Air sports Rhône-Alpes

You've been dreaming about it for a long time, well here you are, you can have your first flight in a paraglider or tandem paraglider supervised by an ultra dynamic team: Luc, Roel or Pieter, will share their passion with you with pleasure and relaxation. You will fly around the Puy Mary, a perfect place to start, right? If you don't want to stop there, courses and workshops are available, whatever your level. And why not take your pilot's licence here?

Take a flight to discover the Auvergne volcanoes from the sky with Auvergne Montgolfière ! Flights are preferably made in the morning around 7 or 8 am to take advantage of the best weather conditions and the brightness of the sky. In summer, the best conditions are at 7am or 7pm. Baptisms and discovery flights last about an hour, that is to say a total duration of 2 to 3 hours with the preparation and the return to the take-off base. After landing, a vehicle will bring the neo-aeronauts back to the meeting point.

If you dream of taking to the skies in a hot-air balloon and admiring the scenery from the heights, stay in the Albertville region. The Drôme des Collines hot-air balloon offers a view of the land of the facteur Cheval, between the Vercors and the Rhône valley. The sound of the burner filling the balloon will punctuate the hour-long trip in the gondola, which can accommodate 3 passengers on board. Allow 3 to 4 hours for preparation, briefing and flight. This is an original way to discover the Savoie region, offering unforgettable panoramic views.

If you would like to spend your baptism in the air or learn to do some of the clouds in the clouds, contact this school. Frank, a state-run instructor, with his ten years of experience, offers many benefits to learn to ride a pole or to take a walk in the air, in tandem. Sports enthusiasts can train and get the state patent that allows you to fly alone. For those who want to enjoy their loved ones, it is also possible to offer a good gift, valid for one year, which opens right to a tourist tour above the Loire. And if you're looking for equipment, you'll be aware that Destination Ulm is also selling and selling new and used machines. You can even drop your aircraft into one of the aerodrome hangars.

Altibulle offers a captive flight on hot air balloon from the Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne airfield. You cross over 30 m above sea level and discover the Roannais from another Angle. After technical explanations and a pre-flight briefing, you will be involved in assembling and blowing the ball and then embark for takeoff. The team consists of professional pilots. Each ball is followed throughout the flight by a radio-linked recovery vehicle, which is responsible for recovering the ball at its landing place and participating in the storage of the equipment. In week, for two to six people, flights can be programmed within a very short period of time, on simple telephone calls (agencies and individuals, flights in roannaise region only). For Saturdays, Sundays and holidays are required, about five to eight weeks! If you have a gift to make, offer a gift ticket including flight and guest room for two people, but find out because there are different formulas in the form of envelopes and boxes, very surprising!

Whether you want to learn or realize "modern sports parachute", you will find your happiness at the start of the Saint-Galmier small airfield. You will start with traditional training including a theoretical learning coupled with a suitable sports training for strong sensations and a fabulous panorama that will attuned your practice. Framed by seasoned instructors, you'll have automatic opening jumps at 1 200 m before you start for free fall! Tandem or solo… You will have an unforgettable memory. It is your grandchildren who will be happy when you what your youth exploits!

Besides its activities as manufacturer and importer of spare parts for gliders and gliders, this company is also a well-equipped ULM school. Possibility of baptism: tandem and ULM piloté. This base is located about kilometres south of Thonon, near Perrignier.

A highly professional paragliding school caters for beginners and experienced paragliders alike, offering courses to suit all levels. A warm welcome awaits you. During the winter season, the school also offers speed riding courses for experienced skiers. The guide office offers a wide range of other activities, including snowshoe trekking, ruisseling, ski touring, heli-skiing, ice climbing, caving, canyoning and more.

Thrills guaranteed! Created in 2009 by Haut-Savoyard Jean-François Michelin, Bun J Ride is the world's first bungee jumping site. By bike or on foot, alone or in tandem, you can launch yourself from a 28-metre-long springboard anchored in a cliff, for a 40-metre jump with free figures over the torrent. A second Bun J Ride site is open in Tignes during the winter season, offering jumps on snow. There's something for every thrill-seeker!

