French aviation
For all the jokes about them, the French do aviation really really well.
First
helicopter to land on the summit of Mt. Everest -- that kind of thing... (video at the bottom of this post)
Here is a flyby of three of their current products -- Business Jet, Military Jet and an Autonomous Drone:
And the Everest summiting in 2005:
View full-screen on each. These people have the Right Stuff...
And a tip of the hat to
Bayou Renaissance Man for the link to the latest video.
Posted by DaveH at April 12, 2014 10:05 PM