Bastille Day flypast 2023

[slogen51]

Booked the ferry so all set - my first time back since COVID

Vive la France!

'From 10am to midday, the Avenue des Champs-Élysées and sky above Paris welcome more than 6,000 on foot, 70 aircraft, 20 helicopters, 200 vehicles and 200 horses of the Republican Guard."

"The flypast features several fighter jets from other nations, including an Indian Rafale, a British Typhoon and a Belgian F-16. It traditionally opens with a flypast by the Patrouille de France, which celebrates its 70th anniversary, at around 10.30am."

Back in time for RIAT departures

[Kurnass]

Army helicopters fly from Chartres. Nice place to photograph them the evening before the flypast.

[slogen51]

Thanks the only thing that puts me off is that I am staying at CDG Thursday evening and the traffic from Chartres around Paris to CDG looks horrible

Can you see anything at Evreux?

Ta

[Kurnass]

Evreux is terrible if they’re not flying. The based aircraft are mostly not visible (unless you count tails behind walls)
The taxiway with aircraft is visible from a distance

[slogen51]

Oh yes I remember the walls now from the transall days

Thanks for the help

[slogen51]

Might as well try and post a log from my camera - checked against another log from the day thanks DC

( I will just post section by section as it's lots to do and I am busy at CDG also I haven't got my book with me , it's in the car so I can't check types etc)

9 PDF Alpha jets started things off

Followed by
RB-006 Rafale B Indian Airforce
RB-004
BS-028 Rafale C
13_ 30-GK Rafale C

360 30-SI Rafale B
646 30-MQ M2000D
639 30-JJ M2000D

203 36-CC E-3

47 2-EP M2000C
136 4-GO Rafale C
356 4-FW Rafale M
46 2-EN M2000C

FB-22 F-16B BAF
FB-15 F-16B
58 2-EL M2000C
48 2-EW M2000C

ZK370/370 FGR4
___ 30-HJ Rafale C
___ 4-HH or 4-HN Rafale B

042 F-UJCH A332 grey
338 4-IO Rafale B
3__ 4-FM Rafale B
332 4-IG Rafale B

F-UJCT A332 White.

0014 F-RBAF A400M
197 64-HE CN235
200 64-HH CN235
5847 61-PP C-130J

___ 31-CI KC-135FR
645 3-XP M2000D
672 3-XV
611? 3-JP
671 3-XK

13_ 30-GN or 30-GH - need look on a PC --- 30-GN on scramble

32 Falcon 10
11 Rafale M French Navy
15
36
7
5
3

(3) E-2C

78 F50 French Navy
26 Atlantic
(15) Atlantic

1018 F-RACG B350

02 709-FD PC-21
08 709-FJ
01 709-FC

Xingu
103/YT
098/YO
092/YL
083/ZE

F-ZBMM DH8D

F-TGCJ Extra
F-TGC(I?) Upside down Extra

Choppers next

Gendarmerie
JDD EC135
JDF EC135
JBF EC145
JCO AS350
JCP AS350
JBI EC145

F-HBKX H120
/AVP AS555 AlaT ( AYP?)
/AYE AS555 AlaT
F-HBKV H120

GEM Gazelle
BHZ Tigre
BJI Tigre
BJT Tigre

DAN Puma
CHC Puma

F-WWOB / 519 H225

EBP NH-90 AlaT
ECC NH-90
EBO NH-90

F-WWOS H160
UV AS555
VY AS555
BF Super Puma ? EC725

15 NH-90 French Navy
313 AS365 French Navy
F-HDHN AS365 French Navy
/ 3-53 NH-90 Italian Navy


Some bits on the Esplanade before the flypast

E1 Alpha Jet - pot!
1184 /IC Puma DGA arrived in front of the crowds

Some AS555 noted above on patrol included UY , WH , WK

After the flypast some of the choppers come back to land in a very dramatic fashion on the les Invalide Esplanade

[Ken Cloke]

Well done Mike and thanks for the list. Just a comment there are 2 JCOs in the Gendarmerie list.

[slogen51]

Hi Ken

Cheers

They should be JCO and JCP

[David Moore]

Noted at Les Invalides yesterday afternoon

H.160 mock up
Safran Patroller drone (unmarked – mock-up?)
Tigre HAD 6020 / BJT French Army
Caïman 1483 / ECC French Army
Cougar 2375 / CHC French Army
EC.120 F-HBKV 1624 HeliDax
Fennec 5606 / AYP French Army
H.160B F-WWOS Airbus Helicopters
Fennec Canon 5490 / VY French Air Force
Alpha Jet E1 /F-ZABU/11 French Air Force
Puma 1184 / IC DGA / CEV
EC.145 9127 / JBI Gendarmerie
EC.135 T2+ F-ZBGI 0545 Douane
Caïman 15 1303 French Navy
Dauphin 313 French Navy

Regards

David

[Davem245]

Also Noted at the "Parc Andre Citroen" yesterday was

B 322 C101 Pegase Glider
5536/WK AS555UN
1678/BF AS330

Davem

[slogen51]

Thanks

Only just arrived back home - can't think why I drove as I didn't use the car to get around - should have flown as I was by myself!

When I get a chance I will compare the list with scramble and fill any gaps and fix the mistakes

[slogen51]

Hold on ! Just noticed ZK370 was in the flypast

What a machine for me , missed at Warton, Missed at Coningsby, transferred to Lossiemouth which might as well be on the moon as far as I am concerned, potted in Paris.

Result.

[SpilsbyPete]

Well done

Your last Typhoon
In Paris,of all places

Pete

[slogen51]

Wish I could say it was my last Typhoon but I still need three flyers!

ZK302 - Lossiemouth
ZK303 Warton
ZK355 Warton

[SuperPole]

A very early heads up, which we noticed while attending this event in 2023. The French media is reporting that because of the Olympics in Paris in 2024, the actual 2024 Bastille Day parade will take place in a different location to normal. This was announced by Macron at this year's event.

The parade will take place between Vincennes and La Nation.

The article that states this can be seen here [it is in French]

https://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/fet ... 6b7a82d0d2