Step 1 · Introductory flight
Try
An introductory flight at an affiliated club, in the class that appeals to you. That is where you choose, not from a comparison table.
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Licence, formation, sécurité, clubs, instructeurs : tout ce qu’il faut pour voler, au même endroit.
The microlight: ultralight motorised aircraft
Flexible wing or rigid wing, seated or suspended, on wheels or floats: six ways to leave the ground.
A category of aircraft defined by limits on mass, power and speed. Each class has its own regulations, training and airfields. The pilot certificate is taken class by class, and nothing stops you adding another one later: the theory exam, for its part, is only taken once.
Compare the six classesSix ways to fly
Choose your way of leaving the ground
Each class has its own regulations, training and airfields. The pilot certificate is taken class by class, and nothing stops you adding another one later.
Fly by sight, at the height of the landscape
Where to fly
Clubs, schools and instructors, close to home
Zoom in, click a marker: contact details and profile of each affiliated club, school or instructor. Search by town and all the filters are on the full map.
The map loads when you reach it.
- Affiliated club
- School
- Instructor
- Several places, including a club or a school
- Several instructors
Clubs and schools: organisations affiliated with the FFPLUM. To find an airfield, see the ULM airfield database: BASULM. Map background © OpenStreetMap.
Become a pilot
Three steps, not one more
There is no minimum number of hours required by regulation: there is a level to reach. The rest depends on you, your pace and your instructor.
Step 2 · Practical training for the class
Fly with an instructor
There is no regulatory minimum number of hours: there is a level to reach. Every student is different, and the duration is adapted to each one.
Step 3 · Certificate common to all six classes
Pass the theory exam
A 60-question multiple-choice test in 1 h 30, administered by the Civil Aviation authority. It is generally prepared during practical training and must be passed before the certificate test. You only take it once, whatever class you then aim for.
Flight safety
The least visible mission, and the most useful
Directives, bulletins, lessons learned and a network of safety officers in the regions.
Safety news flash 2026
- June 2026Rescue parachute maintenanceQuick-reference sheet
- June 2026Machine releaseNews flash
- May 2026Flying in hot weatherNews flash
- May 2026Resuming & returning to flyingCampaign
- April 2026Using the rescue parachuteNews flash
- February 2026Recent experience cultureNews flash
Submit a lessons-learned report (REX)
Anonymous, and dedicated to situations that did not result in an accident: each report helps analyse the events that were avoided and share them with all pilots.
Submit a REXTop stories
What the federation publishes
Editorial
What if, tomorrow, your experience were no longer enough? You may have years of practice, remain competent, experienced and fully involved in the life of microlighting. And yet, an administrative criterion can now prevent you from continuing certain activities. Behind a regulation, there are women and men. Pilots, instructors, volunteers, enthusiasts, people who fly, who pass on their experience and who have kept microlighting alive, sometimes for several decades. FFPLUM stands for safety. It always has. We believe that safety must also take into account experience, skills and the reality of practice. We call for regulation that is fair, proportionate and built through dialogue. Because when a freedom is restricted for some today, it is the future of our collective practice that should give us pause. Let’s make our voice heard. Sign and share the petition: https://www.change.org/liberteulmNews
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