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TopGun31 wrote:Official answer from the meetingair.fr blog :
Grossly translated it gives :Depuis vendredi soir, de nombreuses informations circulent sur le Net à propos des meetings de l'air 2012. Certaines sont avérées, d'autres partiellement exactes.
Dans un souci de clarté et pour vous permettre de vous (ré)organiser, voici le point de la situation.
Actuellement, les seules informations à retenir sont les suivantes :
- Les meetings de l'air n'auront pas lieu cette année sous le format prévu
- Ils sont remplacés par des journées (1 sur chacune des 3 bases) de la Base aérienne le dimanche uniquement
- Il y aura une activité aérienne avec des aéronefs français uniquement
- Un spotters day sera maintenu le samedi après-midi pour ceux qui le souhaitent et au regard des inscriptions déjà prises
Toutes les modalités n'étant pas encore définies, un complément d'information vous sera communiqué lundi soir ou mercredi prochain.Since friday night there has been numerous informations on the Internet about the 2012 airshows held by the French Air Force. Some are true, others are partially true.
For clarity and to ensure anybody can reorganize his trip, here is what is happening :
- the airshows will NOT be held as previously announced.
- they are replace by 1 day on the airbase, only on sundays, on the 3 bases previously planning an airshow (Evreux, Mont de Marsan, Avord).
- there will be an aerial activity, but ONLY FRENCH AIRCRAFT WILL FLY.
- a spotter day will happen on SATURDAY AFTERNOONS for those who are already registered and wish to maintain their registration.
All definite decision have not been made yet and a supplement of information will be given on monday evening or next wednesday.
Very sad ...wedge wrote:For Avord it is confirmed officially on the Meetings organisation blog : no foreign aircraft.
Les moyens aériens présents se limiteront aux aéronefs d’états (Air, Mer, Terre, DGA et tous autres moyens aériens de la défense)
et à ceux des entreprises travaillant sur les plateformes aérienne (CASSIDIAN en ce qui concerne la maintenance des Xingu).
Il n’y aura pas d’avions d’Armées de l’air étrangères.
http://www.meetingair.fr/
Which means:
The aerial material which will be present will be limited to state aircrafts (Air, Navy, Army, DGA (délégation générale de l'armement) and other Defense material), as well as material from enterprises working on aircraft (CASSIDIAN for the Xingu).
There will be no foreign aircraft.
The reason is a bit more complicated.toovey wrote:I know, but I do think leaving it this late makes it look a little sad. With less than a month to go to the Mont de Marsan show, what has suddenly occurred in the finances? If it is just the normal cut backs, could it have not been flagged up some time earlier?
Sadly I think your right about future years. I do think that we may have seen the best regarding air displays.
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