Paris 14 July 2012

[Niek]

On 14 July the traditional défilé will take place at the Champs Elysees in Paris.
The aerial element will consist of 2 waves; an opening wave and a closing wave.
The composition can be found at:
http://www.garnison-paris.terre.defense ... erture.pdf
and
http://www.garnison-paris.terre.defense ... loture.pdf

Foreign participation will consist of 3 Belgian Alphajets and 2 unknown RAF aircraft.

Afterwards several helicopters will land at the Esplanade des Invaldes in Paris.

[Arjan]

The RAF aircraft will be Typhoons. Only the squadron is yet unknown.

[GoldenEagle]

At the 14th of July I will be in Disneyland Paris, do you think the also come over there?

Greetings

[Arjan]

They fly over the Champs Elysees which runs generally north east - southwest and that will not lead over the Eurodisney terrain so I am afraid not.

[GoldenEagle]

Thankyou!

Greetings

[Patrol321]

Will participating aircraft operate from their homebases or from an airfield near Paris?

TIA
Michael

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[Niek]

Fighters and choppers will fly from Creil. The heavies will fly from their home base.

[michel N]

Are you sure that both fighters and choppers will fly from Creil? Can they host so many aircraft? I thought the figthers should be flying from Evreux?

[Niek]

Well, that's what I was told by Creil's press officer when I visited them two weeks ago. The participants should arrive on the 13th.
Don't forget that Creil also has a dispersal/shelter area to the south-east of the runway, which can accommodate several aircraft.

[YOXA]

Can the flypast be seen from Le Bourget??

[Niek]

You might see some dots in the distance, but don't count on it. The distance between LBG and the city center of Paris is about 15 kilometers.

[maurits]

Good afternoon,

From the official Armee de l'Air site:
The whole flying program, starting at 10.30hrs lt
http://www.defense.gouv.fr/air/actus-ai ... -militaire

click on the two PDF/files...

The big flypast will consist as follows:
10.30hrs
formation 1 9x Alpha Jet E Patrouille de France
formation 2 1x C-135FR + 2x Rafale EC02.030 + 2x Mirage F1CR ER02.033 / BA118
formation 3 1x C-135FR + 1x Rafale BA113 +1x Mir 2000D BA133 +1x Mir2000C BA116 +1x Mir F1CR BA118
formation 4 1x C-135FR +1x Rafale BA113 + 1x Rafale M +2x Mir2000N BA125
formation 5 1x E-3F + 1x Rafale BA113 +4x Mir2000C BA115
formation 6 1x Rafale M +1x Mir2000C BA115 +1x Mir2000D BA133 +2x Typhoon 29sq/RAF + 1x E-2C 4F
formation 7 3x Alpha Jet 1B+ AJets/Blu + 2x Alpha Jet E EAC00.314
formation 8 1x ATL2 21F +2x SEM 17F
formation9 1x C-160R ET64 +2x C160R ET61 + 3x CN235 ET62
formation 10 5x EMB121AA EAC00.319 + 3x Grob120 +2x TB-30 Cognac
formation 11 3x Extra 330SC EVAA
formation 12 3x SA342 Gazelle + 1x Tigre +1x SA330 Puma +1x EC725 Caracal
formation 13 3x SA342 Gazelle + 1x SA330 Puma + 1x AS555 Fennec
formation 14 1x SA342 Gazelle + 2x Tigre + 2x EC725 Caracal
formation 15 2x AS555 Fennec/Villacoublay +1x AS555 Orange +1x NH-90 +1x Panther 36F +1x Dauphin 35F
formation 16 1x SA342 Gazelle +1x SA330 Puma/Alat +1x SA330 Puma EH67/Pau +1x AS532 Cougar
formation 17 1x EC145 +2x EC135 Gendarmerie
formation 18 3x EC145 Sec .civile

Should be a nice fly by, hope the weather will be fine....

[Niek]

I must say that it's quite an interesting article. Amongst others they state the callsign of the temporary C3C post at the Arc de Triomphe: Etoile

The weather will be the challenging part tomorrow...
http://france.meteofrance.com/france/me ... FREG12%2FT