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Patrouille de France pilot ejects
« on: April 14, 2010, 12:15:13 AM »
A member of the French Air Force Display Team Patrouille de France had to eject from their aircraft after it suffered "a mechanical defect".
 
Thankfully the pilot was not seriously injured-the incident happened on a training flight and did not involve any other aircraft.
 
Coming after accidents involving the Brazilian Team and The Red Arrows,it hasn`t been a great year for Air Force display teams. :(
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Re: Patrouille de France pilot ejects
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2010, 08:58:25 AM »
Haven't heard anything about an incident involving the Brazilian Team.

What happened?
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Re: Patrouille de France pilot ejects
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2010, 01:24:28 PM »
One of the pilots was killed in a display on 2nd April.
 
More info here:
 
http://fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=287&t=9374&start=0
 
WARNING-This site has links to a video of the accident which might upset some people-just a friendly warning.
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