Baptiste Salis – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com The latest in warbirds and historical aviation Sun, 22 Sep 2013 20:48:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WWN-icon-256-150x150.png Baptiste Salis – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com 32 32 Baptiste Salis reenacts Garros’ first flight across the Mediteranean Sea in Morane replica https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2013/09/22/baptiste-salis-reenacts-garros-first-flight-across-the-mediteranean-sea-in-morane-replica/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2013/09/22/baptiste-salis-reenacts-garros-first-flight-across-the-mediteranean-sea-in-morane-replica/#respond Sun, 22 Sep 2013 20:48:59 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=2025

Continue reading]]> Baptiste Salis, a well-known French vintage aircraft and warbird pilot, left from Fréjus in southern France this morning at 8:21 AM and landed and Bizerta in Tunisia at 4:05PM, reenacting Rolland Garros’ first flight across the Mediteranean Sea a hundred years ago on 23 September 1913.

Salis flew a Morane-Saulnier Type G replica built for this purpose by Réplic’Air. Aside from a more modern and reliable engine, the aircraft is identical to the one used by Garros a century ago.

This report was aired on France T shortly before the flight:

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