French Connection Formation Aerobatics - in Cockpit

Over Hudson River, north of Poughkeepsie, NY. VERY bumpy day. Maneuvers include loop, hammerhead, barrel roll, cloverleaf, mirror turn, takeoff, landing. Source for this edit: VHS dub. Aircraft: Mudry CAP10B Airport: Dutchess County (KPOU) Camcorder: Canon 8mm, wide angle.

They had a request from a French TV station that needed footage as soon as possible. I was one of their long-time students and photographers. They gave me very little warning to get to the airport. After the flight, I quickly made a VHS dub of the original 8mm tape before it was sent overseas overnight.

In Memory of Daniel Héligoin & Montaine Mallet, pilots.
Tribute website: http://www.frobbi.org/dm

...Old version of video had 38,549 views after 2 years when this version went public. As of June 25, 2011, it has 50,130 views.

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• airshow
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• Daniel
• Héligoin
• Montaine
• Mallet
• French
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• Airshow

[JBtheProducer]

very cool! i love when aerobatic performers have on board cameras!

[skipfrii]

Thanks for sharing this, It wa really great!

[dont1ab]

Thank you, Robbie for posting this video. Daniel and Montaine were truly the best team who ever flew. I had the pleasure of meeting them in '83 after Sun 'n Fun, and took a lesson in 151NA. It was the most fun I ever had!

[DaveFromBrooklyn]

Too close for comfort at around 4:30. They were even more awesome when they performed 50 ft off the ground.

[Phil24MAD]

Great vid! I saw them perform in Smyrna,

TN when I was a kid. Just incredible.