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Photographer: Jean-Michel Lefebvre ©
Date: 24 &
25 May 1972
Size: 135 B&W negatives
Subject: 1972
International General Aviation Exhibit
Place:
Cannes
Country: France
Caption:
Early in the morning, companies representatives are beside
aircraft to discuss the last good news and prepare new arguments
for visitors. Foreground the Robin all-metal HR. 200/125.
EDITORIAL
For this ultimate
part of the 1972 Cannes Air Show, some Piper products are here to
remember that the american manufacturers as Beechcraft and mainly
Cessna (closely associated in France with Reims-Aviation
producing Wichita designed aircraft since 1960 when it got a 49
percent holding in the US company) remained quite alive though
Avions Robin, SOCATA, Wassmer and Avions Mudry with their CAP
aerobatic aeroplanes gave to France an interesting position on
the world market. It was always a Golden Era for light and
general aviation fully promising to all of the protagonists
having exhibited their materials at Cannes...
During 1973, the Middle-East with its oil fields brought lasting
black and high cumulo-nimbus clouds in the grey matters of
aircraft manufacturers under a nevertheless blue sky all over the
world where people had to search, in the bottom of their pockets,
great amounts of money to continue to fly. This generated new
ideas and new materials to make that quite a number of people
continue to go in the air for their greatest pleasure...without
going to ruin.
Among these last pictures, two true oldies then always in
activity, one for pleasure with a Miles Gemini, the other for
service with a Nord 1101 Ramier which was nothing else than the
continuation, with a 240 hp Renault engine, of the Messerschmitt
208s manufactured in France during World War Two. From 1945-1946
SNCAN built 200 machines which were extensively used for liaisons
and communications by Armée de l'Air and other Official Services
closely linked with aeronautic until beginning of the sixties.
Since and as late as 1978-1980 some three dozens went
progressively to extinction with the state establishments CEV and
DCAN for a part of their communication needs.
JMJ Lefebvre
