The La Ferté-Alais Air Show is an annual meeting of aviation enthusiasts, flight organizations, companies, and pilots in the village of La Ferté-Alais,

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. It takes place during

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at the Cerny airfield (ICAO: LFFQ), which is owned and operated by the "Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis" (AJBS). The airfield is also the site of the ''Musée Volant Salis'', hosting 70 aircraft from the past century. In preparation for the airshow, dozens of vintage aircraft are come from Europe and the US for display and flight demonstrations. The show regularly starts with a flight demonstration of vintage aircraft such as the

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and

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. It is then usually followed with an

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and

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display of

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such as the

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and

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. The French Air Force (Armée de l'Air) then often presents some of the aircraft in their fleet, such as the

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, Atlantique and

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aircraft. The French Sécurite Civile sometimes comes to demonstrate their technology such as water bombers and surveillance helicopters. This is followed by personal presentations of special individual aircraft performing

aerobatics Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights. The term is a portmanteau of "aeroplane" and "acrobatics". Aerobatics are performed in aeroplanes and gl ...

and flight demonstrations. The airshow usually ends with demonstrations by the

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and Rafale Solo Display. On rare occasions, Air France performs a flyby with their flagship aircraft, such as the

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in 1988 or the

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in 2019.

Media Presence

The

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'' The Pink Lady'' used in the motion picture Memphis Belle is a permanent project of the AJBS group.

References

External links

AJ-BS group official Site
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