French Connection Airshow (English version) , livre ebook

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25 septembre 2014

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9782924312704

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May 27, 2000, the mythical aerobatic couple known in the U.S. as the French Connection Airshow, disappeared in flight. Little known in France, Daniel Héligoin and Montaine Mallet, aboard two French planes, resonated with North America crowds attending the many shows they performed in for almost 27 years. They were the only couple in the world to achieve a genuine aerial ballet, with music or poetry... François Dabin was the instructor who took Montaine on her first flight which led to her Private Pilot Airplane rating before she met Daniel Héligoin. Her history and their destiny all have common dreams and tragedy. After several stories about general aviation, François Dabin had to trace the extraordinary lives of these minstrels of the sky he knew well.

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Publié par

publibook

Date de parution

25 septembre 2014

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9782924312704

Langue

Français

Poids de l'ouvrage

3 Mo

French Connection Airshow

Same author (in French only)

Aux Éditions France Empire La Petite Piste,récit. 1968 Ciel d’Affaires, récit. 1980 Paris – Pékin – Paris, la grande envolée,récit. 1988 Val de France Éditions (L’Atelier de l’Archer) L’Abécédaire de l’aviation,1999 Les Métiers de l’aviation,1999 Éditions Publibook Les Corbeaux volent le bec en avant,roman 2002 La Vengeance du ciel,roman 2008 French connection airshow,témoignage 2012 L’Aéro-club d’Aubigny,témoignage 2013 Les Éditions de l’Officine L’Afrique sous mes ailes,récit 2004

François Dabin Translation French/English by Laurent Pointeau Review by Fred Robbins French Connection Airshow Montaine Mallet and Daniel Héligoin, the sky enchanters Publibook

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Gloomy Sunday That last weekend of May 2000 looked promising from an aeronautical point of view. That day, as is often the case at that time of the year, the sun had decided to honor Sologne with its presence and flood the plains with sooth-ing beams. Throughout that sunny day, a lot of private pilots flocked to the flying club in order to take a short flight over the area, treating themselves to a few minutes of the pleasure that only comes from being in command of a flying machine. That Sunday morning, upon entering the hangar whose doors were just slightly ajar, I found Charles, the president of our association, bustling about lifting the hood of a Robin after he had just completed a recommended me-chanical check. He looked very upset and I barely had a chance to say hello to him before he suddenly delivered the sad news. Montaine and Daniel were killed the day before during a training session in Florida. They collided in mid-air. Once again, fate struck a blow to the aeronautical world and to general aviation. I was literally taken aback as if I lost a part of my body. I stood silent for a moment. Every time I receive news like that, it hits me full shot, and this time was no different. Images started unfolding and bus-tling around in my head. It was hard for me to make sense of this avalanche of flashbacks and, without thinking, I instinctively answered:

— We must cancel the show…!

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Montaine Mallet and Daniel Héligoin, a legendary aer-obatic couple, gloriously departed from us in mid-air, bowing out in flight, as they were living out their passion together, side by side in tight formation. These minstrels of the sky were of a dying breed. They were undisputed masters of two ship formation aerobatics in light aircraft for more than two decades and their fame spread throughout the Americas, particularly in the US, where they were familiar with all of the airports that held a big airshow every year. Each of their shows was a genuine aerial ballet, where they glided with classical music and poetry, exciting the crowds. All of the spectators held their breath during their shows and gave them a huge standing ovation behind the guardrail as they taxied their planes back to the ramp, waving to the crowd. They would open the canopies of their aircraft and come down from the wing, mingling with the audience who greeted them with wild applause. Both had big smiles that were as dazzling as their lumi-nous white uniforms, where the only other colors displayed were the embroidered badges of their sponsors. They did not in any way regret the known or potential risks that they had taken during their shows, which made it uniquely flawless and well-liked by the spectators.

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