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:

Sources:

• Le Parisien
• Agence TAP

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Source: Replic’Air

The French association Replic’Air recently finished the construction of a Morane-Saulnier Type G replica, which will be used to cross the Mediterranean sea on September 22, to commemorate the first crossing of that body of water by Roland Garros in 1913.

The replica is powered by a Rotec engine, which is similar to the original Gnome engine but offers greater reliability. The first flight should occur in the next few days, and will be followed by trials in preparation for the overseas flight, which should last 8 hours.

Sources:

• Piloter Mag
• Replic’Air website