Mâcon: everyone airborne!
Friday 20 July 2018
The 23th edition of the Tour has set up base in Mâcon, with the traditional gathering of the organisation on Thursday and of the pilots on Friday for a departure on Saturday. 137 machines are expected, for a total of about 270 people in the air and on the ground. As for many weeks now, it is very hot and a sharp deterioration with thunderstorms is forecast for the end of the day this Friday. The machines are strapped down and the Tour organisation is getting under way as normal. Pilot briefing planned for 7 pm and tomorrow: "everyone airborne!"
There is a very complete article on the Tour on aerobuzz:
Sébastien Perrot
The biplanes are joined by a newcomer
The line-up of gyroplanes
Part of the youth team
The weight-shift pilots lay their wings on the ground
Threatening sky
We pass between the storms
8km from here, winds of 110km/h with hail
The "Tous en vol" team
