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Our display at the
Patrouille de France
50th Anniversary Celebrations,
Salon de Provence, France,
15th - 18th May 2003.
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 First formed in May 1953, 2003 saw
the Patrouille de France celebrate their 50th anniversary. They marked
the occasion by hosting an international aerobatic team meet and airshow at
their home base of Salon de Provence, in the South of France.
Our SIG was extremely honoured to
be invited by the Patrouille de France Pilots Association, to join in
the anniversary celebrations by putting on a display of our aerobatic team
models in the town hall in Salon de Provence. In conjunction with this, the
town hall also featured an art exhibition by a number of aviation artists, and
another display of models by our very good friends and fellow SIG members, the
"Aerobatic Display Team of Toulouse" model group, based in
France.
A number of our SIG members
travelled from the UK, Ireland, Germany, France and Iceland, to meet up in
Salon de Provence. We displayed a total of 179 models on our stand, for four
days during the team's official celebrations and international airshows. Our
members also received the full V.I.P treatment and special passes for both the
"private" and public airshows, where we were able to watch several of
the world's top display teams perform and meet many of the team members
too.
We are extremely grateful to the
Patrouille de France and especially Dennis Meunier of the
Patrouille de France Pilot's Association, for inviting us to take
part in such a prestigious event - it was a once-in-a-lifetime trip which we
shall never forget ! |
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The next three photos show the impressive display
put together by our friends, the "Aerobatic Display Team of Toulouse"
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