Se programmet som skal gjennomføres i Normandie: Fresville – France, December 15th, 2013 Concerns: Daks over Normandy Dear DC-3/C-47/Li-2 owners & operators Recently you have been contacted by one of us or by a third party to take part in our 70th D-day anniversary “Dakotas over Normandy” event and you are among those from whom we received the expression of intent to take part. After several months of planning and deliberating at various levels with the authorities, we have now been given the go-ahead as an integral part of all festivities and we can now commence working out the fundamentals of our organization and our event with you. Let us start with a summary of the current state of affairs; 1. Overall planning Planning has been agreed upon with the following local parties: DGAC (Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile), Aéroport Cherbourg Maupertus (SNC Lavallin), Conseil Général de la Manche, Ville de Carentan, Commune de Sainte Mère Eglise, Commune de Sainte Marie du Mont, Musée de Utah Beach, Office du Tourisme de Sainte Mère Eglise, Comité des fêtes de Gonneville (Maupertus), Aerobase Ecausseville, Lee Flying Association and Daedalus/Lee-on-Solent airfield. 2. Status As previously stated, the event is now officially scheduled and is part of the main events during the 70th anniversary of the D-day Invasion.. 3. Schedule (provisional) During the whole event, from the 4th to the 8th of June 2014, open hangar days and a DC-3/C-47 fly-in gathering will take place at the Cherbourg Maupertus Airport. It has been decided to start our event at the Lee on Solent – Portsmouth Deadalus Airfield in the UK, in order to cross the channel in the same tracks of the 8.000 C-47’s that made history in June 1944. Our Airshow and the planned parachute drops will be watched by hundreds of thousands of visitors expected in the Cotentin peninsula during the commemorative events. And our show will be a unforgettable one! This because it will be the first – and probably the very last – time the skies over Normandy will see so many DC-3/C-47’s again. Note: all times mentioned are approximate for now. June 2nd or 3rd (not later than 12.00 hrs. UK-time) 2014 Assembly of all participating DC-3/C-47’s and parachutists at Deadalus Lee-on- Solent Airfield, UK • On-airfield 70th anniversary memorial service. • All pilots’ briefings • All parachutist briefings ( all dressed in WWII replica uniforms ) • TV and Radio will be present • Other warbirds to be present as well • Joint dinner in the evening June 4th 2014 • Depart of all aircraft for formation cross Channel flight to open the 70th D-day commemorations in Normandy ( around 12.00 hrs. UK time / 13.00 French time) • 13.50 Formation overflies the coast at Utah Beach • 14.00 Parachute dropping from formation at Carentan • 14.30 Formation overflies Sainte Mère Eglise to Cherboug Maupertus airport. • 14.50 Landing Maupertus Cherbourg Airport June 5th 2014 This day is not scheduled as a “mandatory” sortie for all aircraft. Only those needed for the parachute drops are necessary to accomplish our commitments. Afternoon program • 13.20 Take-off • 13.50 Parachute drops on Azeville Batteries • 14.20 Landing Maupertus Cherbourg Evening program • 19.0 Takeoff • 19.30 Fly-by and Parachute drops at Utah Beach Museum • 20.00 Landing Maupertus Cherbourg June 6 th 2014 • 19.45 Takeoff 1st aircraft • 19.45 – 20.00 formation forming • Fly over Valognes – Montebourg – Picauville – Carentan – Sainte Côme du Mont • 20.30 Large Parachute drops at Sainte Marie du Mont • Return over Utah Beach – Sainte Mère Eglise • 21.00 Landing Maupertus Cherbourg June 7th 2014 This day is not scheduled as a “mandatory” sortie for all aircraft. Only those needed for the parachute drops are necessary to accomplish our commitments. • 13.20 Takeoff • 13.50 Parachute drops at Zeppelin Hangar site – Ecausseville • 14.20 landing Maupertus Cherbourg June 8th 2014 Morning program • 09.15 Takeoff 1st aircraft • 09.15 – 09.30 formation forming • 10.00 Large scale Parachute drops at La Fière • 10.30 Landing Maupertus Cherbourg Evening program • 17.30 Takeoff 1st aircraft • 17.30 – 17.45 formation forming • 18.15 Fly-by Sainte Mère Eglise of formation • 18.30 Free-fall parachutists drop from one aircraft • 18.45 Landing Cherbourg Maupertus • 20.00 Conclusion of DC-3/C-47 gathering Funding Notwithstanding we have overall excellent support from civilian authorities, we do not expect huge amounts of financial aid from them. We are in process of sponsoring requests with Boeing France and US, Dassault