…
- 16MAY 2018Aveyrolacs: rainy but happy!
10th anniversary of the seaplane base and the “AIR DES LACS” seaplane club at Villefranche de Panat (Aveyron)
- 15MAY 201815th National Women Pilots’ Gathering
A few places remain: remember to register! The Vinon sur Verdon LFNF airfield will host our 15th gathering…
- 14MAY 2018Ch'tis Paramotor Gathering 2018
from 22 to 24 June 2018
- 14MAY 2018Ch'tis Paramotor Gathering 2018
from 22 to 24 June 2018 - 02MAY 2018The 2018 Blues are Champions in Thailand!
Paramotor world championship: the Blues take gold. The French team of 13 competitors, including 11 crews, wins the second…
- 02MAY 2018Air Sports Festival
it starts this weekend!
- 25APR 20185000 federal posters
sent to clubs and schools...
- 24APR 2018French Championships
The organisation is taking shape... - 20APR 2018Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Championship
Saturday 19 to Sunday 20 May 2018 - Feurs LFLZ
- 20APR 2018Where to fly next weekend?
Microlight gathering in Cassoulet Country, 28 April 2018
- 17APR 2018A Sirocco at the Le Bourget museum
The association Les Vieux Déb's, after giving Patrice Franceschi’s Sirocco a light refurbishment, are transporting it for its…
- 06APR 2018Villefrancoeur air show
Blois - Le Breuil aerodrome, Sunday 27 May 2018 - 06APR 2018How about doing a REV?
REV video user guide
- 05APR 2018Clarifications on using the radio
A few clarifications from the Paramotor Committee on the use of the radio in microlights, and therefore in paramotors. - 28MAR 2018ULM Blois 2018
38th microlight show and gathering - 20MAR 2018First gathering of FFPLUM CSVs
On Saturday 17 March 2018, in Lyon, the first gathering of FFPLUM flight safety officers (CSV) was held.
- 19MAR 2018Air Cadets 2018
The results...
- 12MAR 2018French Championships
Registration is open! - 12MAR 2018Gyroplane day at Lens
On Saturday 10 March, at Lens Bénifontaine aerodrome (LFQL), at the call of the Hauts-de-France Microlight Regional Committee,…
- 01MAR 2018ULM Info no. 103
The federation’s quarterly magazine for March 2018 has just been published.
- 28FEB 201845th Coupe Icare
Like a flying squirrel! The 45th Coupe Icare is on its way! - 26FEB 2018News on youth grants
From the 2017/2018 school year, the grant of €35 per flight to affiliated clubs and schools rises to €40,
- 22FEB 2018Salon Eyguières (LFNE) under threat
Support AUPASE by signing the petition
- 19FEB 20188th Gyroplane and Rotary-Wing Gathering
This year, the gathering is on Saturday 30 June. Quick snacks on Saturday lunchtime, festive meal/barbecue and entertainment on Saturday evening…
- 19FEB 2018Air Sports Festival
organised by the CNFAS from 05 to 13 May 2018 all over France! - 05FEB 2018Aveyrolacs 2018
10th anniversary of the seaplane base and the “Air des Lacs” seaplane club
- 27JAN 2018General Assembly 2018
The 2018 General Assembly will be held on 24 March 2018
- 11JAN 2018New microlight airworthiness directive CN 2017-ULM-002
issued by the Directorate General for Civil Aviation - 01JAN 2018Happy New Year!
Sébastien Perrot, president of the French Microlight Federation, and the Board of Directors send you their best wishes for this…
- 21DEC 2017Extension and amendment of the Provence SIV
Its extension to the north makes the Provence, Clermont-Ferrand and Lyon SIVs contiguous. Subject: Extension and amendment of the… - 13DEC 2017Paramotor world altitude record
5703 metres!
- 12DEC 2017Switch of radios to 8.33
CNFAS announcement
- 10DEC 2017Announcement on the new IULM order
The orders on the training of microlight instructors have been published in the Official Journal
- 01DEC 2017Licence 2018
Opening of the 2018 season
- 24NOV 2017MALGH announcement
Seminar of 21 September 2017 - SERA C - Regulatory changes and new phraseology - 16NOV 2017E-paramotors available on loan
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