Tag: Patrouille de France

Flypasts

Bastille Day flypast

Sunday 14 July 2013, Champs Elysee, Paris This was my first time at this annual festival and, with bright weather, it did not disappoint.The crowds are enormous and the flypast starts around 10 am with the Alpha Jets of the Patrouille de France...
Airshows

100th Anniversary of Dutch Aviation

14-15th June 2013 This eagerly awaited airshow attracted a good variety of military and historic aircraft and thousands of spectators, particularly on the Saturday. Arrangements were good though a long detour in and out was needed to reach the car parks. They...
Airshows

Royal International Air Tattoo RIAT 2010

With so many forces committed to military tasks it was fortunate that the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain was the focus of this year’s show. A plethora of Spitfires and Hurricanes, accompanied by examples of ‘the foe’, graced the skies...