Simviation Forum - All Good Things Must End (last from Sussex)

Jan 27^th, 2005 at 9:51pm

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Here are some shots of the beautiful shapes created by aerobatic flight. I can't identify planes or pilots, except for the last one...

formation hammerhead and starburst:

lomchevak (?) and inverted flat spin:

This last is special to me... it's the only in-flight shot I have of Daniel Heligoin and Montaine Mallet, who for 26 years flew a husband-and-wife aerial ballet as "the French Connection" in a pair of Mudry CAP-10s. To say they were superb would be an understatement. Their signature maneuver was this canopy-to-canopy 360-degree circle, and believe it or not, they often got much, much closer than this (there are better shots online- check 'em out). I will freely admit that I cried when I heard these two lovebirds had been killed in 2000 during a practice session... something went wrong, and they collided with no room to recover or bail out. Cry

But we should all be so lucky as to live- and die- as beautifully as they did: sharing a creative passion with the one you love, and many spellbound fans.
Adieu, mes amis, et merci!

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Reply #1 - Jan 28^th, 2005 at 6:26am

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Nice series of shots old chap. Reading the story behind the last one brought a lump to my throat. Tragic but at least they went out together doing something they obviously loved.

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Reply #2 - Jan 30^th, 2005 at 12:13pm

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the two biplanes are Pitts specials...i used to service them, they are based at N07 LincolnPark, usually they fly by 4's, or they did when i worked there...they went u every sunday afternoon....

great pix!

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Reply #3 - Jan 30^th, 2005 at 6:46pm

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the two biplanes are Pitts specials...i used to service them, they are based at N07 LincolnPark, usually they fly by 4's, or they did when i worked there...they went u every sunday afternoon....

great pix!

How weird that I never saw them there; I learned to fly mostly at N07, back in the mid-90s.

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Reply #4 - Jan 31^st, 2005 at 8:49am

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Yes, nice photos, but is a tragical moment Shocked

I'm sorry for your friends. I hope that an least they are doing something that they enjoy, its the important! Sad

BYE!!

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Reply #5 - Jan 31^st, 2005 at 6:44pm

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[quote author=Falcon_ctba link=board=photos;num=1106880703;start=0#4 date=01/31/05 at 08:49:55I'm sorry for your friends. I hope that an least they are doing something that they enjoy, its the important! Sad

BYE!! [/quote]

I didn't mean to suggest that D. Heligoin and M. Mallet were my personal friends; I never met them, just saw them perform a few times. I know I said "mes amis", but that was just an expression, I guess. Does that make any sense? Embarrassed

Anyway, I agree: considering their profession and their relationship, it was a fitting if sad way to go... bittersweet.

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Reply #6 - Jan 31^st, 2005 at 7:41pm

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How weird that I never saw them there; I learned to fly mostly at N07, back in the mid-90s.

u know thos little private hangers on the side of the runway? (the side facing Beaverbrook Rd) standing at wagner airways looking towards the town of lincoln park...sorry i lost my bearings with the place, i havent been there for over 3 years now..but anyway, they used to fit 2 pitts by hanger, and there were 4 of them, they were kept in the last 2 hangers away from eevryone and everything. kinda near the old polished cessna 170.... the guys werent very nice to visitors, but theysure knew what they were doing in the air... hahaha ill try to scan some pix i have of those guys...

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Reply #7 - Feb 5^th, 2005 at 2:07am

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Huh. Never saw them there. But there used to be some other cool planes there: a Mentor, a Tiger Moth, a beautiful C195... please do post some more pics of those Pittseses (?), i'd like to see them.

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Reply #8 - Feb 5^th, 2005 at 6:45pm

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Great shots, always nice seeing airshow pics:)

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Reply #9 - Feb 6^th, 2005 at 12:45am

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Glad to hear that; I just remembered today that I still have an old VHS tape from the '94 Sussex show (official copy). Gonna post some (poor quality) caps from that very soon...

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