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Scramble have posted a link saying there will be nearly 100 aircraft on the Bastille flypast in July

Can't wait!

Vive la France!
(Sorry Boris and Nigel)

Dutch F-16s and RAF Typhoons included.

66 fixed + 36 rotary. See you there!
Freeman

https://www.aeronewstv.com/fr/agenda-ae ... Paris.html

Helicopters from other countries:
UK - Chinook
Spain & Germany - Tiger & NH90
Belgium - NH90

Another link on Scramble (you have to scroll a long way down for rotary wing flypast)
https://www.gmp.terre.defense.gouv.fr/i ... raphie.pdf

39 Army, Navy, Police Helicopters
58 Airforce , Navy, civil trainers etc
9 PDF
_______
106

Includes a Portuguese CN-235 Is that a typo for a C-295 ?

9 x PDF Alphajet

1 x E-3 (Avord)

1 x RAF Typhoon

2 x Mirage 2000-5 (Luxeuil)

1 x Spanish Typhoon

1 x C135 (Istres)

1 x Rafale B (Saint Dizier)

1 x Rafale C (Mont-de-Marsan)

1 x German Tornado

1 x Danish F16 (Skrydstrup)

2 x Rafale B (Saint Dizier)

1 x Belgium F16

3 x Mirage 2000D (Nancy-Ochey)

2 x Mirage 2000C (Luxeuil)

1 x A330 (Istres)

2 x Mirage 2000-5 (Luxeuil)

4 x Rafales (Saint Dizier)

2 x Rafale B (Saint Dizier)

2 x Alphajet (Cazaux)

1 x Fokker 100 (Cazaux)

4 x Rafale M (Landivisiau)

2 x Alphajet (Tours)

2 x PC21 (Cognac)

3 x Epsilon (Cognac)

1 x Falcon (Villacoublay)

1 x CN235 (Evreux)

1 x Atlantique (Lorient)

1 x Navy Falcon 50 (Lorient)

1 x A400 (Orleans)

1 x Portuguese CN295 (Montijo)

1 x C160 (Orleans)

1 x C130J (Orleans)

1 x Spanish C130 (Zaragoza)

1 x German A400 (Wunstorf)

1 x C160 Grabrielle (Evreux)

1 x Sec Civil CL415 (Nimes)

2 x Sec Civil DH8 (Nimes)

3 x Equipe Voltage Extra 330 (Salon De Provence)

Helicopter Flypast:

1 x Gazelle

2 x Tigre

1 x German Tiger

1 x Spanish Tiger (Almagro)

1 x NH90

1 x German NH90

1 x Spanish NH90 (Logrono)

2 x Cougar

1 x NH90

2 x RAF Chinooks

1 x Tigre

1 x Gazelle

1 x Cougar

1 x Puma

1 x Tigre

1 x Cougar

1 x Spanish Tiger (Almagro)

1 x Tigre

1 x German Tiger

1 x Spanish NH90 (Logrono)

1 x NH90

1 x German NH90

1 x Caracal (Evreux)

2 x Fennecs (Orange)

1 x Navy NH90 (Hyeres)

1 x Panther (Hyeres)

2 x Lynx (Lanveoc)

2 x Dauphin (Lanveoc)

1 x EC145 Gendarmerie

2 x EC135 Gendarmerie

2 x Sec Civil EC145

https://www.defense.gouv.fr/content/dow ... 202019.pdf

More details.

That's all very well but surely they can do it for RIAT as well?

The French know how to do a real flypast, RIAT/RAF can learn a lot from them...

Not sure what they could learn.
You would need a government that thinks public money grows on trees to provide that sort of flypast every year.
I would say that will be coming, but as the latest opinion poll puts Jezza on 18%...

Andy Marden wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 09, 2019 7:54 pm

Not sure what they could learn.
You would need a government that thinks public money grows on trees to provide that sort of flypast every year.
I would say that will be coming, but as the latest opinion poll puts Jezza on 18%...

You pay for it every day. Its what you do with it.
You can have them bumble around the skies one week on training missions. Or one week skip them and do a formation flight and call that training in formation flying.

Richard B wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:44 am

Andy Marden wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 09, 2019 7:54 pm

Not sure what they could learn.
You would need a government that thinks public money grows on trees to provide that sort of flypast every year.
I would say that will be coming, but as the latest opinion poll puts Jezza on 18%...

You pay for it every day. Its what you do with it.
You can have them bumble around the skies one week on training missions. Or one week skip them and do a formation flight and call that training in formation flying.

RAF don't work weekends

Zac

11/7/19 Seen on ADSB-EX doing a practice were the following :-
MUS81 3B75FD PC-21
MUS82 3B75F5 PC-21
PELIC32 3B7B6E ?
MARCO31 739 C-135
VALNT51 041 A330MRTT
COS15 5511 AS555
MED111 F-RAFD F2000LX
CARVEX 0065 A400M
F-TGCH F-TGCH EX330
MESSI131 5847 C-130J

hope this is of use

Weather forecast for Sunday morning looks ok - low 20s , sunny spells.

Can't wait

( Plus a little bit of CS at CDG!)

Helicopters seem to fly from Creil

They don’t normally fly from Creil, is this confirmed? Thanks
Ben

French Army, Spanish, German & RAF helicopters are indeed operating from Creil.

Not sure if there is something thing wrong with Invalides station but when I look on Google the train route from Notre dame station to Invalides says get out at Musee D'Orsay and walk 10 minutes along the South bank of the Seine.

Google also recommends RER B and RER C to D'Orsay when coming from CDG

Last year the train went from Notre dame straight to Invalides

The problem appears to be with the RER C line from Notre dame - it seems to terminate at Musee D'Orsay

It is only a short walk along the river bank ( 5 to 10 minutes) to the usual spotting area near the Air France Building at Invalides.

RER B to is operating normally from Notre dame to CDG etc