Paris: images of the training of the Patrouille de France above the capital

2023-08-29 00:17:29

Many Parisians were surprised on Monday morning when they saw clouds of blue, white and red colors trailing behind Patrouille de France planes in the sky of the capital. It was training for the performance that the Air Force training will give for the launch of the Rugby World Cup on September 8, 2023. The Patrouille de France published a video on Monday of their training.

“We share with you the images of our training of the day above Paris in the run-up to an important event which will bring together thousands of people, in which we will have the honor of participating to deploy the largest French flag”, a thus published the Patrouille de France on X (formerly Twitter), in the early evening this Monday, referring to the Rugby World Cup.

[⏱️ J-11] We share with you the images of our training of the day above Paris as we approach an important event which will bring together thousands of people, in which we will have the honor of participating to deploy the largest French flag ????????

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– Patrouille de France (@PAFofficiel) August 28, 2023

This video of around forty seconds shows the devices, under an unfortunately very gray sky, dragging their “blue white red” colors above the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), nerve center of the competition, but also above the Invalides and the Montparnasse station.

Many Parisians had expressed in the morning on social networks, in particular on X, of their astonishment to see the Patrouille de France above the capital on another day than July 14. “The Patrouille de France in the Parisian sky this Monday morning! Was there a particular reason? asks himself thus @Pierre_Ad. “Why was the Patrouille de France over Paris? » wondered another.

The Patrouille de France, legendary acrobatic formation of the French Air Force created in 1931, is in formation composed of eight fighter planes performing perfectly synchronized aerial tricks. Every complex maneuver and precise turn is the result of years of rigorous training.