A runway designed to open free flight to the public

Wind conditions prevented the planned demonstrations and baptisms, but the leaders of AS Icare and elected officials met to inaugurate the Vierville flight site.

Mayor Jean-Marie Oxéant recalled that pioneers had been using the cliffs for about twenty years, with difficulties in safety and crossing the fields. A plot had been acquired ten years earlier, then recently developed.

Jacques Legros, president of a club with nearly one hundred and eighty drivers, considered the take-off suitable for beginners and wanted to create a real free flight hub in the Bessin. The work had cost 16,900 euros, financed by Leader+, the general and regional councils and the communities of communes of Bayeux and Trévières.

Jean-Pierre Richard, president of the latter, wanted to develop activities that complement historical coastal tourism. Yves Dupin, president of the Free Flight Federation's league, also cited kite and kitesurfing among the practices compatible with natural spaces. The Élément Air school, based in Port-en-Bessin, trained new pilots.

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