La Ferte Alais pictures 15/05/2005.

Hence the not matching colour versus the vermillon tourer

After the Australian or New Zealand (Apologosies) old fashioned hard hat, melvyn introduced a new protective gear at La Ferté.

This was the security hardhat that had to be signed for, in blood, at the start of each day.

Melvyn’s prototype crash helmet

After the Australian or New Zealand (Apologosies) old fashioned hard hat, melvyn introduced a new protective gear at La Ferté.

Great photos – especially considering the conditions.
BTW, what is the twin engined aircraft with the twin tail ? (Apologies for ignorance)

CM

Dassault Flamant. The first Dassault aircraft. Prior to WW2 Dassault was Bloch, he changed his name when he was released from the concentration camp and took his brother’s resistance code name.

We brought the Memorial Flight one to several shows in the UK in the late 1990s.

Great photos – especially considering the conditions.
BTW, what is the twin engined aircraft with the twin tail ? (Apologies for ignorance)

CM

I wonder if the pilot was above average or taking risk. Now, happymeal, I have the answer.

Even the best make mistakes and he hasn’t got much room for error.

Thanks for the comments everybody. We had a really good time, and I expect we will be back next year…

Jonathan

I wonder if the pilot was above average or taking risk. Now, happymeal, I have the answer.

Cub display

Despite what most of you think, the Cub display is a very well controled one, performed by Stephane Canu. It is a very well know act in France, called “Ademaï Aviator”. It is based on an early century film about a young fellow named Ademaï, just out of his farm, who wants to become an aviator. In one sequence of the film, he just hops in aplane and fly it… the best he can.
Stephane canu is a very skilled aerobatic pilot. His trajectories were clean, but you can not tell that from still pictures.

Cheers Franck – it did look a bit familiar 😉

Daz it’s really a Stearman used few month ago in the movie ‘A Very Long Engagement ‘ as a German plane

here on our forum, lot of pics of this show : http://www.foxalpha.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5503&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Great stuff, Jonathan. That 109G gets better every time I see it.

Question – what’s the German-painted biplane tangling with the SE5a replica?? Thought it was a Stearman at first, but I’m probably wrong!

Great shots ALL of them, the Cub is insane….take it the P-36/Hawk did’nt make it over?

M

T J,
Just for you… 🙂

Jonathan

Thanks,
I am afraid that I do not seem to have any of the MS406. Do you know if it flew on Saturday?

Jonathan

Great photos!!! Lots of nice photos on your website as well. Liked the photos of the race cars from Goodwood too. Went to the revival in 1999 and had a great time! As for La Ferte Alais, was there any T-28 there this year?

T J

Lovely stuff Jonathan, have to agree the Cub does seem to be cutting it close with that wingtip.
It looks like it was a good and varied show despite the weather.

Do you have any photos of the MS406?

Cheers,
The Piper was an amazing display of flying, although he may have been cutting it a little too close… His entire display was performed along similar lines. He even managed to turn arund at the end of the runway with one wingtip a similar distance from the ground.

Jonathan

Great Stuff 😀 Crikey that piper(?) came close with that wingtip didn’t it!

And a few more..

There are plenty more here:

http://www.pbase.com/brycheiniog/la_ferte_alais

If anybody wants any of anything I have not posted then please ask, as I have loads of other pictures although what with the weather, they are not all perfect by any standard…

Jonathan