With about forty members, this association, founded in 1992, is dedicated to the restoration of old planes in order to restore them to flying condition and thus promote aviation during meetings and events. Les Ailes anciennes have a hangar at the Corbas airfield which houses their fleet of aircraft and an equipped workshop. You can see their Auster, North American T6 Texan, Marcel Dassault MD312, etc. Regular demonstration flights. For enthusiasts.

AIRcontact is a bimonthly magazine for all air sports enthusiasts, with a circulation of 14,000 in France. Sent free of charge to clubs and aviation professionals, or to private subscribers, it has featured ads since its first edition in 2004: aircraft, spare parts or accessories for sale, barter offers, job offers or requests, books for sale, course offers, announcements of various events... Anyone can buy or sell an airplane, helicopter, motorglider, glider, microlight, gyroplane, hot-air balloon, hang-glider, paraglider, paramotor, parachute or aeromodelling article...

A regional specialty, and with good reason: Annonay is the home of its creators! Poetic, romantic, unique... An unforgettable adventure and moment. To offer, to treat yourself, to share. Dare the sky and a breathtaking panorama. For early risers, this activity is ideal; for others, you'll need to set the alarm... It's best to call ahead to check weather conditions, especially wind conditions... You know where you're taking off from, but you never know where you're going to end up: taking your time in a hot-air balloon becomes a real privilege.

School of paragliding. Courses and training (initiation and development), pilot patent, individualized adjunct teaching (special course) and air baptism. Details: provide for rising shoes, sunscreen, water and good humour! Shuttle bus and mini bus. Equipment provided: complete equipment (helmets, parapente, sellette, radio-transmitter/receiver). Accessibility of persons with reduced mobility: Handicare trolley for tandem flights. Home and visual impairment. Children from 12 years of age for internships (with parental authorization), from 4 years for baptism.

During the summer season, Flaine welcomes its visitors with the intention of offering them a revitalizing experience. A range of free activities is available, including big air bag, tennis, archery, fitness, bouncy castle, classical music concerts and guided tours of the resort. In collaboration with external partners, the tourist office also offers a wide range of activities throughout the summer, including caving, via ferrata, paragliding, golf, canyoning and more.

The Speed Riding school in Les Arcs poetically evokes the fusion of sky and snow, underlining the privilege of leaving your footprints on a pristine landscape. The school offers introductory days as well as a more in-depth learning program, with the possibility of achieving complete autonomy. You can also discover the Haute-Tarentaise spots by heli-speed. The school provides 15 sailing-harness sets, from 10 to 14 m², adapted to the level of the students.

Riding speed saw the day in Val Frejus, Maurienne and now remains famous for being the best place to learn because the first riding speed school was opened by one of the founders of this sport, named Ataka. Val Fréjus has a beautiful ski area with ski lifts. And is located at 90 km from Albertville, near Modane. It is a small, quiet, family-run resort located in the centre of four national parks. ATAKA founded by Frank Coupat, has paragliding instructors qualified riding speed and all parachute: David Eyraud, Yoan Castagnoli and Jean-Gabriel Thillard. The school has several dozen wings in different sizes, from 8 to 15 m 2 to move from one level to another. For a 5-day course Initial pilot patent (green level), it takes about 450 euros, for the blue level, it takes 10 days and it will cost you 810 euros. And for a day, you will spend about 10 euros. 

Contact Dominique and Jean Valli, president of the club, to test an original activity on one of the rare free flight departure runways of the Allier. The take-off site is located 300 meters from the station of the Loge des Gardes in the Bourbonnaise Mountain, where it is easy to park. The club is recognized by the French Federation of Free Flight Site Handicap. This allows the practice of this sport to people in wheelchair. For the moment, the club is open to members, but the project of baptisms is in progress. The club must acquire an adapted two-seater cart.

