Refresher and specialist training · Seaplane training
Qualification hydravion SEP SEA
Aquitaine Hydravions (Aéroclub Régional Henri Guillaumet) · Biscarrosse, Biscarrosse · France
At a glance
- Training category
- Refresher and specialist training
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- Qualification de classe hydravion SEP (sea)
- Jurisdiction
- France
- Authority
- DGAC
- Training framework
- Approved training organisation (ATO), national authority
- Training base
- Biscarrosse (LFBS)
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Learning to pilot on water (landing, take-off, manoeuvring) on amphibious aircraft; the 9 h minimum includes the test, and the course is used to renew a land SEP if needed.
- Completion provides
- Seaplane class rating training; a land SEP can be renewed during the course.
- Still required
- Not stated by the school. Check the authority's requirements.
- Approval scope
- The source does not say how this course relates to the school's approval.
A course completion certificate is not necessarily a pilot licence or rating. The licensing authority issues licences and ratings after its own requirements are met.
Entry requirements
- Minimum age
- Not published
- Prerequisites
- Not published
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Not stated by the school
Only an official aeromedical assessment can establish medical fitness. This site does not decide eligibility.
Duration and hours
These figures answer different questions and must not be read as one another. Weather, aircraft availability, student progress, examinations and scheduling all affect real completion time.
Regulatory minimum
9 h flight time
Club page: minimum 9 flight hours, test included, under current regulation.
Advertised package hours
Not published.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Published prices
EUR 2,300Estimated qualification packageprice date 1 May 2026
The school's estimate of the total for a qualification; actual cost depends on how many hours you need.
Average cost per club page ("environ"), incl. documentation; page updated 01/05/2026
- Ground instruction:
- Not stated
- Simulator time:
- Not stated
- Fuel:
- Not stated
- Taxes:
- Included
- Landing fees:
- Not stated
- Examinations:
- Not stated
- Medical examination:
- Not stated
- Equipment:
- Not stated
- Accommodation:
- Not stated
Prices are shown in the original currency on the date given and are not converted. Hourly rates and package prices answer different questions and are not compared here. Check the school for current prices.
- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Verified in authority recordDGACApproved training organisation (ATO), national authorityApproval
Reference: FR.ATO.0024
Scope: Register lists LAPL(A), PPL(A) and SEP(sea) (DGAC register PDF dated 1 July 2021; scope may have changed. Matched by organisation name only.)
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.