July 10th & 11th, 2008
Pionneers of Aviation air show
A unique world event at Le Mans airport in July 2008 !
. The Pioneers of Aviation Air Show would be held at Le Mans airport from 9th to 11th or 12th July 2008. It would be an exceptional meeting of unique flying airplane replicas representing the debuts of aviation history. It would be a first event of that type in world where all pioneers of aviation from France, America and rest of world would be honored.
. To date are already part of the program :
- the Wright Flyer III of 1908-1909 flying replica manufactured by Le Mans Sarthe Aero Retro teamwork (France); the only flying replica in world of that Wright Flyer version (10,000 hours of labour by volunteers, 66 flights until end 2007);
- the Demoiselle Santos-Dumont flying replica made by the passioned Instituto Arruda Botelho teamwork of Sao Paulo (Brazil); this replica made already several successful flights including the exhibition of La Ferté Alais (Essonne, France) on end June 2007; this would be an exceptional contribution of Brazil to the Le Mans Sarthe Wright 2008 Centennial;
- the Bleriot XI "Pegoud" of 1909, a top quality and remarkable airplane piloted by the masters of the famous AJBS teamwork (Jean Salis, La Ferté Alais, Essonne, France);
. Presence of many personnalities and delegations from France and abroad, including many pilots and several world known astronauts.
. Miscellaneous activities including the presence of 60 classic automobiles made between 1895 and 1914, with the members of Ancestors Association Cup 72 et several classic automobile clubs coming from United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium and Netherlands. A special hug for Bollée family classic automobiles : Amédée Bollée, Léon Bollée,...
. Le Mans airport party with all organizations in charge of aviation in this part of France : gliders, airplanes, ULM, French Air Force, etc...
