Monaco

To the Presidents of the Hungarian, Polish and Czech paragliding federations.

N/Réf. : jcb11021.doc

Object : Access to Roquebrune flying site

Dear Presidents,

Roquebrun’aile association and the FFVL have registered, between January the 15th and March

the 15th over the last 4 years period, many visits from pilots coming from your countries.

We had during these 8 flying month 38 accidents. This year, since last December, we had 6

accidents, the last one being a fatality for a Czech pilot.

Today, after too many and often serious accidents, Roquebrune flying site is endangered and

might be closed next year if nothing is done.

So we are asking you to contact all the clubs, school and paragliders pilots of your countries and

let them know that Roquebrune is a difficult site, with complex aerology and very uneven terrain.

Roquebrune is not a training site for beginners!

IPPI 4 level is the minimum required if accompanied by a qualified instructor.

IPPI 5 level is the minimum required if autonomous.

From now on, access will be denied to beginners flying alone or accompanied with pilots calling

themselves instructors without having real qualification.

We will happily accept pilots good enough to fly autonomously or accompanied with qualified

instructors.

Dear Presidents, we all have the same passion for paragliding flying. Exceptional sites like

Roquebrune are jewels that need to be protected. It would be a pity for the local authorities to

close the site next year, as they are thinking they might do, because of the irresponsibility of a

few pilots and pseudo-instructors.

Please make sure that this message is conveyed. The survival of this site is at stake.

Be assured that we will be very pleased to welcome here qualified pilots of your countries, along

with their families.

Best Regards,

Roquebrun' ailes President FFVL President