Cri-Cri airborne at La Ferté-Alais

Salmson D7 Cri-Cri Major F-AZAB of the Salis family’s Casques de Cuir collection made its maiden flight at La Ferté-Alais with Edmond Salis at the controls on 11 April, following a seven-year restoration. It is the only example flying. The pretty parasol monoplane really is the preserve of the French, as seen here in the form of Edmond Salis flying the Casques de Cuir’s Salmson D7 Cri-Cri Major F-AZAB near La Ferté-Alais on 12 April. XAVIER MÉALF-AZAB was built in