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[SIZE=3]Les chevaliers du ciel[/SIZE]

The Armee de l'Aire would like to formally invite the nations of the world to attend the second biennial Les chevaliers du ciel gathering in France. This event will be open to sixteen teams (or more, if the response is high enough) as a gathering of talented military pilots.

Overview:
Each country can send only one team, consisting of four to six pilots, who will be scored as a team for a variety of events. These events will be held in three stages, each held in different venues across France. Scoring will emphasize teamwork and training of the pilots

- Stage One: Held at Salon-de-Provence Air Base, July 8-9. Consists of an offshore course of pylons between Marseilles and Toulon. The team will set a measured speed prior to the race, and will then try to complete the circuit as close as possible to that average speed.
- Stage Two: Held at Dijon Air Base, July 10-11. Pilots will receive a measured quantity of ammunition, and will shoot at a towed target sleeve. The team will receive points based on the percentage of hits on the target sleeve.
- Stage Three: Held at Vélizy-Villacoublay Air Base (near Paris), July 12-13. This consists of an aerobatic competition to be judged by a panel of twelve observers selected by lot.
- Stage Four: Held at Vélizy-Villacoublay Air Base (near Paris), July 14. Special airfield open house for Bastille Day.

Requirements:
- All planes must be in regular service with the country of origin's air force; all pilots must be employed as active-duty military pilots.
- A minimum of four and maximum of six planes and pilots can be entered. If a plane breaks down, then one substitute aircraft is allowed so long as the pilot list remains the same.
- All planes must have at least one machine gun (for stage two).
- Planes must have two engines or fewer, and a maximum of two crewmen.

Notes:
Although modern fighter aircraft are presumed, the nature of the competition means that advanced fighter trainers are not going to be disadvantaged in scoring.

To Enter:
- Nationality: ____
- Team Name (if applicable): ____
- Pilots: ____ - include team leader
- Aircraft Flown: ____

(Aircraft specs also requested).

[SIZE=3]Attendees:[/SIZE]

Team One:
- Nationality: France
- Team Name: Groupe Rafale
- Pilots: Edmond Marin la Meslée (team leader), Louis Delfino, Roland de la Poype, Pierre Le Gloan, Marcel Albert
- Aircraft Flown: Arsenal VB.23 Rafale

Team Two:
- Nationality: Germany
- Team Name: Donnerschlag
- Pilots: Manfred Mossinger (team leader), Werner Roell, Alexander Gläser, Gerhard Stüdemann, Werner Dedekind, Hermann Langemann
- Aircraft Flown: Focke-Wulf Fw190F

Team Three:
- Nationality: Yugoslavia
- Team Name: Vitezi Zraka
- Pilots: Mihailo Lukic (team leader), Bogoljub Vukovic, Zarko Majstorovic, Dragoslav Miljkovic, Dusan Isakovic, Milenko Varjacic
- Aircraft Flown: Soko Orao

Team Four:
- Nationality: United Kingdom
- Team Name: RAF Fighter Demonstration Flight
- Pilots: Roland Prosper Beamont (team leader), John Randall Braham, George Cecil Unwin, John Fraser Drummond, Frederick Higginson, Michael Nicholson Crossley
- Aircraft Flown: Hawker Tempest F.Mk.II

Team Five:
- Nationality: Argentina
- Team Name: The Jaguars
- Pilots: Luis Jezi, (team leader), Eduardo Colombo, Rodriquez Valdez, Franco de Martini, Eduardo Williams, Sebastian Martinelli
- Aircraft Flown: FMA I-02II Pulqui

Team Six:
- Nationality: Japan
- Team Name: 4th Air Squadron
- Pilots: Kato Tateo (Leader), Shibata Katsu, Imai Haruo, Murata Satoshi, Iwasaki Masao, Sano Yoshiro
- Aircraft Flown: Nakajima Ki-84.

Team Seven:
- Nationality: Italy
- Team Name: Aquilae Romani
- Pilots:Luigi Bergamini (Flight Leader), Gusepie Salvi, Michael D'Aguilero, Faustino Barton, Tancredi Sacconi, Talib Di Mercurio
- Aircraft Flown: Fiat G.55 Centauro Serie III

Team Eight:
- Nationality: Canada
- Team Name: Rogue Flight
- Pilots: Reginald Antilles, Corran Horn, Soontir Fel, June Eclipse, Mark Stele, Shira Brie
- Aircraft Flown: de Havilland Canada CF-8 "Rhamphorhynchus"

Team Nine:
- Nationality: Nordmark
- Team Name: Training Team Six
- Pilots: Daniel Wendt (flight commander), Albin Wiland, Tore Stoltenberg, Eero Niinisto
- Aircraft Flownaab 21F

Team :
- Nationality:
- Team Name:
- Pilots:
- Aircraft Flown:

Germany and Yugoslavia propose the following entries.

