Fouga Magister down in French air show

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Video is in the second link, below.

The Fouga Magister plane came down shortly before 5pm local time during a performance at the Lavandou air show
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The plane was part of a warm up act for the Patrouille de France, the precision aerobatics unit of the French Air Force, which was due to perform for the 80th anniversary of the Provence Landings.



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Bummer. Jammed controls would probably prompt an ejection, so my hunch would also be gloc.

Not a good few days over there, aviation-wise. They also had two Rafale jets collide mid-air a couple days ago, the two crew in one of them did not survive.
 
Ejecting may not have been an option since Fouga Magisters did not come with ejection seats as standard equipment.
 
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