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08
Sep
2018

Air Legend Report

Archive 2018
Saturday, 08 September 2018 - Sunday, 09 September 2018
Find the photo report of our friend Harald, made during the first Air Legend Paris Villaroche, which took place under the sun ......... on September 8th and 9th See you in 2019 !!!!!!!!!!![...]
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08
Sep
2018

Paris Air Legend

Archive 2018
Saturday, 08 September 2018 - Sunday, 09 September 2018
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08
Sep
2018

Paris Villaroche Air Legend

Archive 2018
Saturday, 08 September 2018 - Sunday, 09 September 2018
Come to Paris next September 8th and 9th to attend the Paris Villaroche Air Legend airshow. It will feature warbirds of all kind, helicopters, jets and last but not least Rafale and Patrouille de [...]
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01
Jan
2018

2017 is dead....Long 2018

Archive 2018
Monday, 01 January 2018
  Lucie In the sky Just before Christmas and with the support of the Swiss association Etoile filante (Shooting Star) Lucie realised her dream that was to fly aboard a Catalina.   [...]
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30
Jun
2017

June was full of events for FFW !

Archive 2017
Friday, 30 June 2017
Good news : the AD-4N Skyraider F-AZFN landed in urgency by Bernard Vurpillot on a field near Soissons in late 2051 after an engine failure is back in the air. After the wings and [...]
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02
Apr
2017

First airshow 2017

Archive 2017
Sunday, 02 April 2017
It’s by an unusual very sunny day that four FFW warbirds attended the first airshow of 2017 at Le Bourget airport. This event was organised for the second time by [...]
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01
Jan
2017

Take-off for Two thousand and seventeen

Archive 2017
Sunday, 01 January 2017
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19
Nov
2016

Marc Léon MATHIS

Archive 2016
Saturday, 19 November 2016
Saturday 19th of November, about hundred people gathered in the A3P (Amicale des Pilotes Passionnés de Pilotage ) hangar of the Strasburg-Neuhof airport to commemorate the [...]
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09
Sep
2016

The P-51-D’s Merlin roars again

Archive 2016
Friday, 09 September 2016
Thursday 8th September, 16h 30 They’re coming… the hangar becomes animated, everyone knows what he has to do, the funs cease and the tools are passing from hand to hand. George Perez is [...]
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25
May
2016

Engines removal

Archive 2016
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Changements de moteurs
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25
Mar
2016

Winter in Melun

Archive 2016
Friday, 25 March 2016
As winter is almost back and spring is coming our members are working.......
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14
Jan
2016

Skyraider is back home

Archive 2016
Thursday, 14 January 2016
The 5th September 2015, Bernard Vurpillot was ferrying the Skyraider F-AZFN to the Cambrai airshow miles away from Melun when he heard the big Wright [...]
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01
Jan
2016

vive 2016

Archive 2016
Friday, 01 January 2016 00:00
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10
Dec
2015

2016 Marc “Léon” Mathis Calendar

Archive 2015
Thursday, 10 December 2015
Souscription calendrier hommage Marc "Léon" MATHIS.
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28
Nov
2015

Marc «Léon » Mathis’s funeral

Archive 2015
Saturday, 28 November 2015 14:30
Marc’s funeral will be held on Saturday the 28th of November at 14.30hr, according to the Protestant rite, in the St Paul church of Strasburg. 1 place du Général Eisenhower 67000 STRASBOURG   [...]
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14
Nov
2015

So long Marc

Archive 2015
Saturday, 14 November 2015
We feel totally dismayed and sadly overcome by the death of our friend and pal Marc “Léon” Mathis on Saturday the 14th of November. It happened in Alsace, near Strasburg, in a crash at the controls [...]
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26
Aug
2015

The "Cat's" flight over Arcachon

Archive 2015
Wednesday, 26 August 2015
Here you share the emotion of N9767’s crew during a recent flight over Arcachon’s bay, south of Bordeaux. You note the Cat’s new and temporary livery applied for a filming sequence. Below you find [...]
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04
Aug
2015

"Princesse des Etoiles" is back in the skies

Archive 2015
Tuesday, 04 August 2015
After 9 months of painstaking work N6797 is back in the air. Peter Houghton (an FAA qualified inspector for the PBY type), George, Vincent, Martial and others did an engine change, a complete repair and [...]
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19
Jun
2015

France’s Flying Warbirds assisted the International Paris Air show of Le Bourget

Archive 2015
Friday, 19 June 2015 - Sunday, 21 June 2015
To commemorate the end of WW two, FFW’s  P-40N  Warhawk , P-51D Mustang AD-4N Skyraider were demonstrated in flight at the 51st edition of the International Paris Air Show.  George [...]
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31
May
2015

FFW at Blois Airshow

Archive 2015
Sunday, 31 May 2015
The 31st of May, the « Conseil départemental de Loir-et-Cher » organises  its first ever airshow on the Blois-le-Breuil airport. [...]
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17
May
2015

First airshow for the Stearman

Archive 2015
Sunday, 17 May 2015
Sunday the 17th of May, the CAF French wing Fly In was the first ever airshow to participate for the Stearman on the Plessis-Belleville airport. The event held under a clear blue sky was a [...]
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18
Apr
2015

FFW receives young airmen

Archive 2015
Saturday, 18 April 2015
Saturday the 2nd FFW members welcomed about twenty young airmen for a private visit under the guidance of an ESTACA student named Victor. Most came from neighbouring flying clubs but a team flew from [...]
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18
Apr
2015

Air Chief Marshal of French Air Force invited by FFW

Archive 2015
Saturday, 18 April 2015
Saturday the 18th President Christian Amara invited general Denis MERCIER, Chief of the Staff of the French Air Force, to visit our base in Melun-Villaroche. Part of France’s Flying Warbirds the [...]
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15
Apr
2015

Mustang P51 "Nooky Booky"on the poster of Epernay airshow

Archive 2015
Wednesday, 15 April 2015
Airshow on aviation airfield Epernay Plivot LFSW. Presentation of different aircraft collection, costumes, vintage cars.[...]
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12
Apr
2015

FFW at "Carrefour de l'Air"

Archive 2015
Sunday, 12 April 2015
  Saturday and Sunday, the fleet of FFW, almost complete, was present on the Bourget parking for its third participation in the "Carrefour de l'Air" organized by the Museum of Air and Space. [...]
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28
Mar
2015

First engine test run for the Skyraider

Archive 2015
Saturday, 28 March 2015
After a winter sleep and the few weeks of its annual maintenance is over, the Skyraider leaves the workshop for its first engine test run of the year.               [...]
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16
Jan
2015

Cognac AFB-BA709 Cdt Raoul Menard

Archive 2015
Friday, 16 January 2015
The 22th of january 1945, Flt Officer Raoul Menard was shot down as he flew his Martin Marauder during a bombing mission over nazi Germany. So was his name given to the base 709. To commemorate [...]
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31
Dec
2014

Archive 2014

Archive 2014
Wednesday, 31 December 2014
Find all the news in 2014
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31
Dec
2013

Archive 2013

Archive 2013
Tuesday, 31 December 2013
2013 november 8th France's Flying Warbirds calendar 2014 will be available In a few weeks at a price of 25 € (including postage for mainland France). Payment by cheque to the order of FFW. To order for [...]
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31
Dec
2012

Archive 2012

Archive 2012
Monday, 31 December 2012
Find all the news in 2012
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