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The divisions

Five divisions and their committees keep the federation running, from flight safety to the shop.

The institution

Five divisions and their committees keep the federation running, from flight safety to the shop.

Horizon ULM 2028

5 divisions, 20 committees

The FFPLUM’s activities are run by committees, each under the responsibility of a committee chair.

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Division 01 · 5 committees

Keeping the federation running: digital tools, communication, accounts, partners and insurance.

Digital
In January 2026 the digital division issued a call for partnerships to software publishers, to provide clubs and schools with a complete, reliable and validated digital solution.
The call for partnerships
Communication
Putting in place a communication and promotion policy in step with the new media (a priority of the Horizon ULM 2028 project).
ULM Info, the magazine News
Finance
The federation's accounts are presented each year to the General Assembly (financial report); financial regulations govern how they are managed.
Financial reports and regulations
Partnerships and sponsorship
Institutions and supervisory bodies, aviation federations and organisations, partners and supporters: 20 partners support the federation.
Our partners
Insurance
Insurance matters are handled first and foremost at the federation's head office, by a technical insurance team; the FFPLUM has been an insurance intermediary agent since October 2018.
Licence and insurance 2026

Division 02 · 4 committees

Making microlighting known: federal events, calendar, shop.

Events
The federation's events and the federal calendar, where clubs also publish their own events.
The federal calendar
Federal events
The Youth Microlight Tour (Tour ULM Jeunes), the Mondial de l’ULM and Festi’ULM: the federation's major events.
Youth Microlight Tour (Tour ULM Jeunes)Mondial de l’ULM Festi’ULM
Leisure

Division 03 · 3 committees

Opening up microlighting to everyone: people with disabilities, young people, women.

Handivol
The Handivol division encourages microlight flying among people with disabilities, supports clubs in welcoming them and offers help and advice to pilots. Long centred on three-axis microlights, “adapted piloting” is widening to include the paramotor trike and the powered aerostat.
Handivol (disabled flying)
Youth
The Youth division presented the "Parcours jeune plume" project and the feedback from the first Youth Microlight Tour (Tour ULM Jeunes) to the presidents of the regional committees (November 2023 seminar). For trainees under 25: the Youth Pathway (Parcours Jeunes).
Youth grants Youth Microlight Tour (Tour ULM Jeunes)
Women

Division 04 · 5 committees

Keeping clubs lively, defending airfields, supporting amateur building and sport.

Club life (mechanics courses)
Created by the elective General Assembly of 14 March 2021, the Club life division puts clubs at the heart of federal policy: running and developing the club, structural grants, integration into local life.
The clubs and organisations area
Defending airfields
For problems of access to aerodromes and other local issues, the presidents of the regional committees are often the best people to talk to.
The regional committees Airfields and strips
Amateur building
Recognised as a discipline by the Board of Directors in January 2022: about 3 000 amateur-built microlights, nearly 1 800 of them three-axis. The federation supports the design, construction, upkeep and maintenance of airframes and engines.
Build and fly: microlighting differently
Heritage and innovation
Preserving heritage and promoting innovation (a priority of the Horizon ULM 2028 project).
Promoting and supporting sporting activities
Competitive flying is an integral part of the FFPLUM's missions; it is open to all members.
Microlight sport

Division 05 · 3 committees

Flight safety, training, medical: the framework that protects pilots.

Safety
Safety reports (REX), the Flight Safety Bulletin, Return to Flying with an instructor: prevention without regulatory constraint.
The REX reports The Flight Safety Bulletin
Medical
The federation's medical regulations and the medical certificate of no contraindication (CMNCI) required for the licence.
Medical

Each committee is headed by a committee chair: the federation may publish the names of those in charge here for the 2025-2028 term.

The project and the people behind it