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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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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

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

2017

Take-off for Two thousand and seventeen

Archive 2017

Sunday, 01 January 2017

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19

Nov

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

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

Engines removal

Archive 2016

Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Changements de moteurs

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25

Mar

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

Skyraider is back home

Archive 2016

Thursday, 14 January 2016 00:00

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

vive 2016

Archive 2016

Friday, 01 January 2016 00:00

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10

2016 Marc “Léon” Mathis Calendar

Archive 2015

Thursday, 10 December 2015

Souscription calendrier hommage Marc "Léon" MATHIS.

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28

Nov

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

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

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

"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

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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May

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. The planned [...]

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17

May

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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2014

Archive 2014

Wednesday, 31 December 2014

Find all the news in 2014

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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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