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FPOST From France, joined Aug 2006, 6 posts, RR: 0
Posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 16837 times:

Just take a look at this site :http://forfaiture.freeservers.com
Thoses pics are about last AF 743 ferry flight to Chalons-Vatry. Before landing, the crew made 2 low pass over the runway at 50ft with pax on board!

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FCKC From France, joined Nov 2004, 2341 posts, RR: 4
Reply 1, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 16156 times:

Could you send the link to see the picture ? Thanks.

Cxb744 From United States of America, joined Apr 2006, 190 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 15926 times:

Sweeeeeet!!! Cool

Oh to be on board that flight.

What is it? It's A 747-400, but that's not important right now.

SpeedBird203 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 279 posts, RR: 2
Reply 3, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 15768 times:

Interesting Photos, what was the purpose for that low flying?

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Scbriml From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2003, 10387 posts, RR: 51
Reply 4, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 15613 times:

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There you go:
http://forfaiture.freeservers.com

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Cancidas From Poland, joined Jul 2003, 4112 posts, RR: 16
Reply 5, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 15001 times:

wish someone would do that at LGA... maybe cause some excitment for a change!

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N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25566 posts, RR: 87
Reply 6, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 14798 times:

Quoting Cancidas (Reply 5):
wish someone would do that at LGA... maybe cause some excitment for a change!

It would probably get them shot down.

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Virgin747 From Canada, joined Oct 1999, 294 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 14729 times:

atleast the airplane looks clean in the photos....

DeltaJet757 From United States of America, joined Sep 2006, 243 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 14464 times:

I would have loved to be on that plane doing low passes. If were the pilot I would do that all day or until my fuel got low. That looks like fun.

-DeltaJet757

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Goodbye From Australia, joined Jan 2001, 903 posts, RR: 14
Reply 9, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 14314 times:

Quoting SpeedBird203 (Reply 3):
Interesting Photos, what was the purpose for that low flying?

Quoting FPOST (Thread starter):
Thoses pics are about last AF 743 ferry flight to Chalons-Vatry.

Siafan From Netherlands, joined Mar 2001, 28 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 12356 times:

Quoting Virgin747 (Reply 7):
atleast the airplane looks clean in the photos....

That is very rare for an AF aircraft biggrin

Andz From South Africa, joined Feb 2004, 8230 posts, RR: 13
Reply 11, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 12314 times:

Low pass huh? Wink

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BAtriple7 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2005, 227 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 11790 times:

Quoting Virgin747 (Reply 7):
atleast the airplane looks clean in the photos....

LOL! My thoughts exactly Smile

MBJ2000 From Germany, joined Dec 2005, 421 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 11636 times:

Quoting Andz (Reply 11):
Low pass huh?

Wow that looks impressing, in fact it's so incredible it looks like a fake picture Smile

I hope, the plane didn't crash after doing that trick?!... Great looking SAA colours btw!

Greetings to the other hemisphere! Smile

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FlySSC From Lebanon, joined Aug 2003, 7179 posts, RR: 65
Reply 14, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 11378 times:

Quoting SpeedBird203 (Reply 3):
Interesting Photos, what was the purpose for that low flying?

That was the very last flight of this B747-300 (or should I say B-747-200SUD), F-BTDH.

The 4 aircraft operated by Air France were retired from service at the end of the summer.
F-BTDG and F-BTDH were ferried to XCR ( Châlon-Vatry) to be stored and scrapped.
F-GETA & F-GETB are for the moment stored at ORY, before the delivery to their now owner.

FPOST From France, joined Aug 2006, 6 posts, RR: 0
Reply 15, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 10808 times:

All of them are ex UTA aircrafts. I remember seeing GETA and GETB with "BIG BOSS" title , at CDG in the late 80's. souvenir souvenir...

FoxXray From France, joined May 2005, 343 posts, RR: 0
Reply 16, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 10779 times:

Quoting FPOST (Thread starter):
with pax on board

It wasn't "civil" pax, but some peoples (18) from AF (crew,...) that have worked, flown on the 742/743 during their career...

FPOST From France, joined Aug 2006, 6 posts, RR: 0
Reply 17, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 10655 times:

Yes!, a kind of Habsheim flight but this time Gauthier wasn't there..

Cumulus From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2006, 1402 posts, RR: 1
Reply 18, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 10067 times:

This is a better link:-

http://forfaiture.freeservers.com/foiredutrone.pdf

What Goes Up Must Come Down, Hopefully In One Piece!

Andz From South Africa, joined Feb 2004, 8230 posts, RR: 13
Reply 19, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 9630 times:

Quoting MBJ2000 (Reply 13):
it looks like a fake picture

Definitely not a fake, I have a video of the fly past as well as a TV program where they spoke to the crew during preparation for the flypast, including simulator footage

After Monday and Tuesday even the calendar says WTF...

Jfk777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 5966 posts, RR: 1
Reply 20, posted (5 years 3 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 9482 times:

Air France was served well by te 743 they inherited from UTA. Too bad they flew them to the Caribean and not for a more worthy mission with First Class to LAX and JFK.

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