Fédération Française de Vol en Planeur

Founded in 1966, Fédération Française de Vol en Planeur is a non-profit association based in Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, France working on sport for development, education, disability.

The Fédération Française de Vol en Planeur (FFVP) is the French national federation for gliding, founded in 1966 as an association under the 1901 law. It brings together 162 gliding clubs and around 13,000 pilots across France and is recognised as being of public utility. Its work covers pilot training, the Brevet d'Initiation Aéronautique for young people in schools, inclusion of pilots with disabilities through the Handiplaneur commission, scholarships for young pilots, online training through ePlaneur, competitions including aerobatics, and safety and governance, including a stop-violence unit. The federation is based at the Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban aerodrome in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, with its airfield at Fayence in the Var. It is linked to the Ministry of Sports and works directly with the French civil aviation authority.