Flying. There are lots of small local airports. Easy to find as they are marked on any decent map. learn to fly at The Flight Training Centre. Full time qualifications & ratings courses for adults and 10-14 year olds can have a flight initiation course. Address Carcassonne (Salvaza) Airport, 11090 Carcassonne, Tel: + 33 (0)468 71 67 17, e-mail jeunesse-aviation@cbhouse.fr.
Gliding. Information to Follow
Paragliding. For
information on paragliding click here 
Snowkiting.
For
information on Snowkiting click here
Hang-gliding. Try Ceret. Tel: 04 68 87 25 54
Hot Air Ballooning. Try
Rennes-les-Bains. Be prepared to fly when the air is still: just after
sunrise or late afternoon.
Contact One World Dreaming, a small family group whose passion
is flying Hot Air Balloons. They fly a Hand Painted Cameron
N-90 Balloon and a Firefly 105 Special Shape Lightbulb over
'Le Haute-Vallée de l'Aude', close to the Pyrenees, some
50 Km N.W of Perpignan in the South of France. As they say,
'La Montgolfière' is the best way to see this region. Flights
mornings/evenings (weather permitting) for groups of 3 adults
(or 2 adults and 2 children) lasting approximately one hour.
Available from 20 April onwards. For more information, telephone
Dave Smith on : 04 68 69 83 76 (+33 4 68 69 83 76) or e-mail
oneworlddreaming@mageos.com.
Helicopters. If you are tempted by the prospect of a helicopter trip, especially one over the "Cathar Castles", you may wish to consider that if you give way to that temptation then everyone else in the region will consider you to be a nouveau boor without any taste, judgement or consideration for others.
Paraplaning. Visit http://membres.tripod.fr/olvs/ a website dedicated to paraplaning in the Aude département.
Parachuting. The Cercle Audoise de Parachutisme organise a week of display parachuting, each year, usually in May. Contact Monsieur Geron +33 (0)468 79 64 47.
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