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Old 12th Apr 2013, 23:08
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Warmtoast
 
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I was at the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget in May 1961 where we (99 Sqn) had a Britannia on static display.

The Patrouille de France gave an excellent display, some of which I captured on 8mm cine film as seen below. I remember their smoke trails - very impressive! They were IMHO opinion eclipsed by 74 Sqn with their Lightnings who gave a Bravura display with lots of noise and very low flying.

Being screen grabs of 8mm cine film my pictures are not sharp but give you some idea of what it was like.













The Parisian crowds queued up to troop through our aircraft

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