The injured pilot was N°2 in the syncro Pair
The Patrouille de France trained again today putting a superb display in the skies of Salon de Provence, just over the airfield and the golf course were I was training with a white ball.
The spare pilot is generally a pilot in his fourth year with the Patrouille de France and has flown at least two years as one of the syncro pair.
So yes he can fly any position and he trains as much as the other eight pilots.
The leader Virginie Guyot was n°4 last season, and deputy leader of the Patrouille de France.
Unlike the rest of the alpha jets usualy used for training at the same point than the Hawk in the RAF, the PAF alpha Jets are equiped with the Martin baker MK 10 ejection seat which probably saved the pilot from that very low level ejection.
QFI's and student must contend with MK 4 !
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