CAF question???

warbird1 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:25 pm **Posts:** 2760

Tulio wrote:

IndyJen wrote:

Oh, gee--cutie indeed. Want!

There was a husband-and-wife aerobatic team, the "French Connection," who flew a pair of very appealing French planes, that for the life of me I can't remember the name of now, even though I can see them in my mind plain as day. They were beautiful. I want one of them too. If I can ever remember what they were. I guess I will have to go Google.

One thing about the French, they can make some beautiful airplanes. All the way from Nieuports to Mirages, they always seem to consider the lines of the thing. as being equal in importance to the performance, if not more so.

I saw them at a Wings Over Houston, back in the day.

One of the names was something like Mallet Montaigne and his name.... I can't remember it, for the life of me.

Saludos,

Tulio

They were a fantastic duo, one of the best aerobatic teams I've ever seen. I saw them numerous times at Oshkosh in the 70's and 80's. Unfortunately, they both died in a mid-air collision.

Here is the NTSB report:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_i ... 1058&key=1

Golden rule of formation flying: Never lose sight of lead.

Tulio · **Joined:** Mon May 03, 2004 1:05 am **Posts:** 3236

WB1, while you were posting your answer, I was looking for photos of the aircraft; I know I have them, but probably not scanned, since I could not find any in my computer.

Yes, they were exceptionally good, their airshow performance was well received by the crowd and I stopped both days of the show, to watch them perform.

Thank you for the link to the NTSB's report.

Saludos,

Tulio

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