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A Breguet Alizé preserved in Southern France by the CAEA. (Photo Jérome (CC BY-NC-BD 2.0))

The Bréguet Alizé n°59, restored by Alizé Marine, flew again last Saturday in Nîmes. Two test flights were made, lasting 12 and 30 minutes. The flights were made by Jean Ivars, a former French Navy pilot, and were satisfactory.

The aircraft will possibly be presented at the Salon du Bourget airshow this summer in Paris.

More info and photos can be found on Philippe Chapleau’s blog (in French).

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A Breguet Alizé preserved in Southern France by the CAEA. (Photo Jérome (CC BY-NC-BD 2.0))

The association Breguet Alizé, which is mostly composed of former French Navy personnel, has been working for the last few months on restoring their Breguet Alizé ASW aircraft back to flying status.

Engine runs and taxiing tests began at the end of 2012 and the association has now received permission to make test flights with the aircraft.

The Alizé entered service in 1959 with the French Navy and served until 2000. To our knowledge, no Alizé is currently flying although several aircraft are preserved both in France and in India, the Alizé’s only export customer.

Source (with photo): http://lignesdedefense.blogs.ouest-france.fr