While staying with friends in the Charente a year or so back I pitched up at the Aeroclub De Riberac St Aulaye and had a very pleasant chat with the president of the Club.
The following morning he took me and my friend for a bimble along the River Dordogne in a very tasty Robin: I flew the whole trip apart from the landing: (I hadn't taken my licence/logbook on holiday with me so couldn't prove my assertion that I was a (then) 600hrs PPL but that didn't seem to bother him.)
Wonderful club: I see there are a number of vids on youtube.Well worth a visit: we were made to feel very welcome and finished off with a couple of cold beers with a number of local pilots. Highly recommended
Further to the west is Chalais which apparently has an active club but it was deserted when I visited: Seems that a lot of smaller French clube fly weekends only
Good luck
Cusco
Last edited by Cusco; 15th Jun 2013 at 23:02.