Grand Est Mondial Air Ballons 2019
GEMAB19, Chambley Aerodrome, Lorraine, France – 26 July – 4 August 2019 This, the sixteenth such meet, celebrated thirty years since the first in 1989. Metz born Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier was the world’s first aeronaut in 1783 and Philippe Pilatre...
RSA Brienne 2017
RSA Gathering, Brienne-le-Chateau, France, 28-30 July 2017 The ‘Rassemblement des Constructeurs Amateurs’ represents aircraft homebuilders across France, those amateur fabricators who build their own light aircraft either from kits or completely of their own design. Projects are often completed in their own...
Mondial Air Balloons 2017
MAB 2017, Chambley, France, 21-30 July 2017 This is now billed as the biggest hot-air balloon gathering in the world. Only Albuquerque, New Mexico comes close. Held every two years, this, the fifteenth such show in the Region of Grand Est, centred...
13th Lorraine Mondial Air Balloons
This is by far the largest gathering of Hot Air Balloons outside the USA and this year enjoyed record temperatures though, of the 19 available launch windows, at 0630 and 1830 each day, only 10 sessions were successful. 983 different balloons participated with...
Meeting Nationale de L’Air 2011
18-19 June 2011 Despite heavy rain and the commitments in North Africa the meeting at St Dizier was well attended by the public and aircraft from many nations. A reasonable amount of based Rafale fighters were in the static display along with,...
100 years of French Naval Aviation
This centenary provided an opportunity to stage one of the finest military airshows France has seen. On 13th June, not only did the base at Hyeres open its doors but three aircraft carriers, from Spain, France and the USA, anchored off in...
Aero-Expo at Menara Airport
This four day event, 27-30 January is the second of its type, only the final day is open to the public. Menara is the main airport, accessible to no-frills airlines and well connected to both France and Spain. There is a small...
