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[mutley]

For March we will be featuring anything connected in someway to France.

Civil / Military aircraft allowed, it may just be the airline that is French, or maybe a bush pilot out in French Polynesia but please add a caption so we know what the French connection is!

Good luck everyone, please check out the rules here, the competiton closes Sat March 31st 23:59 UTC

[CSoul]

Mirage 2000-5.

Dassault Rafale

The past and the present: a Dewoitine D520 and the Mirage 2000-5

[dodgy-alan]

How wierd! One of my Photobucket albums is actually titled, The French Connection !
First up, The magnificent Breguet Deux Ponts

I really dont think we're supposed to be here Fido ! Citroen 2CV and Mirage F1s

Concorde ! ....no superlatives needed !

[britfrog]

as i live in france does this count?
if not have a look at this vid the music is excellent



they get away with stuff the raf hierarchy would never allow
sadly i have nowhere to put my pictures to show you as i dont belong to any social sites and we cant upload them to mutleys

[mike H]

Very nice video Alot of us use Photobucket to post our shots on mutley's and the basic package is free !!!

[jankees]

oh yes, the French connection!
For some reason I have a weakness for French aircraft, possibly because my first aviation heroes were Tanguy and Laverdure...

btw re the wonderful clip above: did you know they waived the rules for minimum distance between aircraft for that film? Never knew the French Air Force had those rules if you watch youtube!

but back to the competition at hand, so much to choose from...

So something with Mirages:


something with the aircraft named after my daughter:


and something with a hot ass:

(it is a Rafale if the French Connection wasn't clear!)


but these may change later...

[dodgy-alan]

Gret video Britfrog, Those guys certainly know how to fly !

[aeromax]

French connection at LFPO




LFPG

[mike H]

Pic 1 Two Great Ladies heading back home in true French style.

[SEATAC]

^{The little known French Built Morane-Saulnier MS.760}

[dodgy-alan]

I last saw one of those MS760s at the Greenham Common airshow many years ago, Neat little aircraft using the same engines as the Fouga Magister. very very noisy for its size, in fact like the Maggie, the engine pitch can actually make some people physically sick ! Lovely to see one again. I,ve got the same model in my FS reserve hangar though it's seldom flown. I may have to rectify that .

[mike H]

Pic2 Charles Lindbergh making history in 1927 flying solo in his "Spirit of St. Louis " Non Stop from New York to Paris France in 34 hrs. Seen here making his final French Connection by flying past the Eiffel Tower.

[ShrewsburyFC]

Here are my attempts:


Air France - Airbus A320





Good luck all!

[britfrog]

here is where i live 40k from perpignan, scenery care of france vfr, the roundabout under the rear of the seneca is where i live , the med can be seen in the distance on the extreme right and the mountain in the distance behind the a/c is Bugarach where we are all going to be beamed up by aliens later this year, if you doubt me check out this link http://www.telegraph...y-visitors.html or simply google bugarach 2012 there is masses to read all about it from the end of the mayan calander to hitler looking for hidden giants sleeping in the mountain it all makes interesting reading.

[Edward Longe]

Air France 747-400 landing a LFPG

[Misha Cajic]

Here are my entries.
An Air France B777 on finals at Sydney Airport in Australia, at the beginning of a bright new day.



A close shave flying under the Eiffel tower in Paris...



...and an even closer one flying under the bridge at the Louvre!



Good luck everyone, I entered at the last minute haha.

[ddavid]

Must have been high tide at the Pont du Carrousel, Misha! But I like the Eiffel Tower shot...

Cheers - Dai.

[Misha Cajic]

Thanks Dai!
Yeah must've been, I was on the very same bridge last year in June. Paris is a lovely city! So's Sydney, which is where I live

[dodgy-alan]

I agree with you there Misha, Paris is my all time favourite city, I love it. The traffic can be a nightmare though, I found that driving a truck and then later a coach around it was big help as car drivers tended to give you a wide berth ! It really is one of those "must go to" cities.

[PanzerFodder]

Not got much French stuff TBO, but have been playing around with a Airbus A380 all week so thought that these would be suitable.

Parts for the A380 are made in many different Europe Countries and they all come together at Toulouse in France to be assembled into a flyable aircraft, so there's the "French Connection" (ruddy good effort by the Europe's if you ask me )


Airbus A380 in house colours



This one's for Max, it says "Frankfurt am Main" on it's nose



German Airline company, French Assembled Plane, British Airport (and it's all freeware .)






Good luck All,

Cheer's...Graham...