Mondial de l’ULM at Blois-Le Breuil: editions

The international microlight show

Organised by the federation since 2021 at Blois-Le Breuil aerodrome, the international microlight show brings together manufacturers, pilots who fly in and the public around the six classes.

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The Mondial de l’ULM is the international ultralight aviation show, organised by the French Microlight Federation at Blois-Le Breuil aerodrome, in Loir-et-Cher. It continues the Blois microlight show, which began in 1981.

Its three aims, as set out by the federation: to bring together the whole microlight family through its six classes, to showcase the diversity and creativity of manufacturers and equipment makers, and to share in a festive gathering, a place to meet and exchange practices.

The official Mondial website Festi’ULM

Bringing togetherParamotors, weight-shift microlights, three-axis microlights, gyroplanes, ultralight helicopters and balloons: all the classes on the same airfield.
ShowcasingProfessional and amateur manufacturers, French and European equipment makers, simple machines and innovations.
SharingDisplay flights, talks, evenings: a meeting place for pilots, exhibitors and the public.

Since 2021

The Mondial editions

What the federation has kept in its articles.

20215 500visitors

3 – 5 September 2021
The first federal edition
- Organised by the federation with the Loir-et-Cher Département and Blois-Le Breuil aerodrome.
- 5 500 visitors, when 3 000 had been hoped for, and more than 120 exhibitors.
- Three days of show, with entertainment by day and in the evening.
The article The agenda entry
202240 yearsof Air Création, patron

2 – 4 September 2022
“A breath of freedom”
- Air Création, patron of the edition, celebrates its 40 years.
- The European Microlight Federation (EMF) holds its general assembly there.
- The president of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee discovers microlighting.
The article The agenda entry
202342ndedition of the Blois show

1 – 3 September 2023
The 42nd edition
- Opening on Friday, display flights and paramotor demonstrations.
- Talks every day on technology and innovation.
- Balloon flights at sunrise on Sunday.
The article The agenda entry
20248 300visitors

13 – 15 September 2024
A very fine edition
- More than 8 300 visitors in three days, more than 500 machines flown in from France and Europe.
- Final of the national STOL competition, won by Éric Grare.
- Federal raffle in aid of clubs, paramotor film festival, model aircraft demonstrations.
The article

The dates, programme and ticket office for the next edition are published on the official Mondial website; the federation can provide them so they can be repeated here.

History

From Blois 1981 to the Mondial de l’ULM

Based on the editorial “Blois, and then what?” and the federation’s announcements.

1981
The Blois microlight show began at the aerodrome, almost at the same time as the federation. Christian Lhomme created it and organised it with the CORULM association until 2009.
2004
After a detour via the Onzain airfield, the show returned to Blois aerodrome, of which the Département became the manager in 2007.
2009
Jean-Marie Carré, who joined CORULM in 1990, took over the organisation with the Pélicans association.
2019
During the show, the Loir-et-Cher Département and the federation announced that the federation would take over the organisation, to make Blois “a renewed, broader, accessible festival”.
2021
First Mondial de l’ULM organised by the federation, in the year of its 40th anniversary.