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Bonjour! |
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Total of Eight Alpha Jets are normally used. |
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The Finger, Maverick ! |
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Opposing knife edge pass |
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Opposing formation |
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They look quite close. Seen from outside the airfield. |
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An arrowhead formation in climb. |
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Blue and Red smoke aircraft roll away and return back to formation. |
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Quite a complicated movement. The team's display program changes every year. |
One by one, the aircraft goes inverted. Reminds me of an Othello game. |
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A French flag turning right. |
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During 2008, 55 year anniversary marking was painted on the vertical fin. |
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Photo taken from outside the airfield. |
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Lead solo makes a interted flight while the second solo makes a barrel roll around him. |
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The lead aircraft is a spare number 9, not number 1. |
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A French flag spreads out. |
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Lead aircraft break away for landing preparation. |
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Alpha jet taxi back to apron after landing. |
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Pilot talk with ground crews after landing. |
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A van with loads of Patrouille de France souvenirs. |
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9 aircraft formation flight, only to be seen at the French revolution day parade. |
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Fouga Magister trainerss were used before Alpha Jet. Now the old plane makes a burst formation brake at the Le Bourget airport's air and space museum near Paris. The airport is also famous for Paris air show and Lindberg landing. |
Old Fouga Magisterof Patrouille de France marking. The aircraft can be seen at the entrance hall of Speyer technical museum in Germany. |