Founded in 1944, the Issoire - Le Broc aerodrome invites you to a baptism (discovery flight) to appreciate the sensations of a flight in a two-seater glider. At an altitude of 900 meters, enjoy 20 to 60 minutes in the air depending on the weather. It is also possible to opt for a 20-minute flight in a small plane (up to 3 passengers), always accompanied of course by an experienced pilot! Nothing like it to appreciate the beauty and richness of the Issoire region. You can also ask to fly towards the Sancy or the puy de Dôme.

Fly like a bird over the mountains. Take to the skies, under the clouds, above the French and Swiss Alps, this is a baptism of flight that should leave unforgettable memories. Under your wings and through the canopy, the entire Vallée Verte is yours to see and much more. Lakes and rivers, peaks and summits, a sublime playground for a smooth discovery. The club " Planeur Léman Mont-Blanc " is the only gliding platform in Haute-Savoie, enjoy it !

Tandem paragliding is accessible from the age of 6, as long as you are not afraid to take the chairlift to the summits. Accompanied by a professional instructor, for 10 to 45 minutes, the child experiences a real moment of escape. For those who are prone to vertigo, you should know that the sensation does not exist in the air because there is no grip on the ground. For the more adventurous, wings-over, candles, will make them explore the landscape of the Arve Valley from all angles. You can also learn to fly with the flying courses.

In the magnificent Combrailles region, Le Ballon Bleu offers you a breathtaking experience in a hot-air balloon. Under the guidance of a passionate pilot, you'll take part in the preparations for the flight, before taking to the skies to admire the magnificent scenery. After a soft landing, a fun-filled naming ceremony brings this memorable aerial adventure to a close. Whether you're flying alone, as a couple or in a group, Le Ballon Bleu offers you an out-of-the-ordinary escapade, for a moment of pure freedom above the Combrailles. Don't hesitate to contact them for more information.

Formerly known as Airone Parapente, Erwan Didriche's qualified team continues to make you fly like a bird over the sublime Giffre Valley. Let the wind carry you and admire the landscape! Flights from 20 to 60 minutes, for the most passionate, in the hands of an experienced team. Take advantage of the training courses and improvement courses over several days, to acquire your autonomy in flight. Introductory courses, thermal flights, cross country flights... there is something for everyone and every level. Go for it!

Europe's longest zip line takes you over Super-Besse at top speed. With a length of 1,600 metres and a height difference of 240 metres, you're in for a 1.5-minute thrill 45 metres above the ground. Depending on your weight, you can reach a top speed of 120 km/h! In complete safety, solo or in duo, the experience promises to be unforgettable. Solo access to Fantasticable is permitted for children over 12, and duos (with an adult) for children aged 8 to 12. Online booking is recommended.

Héli Volcan offers panoramic helicopter flights of 10 to 30 minutes over Issoire, the Sancy massif and the Parc naturel régional des Volcans d'Auvergne. Feel like an adventurer? Take the "Pilot for a day" experience, a 15 or 30-minute initiation to flying over Issoire, during which you'll be at the controls of a helicopter!

Fly in the most beautiful free flight garden in the world under the supervision of professionals. Les Ailes du Mont-Blanc offers the opportunity to realize this dream in complete safety during a tandem flight. Five paragliding and mountain professionals, led by world champion Sandie Cochepain, introduce amateurs to paragliding and speedriding (between paragliding and freeriding). Some of the instructors are trained to supervise the flight of people with reduced mobility (Hand'icare project). Professionals to the tips of their sails, these artists of the air offer pleasure and sensations.

For 30 years, Takamaka has been offering exceptional moments in the great outdoors. The first branch of this outdoor sports specialist was born in this suburb of Annecy. Every day, every season, Takamaka's passionate professionals take us on adventures to the region's most beautiful spots. In winter: snowshoeing, dog sledding, ski joering, snowmobiling, sleeping under an igloo... and the rest of the year: paragliding and hot-air ballooning. Paragliding flights with or without acrobatics, according to your wishes. Outdoor equipment rental - bikes, via ferrata kits, snowshoes... - all year round. We also specialize in incentive and teambuilding activities.

