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