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Hi Stephane...

Found the information in the news letter Wipaire sends me...

http://www.wipaire.com/newsletter/Fall- ... er-web.pdf

[glow=yellow,2,300]Seaplanes are Back in France![/glow]

On Saturday, May 14, 2011, the mayor of Biscarrosse inaugurated and blessed the first seaplane flying club in France since 1947.
The goals of this flying club are to make seaplane training available once again in France and renew the vibrant community of
seaplane pilots that the country once enjoyed. The flying club has chosen a Piper PA-18 on Wipline 2100 amphibious floats as their
first training aircraft. As of early August, the club has accumulated more than 250 hours of flight time and over 50 members. By year
end they hope to have between 300 to 350 flight hours.
Wipaire wishes all the best to Aquitaine Hydravions, A

Interesting information Doug.
Thanks for notifying me via PM, because I never check the other sections of the SimV forum. I only check FS9, FSX, Flight and occasionnaly the various screenshot sections, but that's all.

Now back to this club, I didn't know that there wasn't any other club like this in France. That's a bit sad, but when you know the price of fuel here, plus the various taxes and insurances, it's not surprising that private pilots are so rare and prefer "conventional" aviation :/

Biscarosse is far from my home though, it's the other end of the country 

My pleasure Stephane...