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Title: Ministry of the Air |
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Description: Ministry of the Air, Air Festival, organized by the Ministry of the Air as a benefit for the works of the Aeronautic Charity, under the Chairmanship of the President of the French Republic with the support of the general aeronautic delegation of the 1937 Exposition. SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1937. VILLACOUBLAY, from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Seat Prices: ... Combination tickets available at reduced prices from the State Railroad. The July 1937 Air Festival at the Villacoublay Airfield, sponsored by the French Air Ministry, was an impressive display of French air power, skill, and equipment. Highlights of the festival were acrobatic stunts on military aircraft such as the new fighter plane shown flying upside down on the poster, as well as parachute jumps, and flights in formation by Air Army squadrons. Among the spectators were French President M.A. Lebrun and the Sultan of Morocco. |
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