The French Microlight Federation is 40 years old!

4 February 1981 - 4 February 2021: the federation blew out its 40 candles on Thursday 4 February 2021. Alain Dreyer (a former company director) is one of its founders. He tells us his story...

“When I filed the statutes in 1981, I never imagined that FFPLUM would grow to such a size.”

Today the federation has more than 15 000 members across the whole of France and its overseas territories.

At the first elections, Alain Dreyer was elected the first president of this fledgling association. “At the moment of the vote, it was René Coulon who shouted: DREYER! And so I became president.”

Alain Dreyer at his election in 1981

The company director contributed greatly to the development of the sport with the means at his disposal: “we set up the head office in my company’s premises”, Alain Dreyer tells us. With a whole team alongside him, he presided over the federation until 1989.

Microlighting is a sporting and accessible form of leisure aviation, which delights Alain Dreyer: “I see so many people who can fly today in microlights thanks to FFPLUM, I never tire of it...”

Thank you to Alain Dreyer for making himself available for this interview!

Read Alain Dreyer’s article on the birth of FFPLUM by clicking here!