Melun Air Legend 2021

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Col. Chibani
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Melun Air Legend 2021

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After a quite busy period, I finally find some time to share with you my photo-report of Melun Air Legend 2021.
This third issue was on par with the previous two, despite the difficult context.
I was there on the Saturday, with a continuously evovling weather.
I hope that you enjoy what we call in French "white cheese" skies.

As starters, some views of the static display:
Fokker Eindecker
ImageDSC_1827_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
Spad VII
ImageDSC_1829_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
P-47, with its brutal looks
ImageDSC_1831_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
P-38 Lightning "Red Bull". Like it or not, it is pretty clean!
ImageDSC_1832_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
Vampire
ImageDSC_1836_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
Alpha Jet
ImageDSC_1838_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
Caïman
ImageDSC_1841_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
Falcon 10 MER
ImageDSC_1842_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
A P-47 simulator, built by a skilled amateur, in which one could enjoy a ride
ImageDSC_1843_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

French Aéronavale opens the ball, with an "heritage" flypast:
ImageDSC_1855_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
ImageDSC_1857_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
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Slow pass, "all out":
ImageDSC_1879_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
Fast pass:
ImageDSC_1883_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
Aéronavale again, with Atlantique 2:
ImageDSC_1904_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
A new period, with the reunion of a Storch and a Piper Cub, somewhere over D-Day beaches:
ImageDSC_1914_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr
ImageDSC_1927_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

A suivre / to be continued ...

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Thanks for sharing, love that Vampire and the Falcon 10.

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Some more !

75 years of French Air Force transport, from the DC-3, to the A400M:
ImageDSC_1929_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_1937_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_1932_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_1945_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_1967_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

75 years of fighters, starting with the magnificent Morane 406 / D-3801 in Swiss livery:
ImageDSC_1972_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_1979_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_1990_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_1996_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

The "Gusto" team heats a little bit the weather (and the cloudy background is magnifying PC waves) :

ImageDSC_2000_mod_01 by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2009_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2020_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2036_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2038_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2064_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2101_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

Loud & clear !

A suivre / to be continued ...

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Fighters again.
CAC Boomerang (she will come back... :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: ) :
ImageDSC_2113_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2129_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

Yak-11 :
ImageDSC_2108_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

"Legendary Fighters"
P-47 :
ImageDSC_2133_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

Spitfire :
ImageDSC_2137_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

Buchon :
ImageDSC_2140_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

Mustang :
ImageDSC_2152_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

The Boomerang is back (I told you so ...) :
ImageDSC_2174_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2186_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2190_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2214_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2230_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2252_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

More fighters ...
"Zero" :
ImageDSC_2387_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2366_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

A fabulous Corsair duet:
ImageDSC_2403_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

2 hands on the stick to control the beast !
ImageDSC_2422_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2436_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2444_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

A suivre / to be continued...

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"Phooey" looks wonderful!

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Thank amp, the Boomerang (although a replica) is a nice little fighter.

A more quiet moment with the Spartan "Executive", a DC-3 and Beech 18s :
ImageDSC_2447_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2451_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2486_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2505_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2478_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2512_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

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ImageDSC_2540_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

And we put again the sound level to "insane", with the Rafale of the French Air (and Space, now) Force:
ImageDSC_2569_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2586_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2604_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

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A suivre / to be continued...

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No airshow without a swarm of T-6s (note a wide variety for the framing, probably due to a narrow slot between the first row of public - next time, I will arrive earlier !) :
ImageDSC_2267_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2269_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2272_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2274_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2277_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

Just add a Catalina and a L-5:
ImageDSC_2263_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2316_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

And don't forget a B-25:
ImageDSC_2327_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2349_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

And a pair of Yak:
ImageDSC_2778_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2814_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

A suivre / to be followed...

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The apogee of radial-engined aircraft, with Skyraider & T-28 Trojan ("Fennec" / Desert fox in AdA&E):
ImageDSC_2648_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2653_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2668_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2675_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2680_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2689_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2702_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2704_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2721_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2731_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

For in-line engines, the reference is the Spitfire:
ImageDSC_2828_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2836_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2857_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2865_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2881_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2888_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

The jet era, with the "Sabre" :
ImageDSC_2736_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2738_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

A suivre / to be continued...

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There are some more, but this is the end !

The PAF, that performed a flypast with the P-38, in memory of Saint-Exupéry (writer of "The Little Prince", who disapeared flying a P-38 / F-5 in 1944). Note also the decoration on the tails of the Alphajets.
ImageDSC_2901_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2936_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2942_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_2996_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageDSC_3035_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

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ImageDSC_3073_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

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ImageDSC_3057_mod by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

I hope you enjoyed these pics.

Can't wait for next year !

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