How to take your French paragliding license with FFVL
This license provides Air Civil Liability insurance (Responsabilité Civile Aérienne, RCA). The FFVL also offers optional accident insurance, repatriation, and other coverage. Even if you have your own insurance you will need the FFVL insurance for a Flyeo course. It is not expensive and we think it is very good cover.
Three options are available:
- “Stage 9 jours” : Covers you for 9 consecutive or non-consecutive days within a school setting, to be used within 2 months of the first day of your course, all within the same school. ** This is usually the preferred option **
- “Activité encadrée en école” : Covers you for one year within a school setting only. This can be a good option for pilots planning on doing more than one course in the year spread out over more than 2 months.
- “Primo licencié” : Covers you for one year flying solo, and within a school. Only available to EU residents.
NB: For EU residents who take up one of the two first options above, you can later take a license supplement to cover you the rest of the year outside of the school if needed.
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You can get your paragliding license online by clicking on this link:
https://intranet.ffvl.fr/ffvl_licenceonline/pre_rempli/NEW/1394/5/1024 or by scanning this code:
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1. Go to the site ffvl.fr and click on “PRENDRE SA LICENCE”.
2. Since it is a new license, click “Continue”
3. Fill in all required fields
4. Select FLYEO
5. Since you are not a professional, keep this box unchecked
6. In this box you need to choose “Parapente” under “pratique principale” (your principal activity) then possibly choose a “pratiques secondaires” (secondary activities).
7. Choose the type of license you would like. See at the top of this guide for which license to choose. It is most commonly the first option: “Stage 9 jours”.
8. You can subscribe to the Vol Passion Magazine if you want.
9. Select “Continuez”
10. Then enter your details.
11. You have different options for optional insurance.
12. After validating 2 pages, you can choose the level of information you will receive from the FFVL (We recommend you remain subscribed to security alerts and general information).
13. Accept the final summary and fill in the start date of your training.
14. Finally pay the amount to join. We advise you to pay via bank card to speed up the validation process.
You have taken out your 9-day school license and you want to be able to fly alone, how to take the annual license supplement:
1. Go to the site ffvl.fr and click “MY ACCOUNT INTRANET”.
2. Login with your credentials and answer a maths question.
3. Click on “Complément de licence”.
4. Select the desired option.
5. Then you just need to pay and you are done!