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  La Ferté Alais 2024
  Part 2
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Text:

Urs Schnyder

Pictures:

Urs Schnyder & Michael E. Fader


 

 

(Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

   

Tora Tora Tora

   

A regular act at La Ferté. This time 13 North American T-6 were the attacking Force. The whole thing seems always more threatening if there is a dark sky as a background. The pyrotechnics department always do their best to increase the drama. This time the sole defender was a Curtiss P-40F, the version with the Merlin engine in desert camouflage and therefore not really representative of Pearl Harbour in 1941. It anyway managed to shoot down the Zero at the end of the act.

Aircraft involved: North American T-6G F-AZBE, F-AZBQ, F-AZCQ, F-AZSC, F-AZVN, F-HLEA, F-AZCV, AT-6G Texan F-AZBL, AT-6D F-AZRB, F-AZRD, CCF Harvard Mk IV F-AZGB, North American AT-6M « Zero » F-AZZM.
Boeing-Stearman PT-13 D Kaydet F-AZJR, Naval Aircraft Factory N3N- F-AZNF, Curtiss P40 F WarHawk G-CGZP

   

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

   

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

   

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

   

Pacific

   

The Canadian built PBY-5A Catalina (Canadian Vickers PBY-5A Canso G-PBYA) flew in Formation with AJBS own Chance-Vought F4U-5NL (F-AZEG) to create the Pacific war theme. The Catalina was used for Search and rescue operations and for inserting and supplying the lone island watchers that supplied intelligence about Japanese movements. The Corsair was mostly used by the American Marine Corps from land bases.

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Catalina & Corsair (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Catalina & Corsair (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Catalina & Corsair (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Canadian Vickers PBY-5A Canso G-PBYA (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Canadian Vickers PBY-5A Canso G-PBYA (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

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Canadian Vickers PBY-5A Canso G-PBYA (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Canadian Vickers PBY-5A Canso G-PBYA (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Chance-Vought F4U-5NL (F-AZEG)  (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Chance-Vought F4U-5NL (F-AZEG) (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Chance-Vought F4U-5NL (F-AZEG) (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

   

Dassault / Socata

   

This was an unique formation not seen before. The Dassault Flamant MD311 (F-AZKT) f with two   Socata TB-30 Epsilon (F-AYYD  F-AYOB). The Epsilon were unfortunately a bit far away from the Flamant, but formation flying is not a skill regularly trained when doing the pilots license. After the formation passes, they split up to give individual displays before coming in to land again.

   

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

   

Sea Fury

   
 

A Hawker Sea Fury FB Mk 11 (WJ298)  F-AYSF iin the colour of the Australian Navy gave a short display. It is actually an aircraft that had served with the Iraki Air Force.

 

 

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

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(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

(Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

   

Armée de l'air et de l'espace

   

While the Extra 300 and the Rafale solo display are regular performers at the meeting in La Ferté, it was the first time that we have seen a pair of the advanced trainer PC-21 displaying at the meeting. In common with many Air Forces around the World, the Armee de l’Air is using it as an advanced trainer. This led to speculations if it will one day replace the Alpha jet as the mount of the Patrouille de France, which are now only used by the Aerobatic team.
Annoying was the Extra 300 rolling along the whole crowd line and creating huge clouds of smoke.

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Extra 300 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Extra 300 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Extra 300 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Extra 300 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Pilatus PC-21 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

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Pilatus PC-21 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Pilatus PC-21 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder) Pilatus PC-21 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Pilatus PC-21 (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Pilatus PC-21 (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

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Dassault Rafale C (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Dassault Rafale C (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Dassault Rafale C (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Dassault Rafale C (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Dassault Rafale C (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

   

Die Luftwaffe

   

When you see the Junkers Ju-52/3m taking off to the sound of marching boots and German military marches, it gives a kind of threatening feeling. Times have changed a lot since then however. As ever, the Storch showed off its short landing and takeoff capability, while in lieu of a German fighter the Pilatus P-2  stood in. This is actually a trainer built in Switzerland after the war using parts from the Messerschmitt BF 109E 
Aircraft involved: Junkers Ju-52/3m F-AZJU, Fieseler Storch Fi-156 F-AZRA und Pilatus P2-06 F-AZCE

   

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Fieseler Storch Fi-156 F-AZRA (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Fieseler Storch Fi-156 F-AZRA (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Junker Ju-52/3m F-AZJU,(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Junker Ju-52/3m F-AZJU, (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

   

Junker Ju-52/3m F-AZJU, (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Pilatus P2-06 F-AZCE (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

Pilatus P2-06 F-AZCE (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Pilatus P2-06 F-AZCE (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Pilatus P2-06 F-AZCE (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Vietnam

   

As the sole Skyraider was dismantled for maintenance, there was only the North American OV-10B Bronco and no less then four T-28 Trojan contesting this set piece. However, the T-28 Trojan was only used briefly in Vietnam. New was the participation of a Hughes OH-6A Cayuse called "Loach". This small helicopter was primarily used by the U.S. Army in Vietnam.

     

Hughes 369HE F-HMOS (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Hughes 369HE F-HMOS (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Hughes 369HE F-HMOS (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

Hughes 369HE F-HMOS (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

North American OV-10B Bronce F-AZKM (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

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North American OV-10B Bronce F-AZKM (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

North American OV-10B Bronce F-AZKM (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

North American OV-10B Bronce F-AZKM (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

North American T-28B Trojan F-AYBA (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

(Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

   

North American T-18C Trojan F-AZQV (Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

(Picture courtesy Urs Schnyder)

North American T-28B Trojan F-AYVF (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

North American T-18C Trojan F-AZQV (Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

   

Wingwalker

   

Danielle Del Buono (nee Hughes), 28, originally from England dreamed of becoming a Wingwalker from early childhood. She is now in to her 11th year as a professional Wingwalker. She is arguably one of the most experienced in the World, with over 1000 missions under her belt. She is one of the few that does the REAL Wingwalking. She doesn’t just stand on the top wing tied to a gantry but actually moves from top to lower wing. She even sits on the lower wing leading edge and hangs from it, her feet locked to a crossbar on the interplane strut. She is really climbing around the plane the same way as they did it in the 1920’s.

She says it is a huge adrenaline rush and a wonderful feeling to be dancing on the wings of a plane in flight. She even obtained her private pilots licence and flies 46 Aviations 1939 Bücker Jungmann. Danielle quite simply belongs to the sky.

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(Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

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(Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

   

Patrouille de France

   

The display this year seemed longer than in previous years. There were also more display acts by only part of the team than before. The idea is to have some performance while the others are forming up again. Now in its 71st year, the team has been flying the Alpha Jet for much of its existence. Like many other teams they obviously are looking into a successor to their long serving mount. It will be interesting to see what they will choose.

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(Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

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(Picture courtesy Michael E. Fader)

   

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Written 13. June 20241

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