Debut for privately owned Turbo Firecat

Conair Turbo Firecat F-AYFT, owned by the Amicale Alençonnaise des Avions Anciens and based at Alençon in northern France, made its first public appearance in the association’s hands in the static park at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford on 19-21 July. The ex-Sécurité Civile turboprop fire-bomber variant of the Grumman S-2 Tracker, formerly F-ZBET, had completed its maiden flight as a preserved historic aircraft at Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport, its last base with the Sécurité Civile, on 10 October