With Antipodes you'll be looked after by certified, experienced professionals with in-depth knowledge of the mountains. Their expertise will give you the security and peace of mind you need for your skiing, paragliding or helicopter adventures. With Antipodes Zeb, there's no need to go through an intermediary! They're warm and friendly. Available 7 days a week, they'll answer all your questions about the activities and services on offer. Fun and thrills!

School of paragliding led by Michel Guénal.

The Auvergne Aero Club Association was founded in 1920. It is affiliated to the FFA (French Aeronautical Federation) and the French ultralight Federation. It has six single-engine tourist aircraft: five aircraft including two four-seaters (for travel and discovery activities), and a microlight. The aero-club provides flying courses and training, aerial walks to live or to offer (prices on the site). You can also visit the base and exchange with the team for any question. Membership details are indicated on the website.

It is also mentioned that the club is usually open at weekends. To get to the aeroclub, from Lyon or Geneva on the A42 freeway, take exit 7, Meximieux, then the first road on the right after crossing a small bridge. If you're coming from Meximieux, follow the signs for the A42 Geneva/Lyon freeway, then take the path on the left just before you reach the freeway traffic circle. Once there, it's easy to spot the aeroclub building, the only one in the middle of the fields.

Do you miss the plane as a passenger? At Aviasim, we invite you to take the air by becoming a pilot! A maximum of thrills for your first flight, guided by an instructor. 10 minutes of briefing to discover the hyper-realistic cockpit, before making a 35 minutes flight to the destination of your choice! Whether you are a novice or passionate about aviation, from 10 years old take the controls. Fighters Academy to fly fighter jets. Fight against fear in airplanes. And for aviation fans, "Camps".

The Aéroclub de Savoie, a 1901 association based in Voglans, invites you to share its passion for the skies. Located at Chambéry Aix-Les-Bains airport, it offers you its premises, its fleet of aircraft and its dynamic team. Whether you're a novice or an experienced pilot, the Aeroclub offers you: theoretical and practical flying lessons (with a professional instructor) for all levels, leisure flights (for members) to discover the sublime landscapes of the region, and discovery flights (baptisms of the air) for the general public for an unforgettable experience.

Loisirs Sud Ardèche is a company specializing in aerial activities, located in Berrias-et-Casteljau, in southern Ardèche. They offer first flights in paragliders, gyrocopters, helicopters and parachute jumps. Flights are supervised by experienced pilots and take place over the magnificent landscapes of southern Ardèche, Gard and Drôme. Booking in advance is recommended, especially during the summer months. Loisirs Sud Ardèche also offers a list of nearby gîtes, campsites and B&Bs to help visitors find accommodation. As well as flying, there are other activities not to be missed in the region, such as canoe, kayak, mountain bike and paddle hire on the Chassezac, and scooter and motorcycle hire in Berrias.

Live an extraordinary experience with IMAGE IN AIR in Berrias-et-Casteljau! Thanks to their drone and ULM Autogire, they produce breathtaking aerial photos and videos of the Ardèche and Cévennes regions. Fly over the Pont du Gard, the Ardèche gorges, the Pont d'Arc or the Parc des Cévennes, and immortalize these magnificent landscapes in a unique way. Or treat yourself to an unforgettable first flight and discover the region from the air. IMAGE IN AIR guarantees a magical moment you won't want to miss.

Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne is a town that offers many possibilities for sightseeing flight enthusiasts. Wing-Over ULM offers flights in microlight aircraft, pendular ultralights and hot-air balloons. Whether you want to fly over the Loire Gorges, discover the Monts de la Madeleine or simply enjoy a panoramic view of the region, Wing-Over ULM offers a unique experience for thrill-seekers and discovery enthusiasts.

Take to the skies with Air-2-ailes and discover the Isère Alps from a unique and memorable angle. The paragliding school offers first flights and two-seater flights facing the Belledonne mountain range, offering splendid panoramic views. Take-offs are between 800 m and 2200 m altitude, around 25 minutes from Grenoble. The soft landing is on a grassy meadow in Lumbin. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced pilot, the JEAN BEGUE team in Vif will provide you with a breathtaking paragliding experience.