At La Ferte Alais on 18 May, the Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis' AD-4N Skyraider BuNo 124143/F-AZDP flew for the first time in almost four years. This, of course, was the aircraft involved in the mid-air collision with P-51 D Mustang Big Beautiful Doll at IWM Duxford's Flying Legends show in July 2011. Following the incident, the aircraft had a loaned outer starboard wing section fitted at Duxford as a temporary measure, enabling it to fly out on 30 September that year. However, upon returning to La Ferte it remained grounded pending acquisition of a new replacement wing section. This was made at the end of 2014 and the aircraft returned to the air. A successful test flight by Bernard Vurpillot on 18 May preceded the Skyraider's participation at La Ferte's Meeting Aerien (see the Events pages) the following weekend.
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