FFA flying passports
Taking the controls of an aircraft for the first time, with an instructor beside you: that is what the flying passports of the French aeronautical federation offer, available at the BYAC with no prerequisites at all.
These dual hours flown with an instructor at our training organisation (DTO) count in full towards the hours required for the LAPL or the PPL — no hour is wasted if you go on to the licence.
Two options to choose from
Two flights with an instructor to discover the basic handling: holding the attitude, turns, and the first feel of the controls.
Three to four flights to learn the fundamental manoeuvres and how they string together, from take-off to landing — the first step towards pilot training.
What happens on the day
Choose your passport
No prerequisites and no experience needed: the passports are for anyone who has dreamt of flying without yet daring to walk into a flying club. They also make a well-received gift.
Briefing and walk-around
Every flight begins on the ground: your instructor talks through the session, then you walk around the aircraft together — exactly as a student pilot would.
At the controls
From the first flight you are the one flying, supervised by the instructor on dual controls: take-off, holding a heading, turns, and depending on the option, the whole sequence through to landing.
Debrief and logbook
Each session ends with a debrief, and your progress is recorded in the initial training logbook.
And if you are hooked…
Your introductory flights were run as genuine flying lessons: if you go on to the LAPL or PPL at the club, your training builds on them, with the same logbook and the same instructors.
Everyone comes in through a different door
Just want to fly?
To see the region from the air without taking the controls, the club also offers discovery flights with a pilot.
Try before committing
The passports let you confirm that you want to fly before committing to a full course — with no further obligation.
Carry on to a licence
The “Initial climb” passport leads naturally into LAPL training or the PPL at the club.
Ready for your first flight?
Book your passport directly with the French aeronautical federation, quoting our club code (FNA 08015).
The flying passports are a scheme of the French aeronautical federation (enviedepiloter.fr): introductory flights flown dual with an instructor at an FFA-affiliated club. Content and conditions change: the terms in force at the FFA are the ones that count.