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Return to Flying (REV)

A flight with an instructor to get back in the groove, once a year, and a €50 bonus for licensed pilots holding a certificate: Return to Flying, for pilots and for instructors.

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A flight with an instructor to get back in the groove, once a year, and a €50 bonus for licensed pilots holding a certificate: Return to Flying, for pilots and for instructors.

Return to Flying (REV)

  • €50bonus for the pilot in 2026, paid into their account
  • 1REV per pilot per year
  • 5syllabuses, one for each microlight class
  • 2018year the federation created Return to Flying
REV 2026

For pilots, how does it work?

To do your REV, simply contact your instructor directly and give them your licence no.

A €50 bonus is offered and will be paid to you provided you enter your bank details in your member area.

From your Member area, via the “Federal schemes” tab, the simplified REV area offers:

  • Access to the history of your REVs from 2018 to 2025.
  • Downloading your certificates.

There are 4 conditions for doing your REV as a pilot:

  • Be a federation member for the current season,
  • Hold a pilot certificate and have declared it in your member area,
  • Only one REV per pilot per year,
  • Providing your bank details in your Member area.

The Federation cannot be held liable.

For instructors:

Go to your Member area.

Click the “Federal schemes” tab; three different menus are offered:

  • My personal REVs: these are the REVs done as a pilot.
  • Declare a new REV for a pilot.
  • History of declared REVs: these are the REVs done as an instructor.

When entering the REV, the pilot will need to give you their 6-digit FFPLUM licence number.

Once the flight certificate has been completed, the pilot and you will receive an e-mail with the REV certificate.

The 3 conditions the instructor must meet:

  • Be a federation member for the current season,
  • Have your instructor qualification(s) up to date and everything declared in your member area,
  • Be insured.

Recommendations: To validate the flight, check that your instructor qualifications are up to date in your Member area.

For any questions, feel free to contact head office by e-mail (ffplum@ffplum.org)

For paramotor instructors:

The interface you fill in after your Return to Flying has been adapted to paramotor flying.

Return to Flying is a programme initiated by the French Microlight Federation in partnership with

  • DGAC, the French Civil Aviation Authority
  • AXA XL

A specific programme for each class

Return to Flying 2026

How it works, step by step

  1. Contact your instructorTo do your REV, contact your instructor directly and give them your licence number.
  2. Enter your bank detailsThe €50 bonus is paid to you by bank transfer provided you enter your bank details in your member area.
  3. Fly with themThe flight follows the specific programme for your microlight class (below).
  4. Find your certificatesIn your member area, the “Federal schemes” tab gives the history of your REVs and lets you download your certificates.

The conditions for doing your REV

  • Be a federation member for the current season.
  • Hold a pilot certificate and have declared it in your member area.
  • One REV per pilot per year.
  • Entering your bank details in your member area.

Paramotor instructors: the interface you fill in after Return to Flying has been adapted to paramotor flying.

One programme per class

What you work on in flight

The programme is set by the federation for each microlight class: your instructor follows it during Return to Flying.

  1. Flying experience on the machine
  2. Administrative document for the machine
  3. Aircraft pre-flight check (decides whether the flight can go ahead)
  4. Take-off: clearing the wing, allowing for any wind
  5. Simulated failure on take-off
  6. Height of the seating position in the harness
  7. Off-field failure
  8. Landing approach or circuit with the engine off (if safety conditions allow)
  9. Ground explanation of handling an asymmetric collapse, a frontal collapse, and a twist
  10. Non-technical skills: decision-making, TEM
  11. Shared review of the Return to Flying

The class 1 programme on its page

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Return to Flying in pictures

Tuto ReV : mode d’emploi Remise en vol

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ReV tutorial: how toReturn to Flying

Et si on faisait un REV ? La vidéo mode d’emploi de 2018

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What about doing a REV?The 2018 how-to video

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