Discover the pleasures of flying in an ultralight aircraft with a 15 or 30 minute initiation – or offer it as a unique gift to someone you know. Experience the sensations of take-off, soaring in the sky and touch-down. This taste of flying will make you want to book a longer flight to explore the Touraine region and its treasures from the sky.

Discovery package:

c.15 minutes, 35 €
c.30 minutes, 60 €

You will fly over three of the most renowned castles of the Loire Valley - Amboise, Chaumont and Chenonceaux, while admiring the “royal river” from the sky in an 18 km trek.

After passing over Indre and Cher rivers, discovering some private castles such as Guéritaulde and Taffonneau, you will reach the Loire Valley joining Amboise castle, a medieval fortress renovated under François the 1st; who organised many a reception and housed Leonardo da Vinci there for many years (da Vinci was buried in the Chapel).

For 18 km, you will follow the Loire, the last free-flowing river in Europe, which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in the year 2000.  On the highest bank, you will then see the Chaumont castle, dominating the river.

This tour of the Touraine makes you discover the castles and secret countryside dear to Honoré de Balzac, one of our most famous French writers.

The flight begins by passing over Indre river valley.
After the Longue Plaine, you will see the Vonnes and Valesne castles Balzac wrote about in “A Lily of the Valley”, and then the Saché castle, where the writer sought inspiration far from Paris in the 1830s.
Many of his most famous œuvres were written in these valleys. 
The Azay, Islette, Beaulieu and Cheillé castles are next, before reaching the village of Bréhémont and its bargemen on the banks of the Loire.
We then fly along the Loire, and the Rigny-Ussé castle which Charles Perrault would have taken as a starting point for his fable, “Sleeping Beauty”.

Want to fly over a special site, see a certain region, and reserve a flight for a special event?
You can customise your flight plan with the pilot prior to departure. All destinations are imaginable: submit your idea to us and we will contact you regarding the feasibility.

Flight time: tailored to request
Price: available on request