Aviation, Total Air Fuels and other potential sponsors. But at this stage, we are unable to foresee the budgets we will collect and afford to put into your costs. Therefore by now, we ask you all to forward your minimal financial needs to take part at this event, so we will commit ourselves to make it as affordable and realistic as possible to all parties. The members/parachutists (± 200) of the Round Canopy Parachuting Team, which is the organizing party, are our main sponsors and volunteers to contribute, we also have a huge interest of potential passengers. We therefore need to know if your aircraft is allowed to carry passengers and how many. In the meantime we recommend you also to do a personal research request for sponsorship. It might be an idea to get your trip to the UK/France paid by a number of passengers who want to spend a few days in Normandy for the event. We are working very hard at making this event a huge success and we trust this event will be a great one. The historic significance of it and the impact it will have on the aviation world will be enormous. But we are a non-profit organization and depend on you and our sponsors to make it all happen! Participating aircraft Some of you have been contacted directly by one of us and some have been contacted by third parties. We summarize the list of participating aircraft as listed here-under. Aircraft Owner / Operator Contact email F-GIDK Chalair Gilles Aubin [email protected] N147DC Aces High Mike Woodley / Andrew Dixon Acess-high@btconnect N473DC Dakota Heritage Ltd Paddy Green [email protected] F-AZTE France DC3 Yves Tariel / Jacques Lumbroso [email protected] G-AMPY RAF Transport command memorial David Petters info@raftransportcommandmemorial 42-100521 Night Fright Tom Woodhouse Kartmann_109@hotmail N-86U 1st Austrian DC3-Dakota Club Christian Indinger [email protected] PH-PBA / DDZ Dutch Dakota Association Harry Haas [email protected] LN-WND Dakota Norway Association Thorbjorn Larsen / Martin Nilsen [email protected] / m.nilsen@rocketmail N-5106X America Flight Museum Scott Glover [email protected] ZA 947 BBMF RAF RAF [email protected] C47-DC3 Belgian Air Classics Squadron Marc Marshal [email protected] OY-BPB DC-3 Vennerne Peter Lunoe / Henrik Hugger [email protected] / hugger2009@gmail HA-LIX Goldtimer Foundation Zoltan Sajtos [email protected] 9Q-CUK Vallentuna Aviatörförening Ake Jansson / Bo Hertzberg [email protected] OH-LCH DC-3 Association Finland Ari Arho / Hannu Heilala [email protected] SE-CFP Flygande Veteraner Gert Jonelid gert.jonelid@telia HB-IRJ Breitling DC-3 Peter Maeglin [email protected] N74589 Union Jack Dak Eric Zipkin ezipkin@flytradewind Questionnaire Could you please confirm in return your confirmation of participation intent along with the specifics of your aircraft and the answers to the following questions: 1. Do you confirm your participation in “Daks over Normandy” with your aircraft? 2. What is the configuration of your aircraft? • Passenger aircraft? If yes how many passengers are you allowed on board? • Cargo aircraft? Can you drop free-fall and/or static-line paras and how many are allowed? In case of static-line; how is your anchor line cable attached (please send photos) 3. How large is your crew? (we count with max. 4 per aircraft with regards to stay, which will be arranged) 4. What are the registration details of your aircraft? 5. We need copies of insurance / certificate of airworthiness / latest annual inspections passenger flights certificates, etc. 6. Will you bring extra passengers? How many? (They will have to make their own way in France) 7. What will be the minimum amount of money you require for participation? So far our questionnaire and the first stage of the event. I am sure more questions will follow. If you have any questions and/or remarks, please feel free to contact us at any time. We will send you an answer as fast as possible! We feel that this event is going to make a lasting impression and will place an unforgettable mark on all participating parties and individuals. We want to make it a huge success and sincerely hope you share our opinion by helping us and to attend! We are looking forward to your answer. With best regards, Round Canopy Parachuting Team / Daks over Normandy Hubert Achten Tel: +33 – 6 4818 5781 Peter Braun Tel: +31 – 6 2224 8580 NOTE! Please use the following e-mail address for all your correspondence: info@daksovernormandy
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 08:15:07 +0000
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