Nationality: German
Team Name: Donnerschlag
Pilots: Oberstleutnant Manfred Mossinger (team leader), Major Werner Roell, Oberleutnant Alexander Gläser, Leutnant Gerhard Stüdemann, Leutnant Werner Dedekind and Leutnant Hermann Langemann
Aircraft: Focke-Wulf Fw190F


Nationality: Yugoslav
Team Name: Vitezi Zraka
Pilots: Major Mihailo Lukic (team leader), Captain Bogoljub Vukovic, Lieutenant Zarko Majstorovic, Sergeant Dragoslav Miljkovic, Sergeant Dusan Isakovic, and Sergeant Milenko Varjacic
Aircraft: Soko Orao

Great Britain and Argentina will enter the following;

Nationality: British
Team Name: RAF Fighter Demonstration Flight
Pilots: Wing Commander (Acting) Roland Prosper "Bee" Beamont (team leader), Squadron Leader John Randall 'Bob' Braham, Squadron Leader George Cecil 'Grumpy' Unwin, Flight Lieutenant John Fraser Drummond, Flight Lieutenant Frederick 'Taffy' Higginson and Flight Lieutenant Michael Nicholson Crossley
Aircraft: Hawker Tempest F.Mk.II


Nationality: Argentine
Team Name: The Jaguars
Pilots: Capitan de Aero Luis Jezi, (team leader), Major de Aero Eduardo Colombo, Lieutenant de Aero Rodriquez Valdez, Lieutenant de Aero Franco de Martini, Lieutenant Eduardo Williams and Lieutenant Sebastian Martinelli
Aircraft: FMA I-02II Pulqui

Specifications

Hawker Tempest F.Mk.II
1x 2,420hp Rolls-Royce Griffon III; max speed 466mph at 24,500ft; range 625 miles (1,500 with external tanks) and service ceiling 36,500-38,000ft. [If you need weight figures Brock let me know and I'll send them]

FMA I-02II
1x 1,500hp Spartan 1500S-SS; max speed 423mph at 15,000 feet; service ceiling 37,500ft; rate of climb 3,054 per minute at 1,500ft; range 664 miles full fuel load. Wing loading 35.5 lb/sq ft; power loading 0.21 lb/hp. Weights: empty 6,017lbs, maximum take-off 7,500lbs

- Nationality: Italian
- Team Name : Aquilae Romani
- Pilots: General Luigi "Caesar" Bergamini (Flight Leader), Tenente Gusepie "Rapace" Salvi, Tenente Michael "Drago" D'Aguilero, Capitano Faustino "Piccol"o Barton, Capitano Tancredi "Incanto" Sacconi, Capitano Talib "Sabbia" Di Mercurio
- Aircraft Flown: Fiat G.55 Centauro Serie III

Team Pi:
- Nationality: Canadian
- Team Name: Rogue Flight
- Pilots:


Cmdr. Reginald "Wedge" Antilles, 1/65th Fighter Group (CO)


Lt. Corran "CorSec" Horn, 1/65th Fighter Group


Cmdr Soontir "Baron" Fel, 2/181st Fighter Group (CO)


Lt. June "Juno" Eclipse, 2/181st Fighter Group


Cmdr. Mark "Reach" Stele, 3/181st Fighter Group (CO)


Lt. Shira "Lumiya" Brie, 3/181st Fighter Group


- Aircraft Flown: de Havilland Canada CF-8 "Rhamphorhynchus"

Nationality: Nordish
Team Name: Lararlag Sex
Pilots: Major Daniel Wendt (flight commander), Kapten Albin Wiland, Kapten Tore Stoltenberg, Kapten Eero Niinisto
Aircraft: Saab 21F


- 'Training Team Six' is considered the seniormost of the six instruction cadres responsible for training Nordish military pilots; Lararlag En provides initial aptitude testing and glider instruction, and Lararlag Tva is responsible for qualifying pilots for powered, instrument, and long-distance flight, completing basic flight training. Lararlag Tre qualifies pilots for multi-engine aircraft types, Lararlag Fyra teaches bombing techniques, Lararlag Fem provides carrier qualification, and Lararlag Sex is the primary fighter school. In their copious free time, the instructors hone their own skills using aerobatics.

Added. Thanks to all who've chosen to participate so far.

Nationality: American
Team Name: Wild Blue Yonder
Pilots: Captain Thomas McGuire, (team leader) Captain Richard I. Bong, Captain Francis Gabreski, Major Richard S. Johnson, Major Charles H. MacDonald, Major George Preddy.
Aircraft: North American P-51D

Nationality: Romanian
Team Name: Vlad Tepe
Pilots: Captain Prince Constantin Cantacuzino (team leader), Captain Alexandru ^erbnescu, Captain Horia Agarici, Captain Ioan Dicezare, Captain Ion Di Cesare, Captain Constantin Lungulescu
Aircraft: Bloch M.B. 157

Merci!