There was a lot of "on air" shows : Spanish acrobatic team on Casa 101 and Polish acrobatic team on PZL. A Dassault Mirage 2000 N have made an air-refueling simulation with a KC-135 at low altitude. A French Vought F4U-1 Corsair passed in front of us earing is powerful engine. But everything would be down if the Rafale M did not demonstrate its "restful" power.
Air Meeting in Istres
May 2001
This is during May that the
P.A.C.A. area air meeting occurs. At Istres, the aircrafts stand on each side
of the tarmac. The weather was covered so the aerial exhibitions where lower
than usually. Once again, a lot of aircrafts were there. Some unusual
acrobatic patrols has come.
So, let's begin with the "on floor" part : there was classical and
unexpected things...
Breguet Atlantic Casa Amateur construction Super Puma
F-15 Strike Eagle Mirage 2000
Rafale C-01 Demonstrator Tornado
B-1 B F4U-1 Corsair Mig-21 PZL
Mirage IV R
Casa 101 F4U-1 Corsair KC-135 + Mirage 2000 N
Mirage 2000 N Tornado Rafale M
Rafale M