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Guynemer’s motto – “FAIRE FACE”

Sep 11

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in A - Basic user, A1, A2, about PLS/SLP, ACADEMICS, AERONAUTICS, AIR FORCES, AIRCRAFT, AIRCREW, Armée de l'Air, Aviation, B - Independent user, B1, B2, Belgium, CAEA et BIA, DCL, Dogfighting, EUAFA, Eur. AFs, FAFA, FCE, Feats, FIGHTERS, France, HISTORY, LISTEN, Luftwaffe, Military, Misc., MISCELLANEOUS, PERSONNEL, PLS 1 / SLP 1, PLS 2 / SLP 2, PLS 3 / SLP 3, READ, Schools, Wars, WW1 | No Comments

The WWI French ace Georges Guynemer used to say:

“Il y a une limite à toute chose, et il faut toujours la dépasser.” “Everything has a limit which has always got to be surpassed.”
“Lorsque l’on n’a pas tout donné, on n’a rien donné.” “As long as you have not given your all, you have given nothing”

Last but not least, captain Guynemer’s most famous phrase – “Faire face” “Face up to it” was then adopted by the French Air Force Academy (FAFA) as their motto. A few words that well expresses the French pilots’ bravery.

Loyal to these principles, the French ace took part in several hundreds of aerial combats, crediting 53 victories. He was shot down seven times, and he was admired for he always survived, but that September 11… The hero took off once again. Outnumbered by German warplanes in a last dogfighting over Belgium. Then, he fell.

RIP

Tags: Aces, Aerial, Anglais facile, Armée de l'air, Bravery, Cigogne, Combal, Courage, Devise, EA, Ecole de l'air, EMA, FAFA, Faire face, FRANCE, French, FRENCH AIR FORCE, French Air Force Academy, Guynemer, HISTORY, Legion d'honneur, LISTEN, Medaille militaire, Motto, MS3, N3, Palmes, Parasol, Recce 233 Savoie, SPAD, Stork, Video, Vieux Charles, WW1, WWI

Article published in the latest Air Salon, the French Air Force Academy magazine (click on the article below to enlarge)

Jul 19

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in A2, Aero & military publications, B1, B2, EUAFA, FAFA, FUN, General English, Internet, Magazines, PLS 2 / SLP 2, PLS 3 / SLP 3, READ | No Comments

Tags: Academies, AIR FORCE, EOAA, EUAFA, FAFA, French Air Force Academy, Magazines, Military, PLS 2222, PLS 3333, Prepaplsanglais, PUBLICATIONS, READ, Recce 233 Savoie, Salon de Provence

Student pilots’ shoulder patch: EOPN 2008C

Jun 27

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in ACADEMICS, AIR FORCES, Armée de l'Air, Badges & patches, Eur. AFs, FAFA, Military, Misc., PHOTOS, Schools | No Comments

Patch_No_brain_no_fear_08C As I have been craving for displaying some badges and patches online, it is high time I started up a new category dedicated to this kind of arts, and it is an honor for the FIRST patch I have added on this purpose comes from student pilots – namely the excellent EOPN 2008C entry, recovering the famous motto “NO BRAIN, NO FEAR!”. Good luck to them all as they are compelled to pass several exams (by the way, a minimum of TOEIC 550 is required) and ratings through a long and demanding curriculum.

Tags: Badges, Brain, EOPN, Fear, Patches, PHOTOS, Pilotes, Pilots, Recce 233 Savoie, Student, Student pilot, TOEIC

FEMMES PILOTES dans l’ARMEE DE L’AIR

Jun 24

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in AIR FORCES, AIRCRAFT, Alpha Jet, Armée de l'Air, Eur. AFs, F1CR, FAFA, France, G-120A, Military, NEWS, PERSONNEL, Schools, WOMEN | No Comments

A NE MANQUER SOUS AUCUN PRETEXTE:

Ce soir, mercredi 24 juin 2009

sur FRANCE 3 à 20h35

Un magnifique documentaire consacré aux portraits de 5 femmes pilotes de l’armée de l’air. Elles ont été suivies tout au long d’une année lors de différentes opérations et situations.On ne souligne jamais assez le courage de ces femmes qui ont décidé à un moment de leur vie de partir à la fois à la conquête de l’air et à la défense de leur pays. Il n’existe dans ce blog qu’un tag consacré aux femmes et seuls quelques articles les mettaient en valeur. Dans la future version de Prepa PLS Anglais, une section entière de la branche “Topics” sera consacrée aux femmes qui ont marqué l’histoire de l’aviation et toutes celles qui oeuvrent dans l’aéronautique ou/et les armées. Pour tout ce qu’elles ont déjà accompli, on ne peut que dire “Chapeau bas, mesdames!”
Ne manquez pas à 20h35 sur la 3 le reportage de ce soir. Certainement TRES INTERESSANT !

Tags: Alpha Jet, Armée de l'air, Brétigny, Cognac, Ecole, Escadron, F1, F1CR, Female, Féminin, Femme, Français, France 3, G-120A, Grob, Ladies, Mirage, N'Djamena, NEWS, PAF, Patrouille de France, Pilotage, Pilotes, Pilots, Recce 233 Savoie, Reconnaissance, Reims, Salon de Provence, Tchad, TV, Woman, WOMEN

FRENCH DEFENCE 2009

Apr 26

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in A400M, about PLS/SLP, ACADEMICS, AIR FORCES, AIRCRAFT, Armée de l'Air, ARMS, ARMY, CARGO, CFSP / ESDP, DETERRENCE, EU, EUAFA, Eur. AFs, EW, EXAMS, FAFA, FIGHTERS, French Defence 2009, GLOBAL, HELICOPTERS, Humanitarian, ISR, J1 Personnel, J2 Intelligence, J3 Operations, J4 Logistics, J5 Planning, J6 CIS, J7 Training, J8 BUDFIN, J9 CIMIC, Military, Mirage, Misc., MISCELLANEOUS, MULTIROLE, NATO, NAVY, NEWS, NRBC, Peacekeeping, PLS 3 / SLP 3, PLS 4 / SLP 4, RAF, Rafale, READ, S3, Schools, SERVICES, TANKERS, THEATERS, TRAINERS, UAVs, WARFARE | No Comments

Philippe ROSTAING has made a superb piece of workmanship once again. He has just written this file called “French Defence 2009″. This document is rather dedicated to SLP 4 preparation (PLS 4). However, this publication will undoubtedly help those who want to make headway in English as well as in their knowledge of the French military and defence. Click on the book on your left to download French Defence 2009

Contents:

1. French Defence Organization
2. French Defence Policy (including the White Paper 2008)
3. The French Army
4. The French Air Force
5. The French Navy
6. The French Gendarmerie
7. Intelligence and the French Intelligence Community

Mr Rostaing and Prepa PLS anglais are very grateful to LA DOCUMENTATION FRANCAISE and its magazine QUESTIONS INTERNATIONALES. Special thanks to Jean Berton (from La documentation française) who gracefully allowed us to copy paste their brilliant French intelligence community diagram which is available on the 35th Questions Internationales, page 47. For those who want to beg him for the keys of the FRENCH DEFENCE 2009 exercices, they can send him a mail to this address: philippe.rostaing2@laposte.net

Philippe Rostaing teaches military English at the French Air Force Academy (EOAA – Salon de Provence). He was an English teacher at the military college of St Cyr Coetquidan. Last but not least he wrote a fabulous French-English / English-French dictionary of land forces.

Please, visit these sources: http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/ and http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/revues-collections/questions-internationales/index.shtml

Tags: 2000N, A400M, Air 2010, AIR FORCE, ALAVIA, ALFAN, ALFOST, ALFUSCO, ALINDIEN, ALPACI, ARA, ARMY, ASMP, ASMPA, ASW, AWACS, BAN, CBRN, CDAOA, CDS, CECLANT, CECMED, CEMA, CEMAA, CEMM, CFA, CFAS, CFSP, CHOD, CJCS, CNR, COMIA, COMINT, CoS, Counter terrorism, CRC, CSFA, CT, Cyber warfare, DCRI, DGA, DGAC, DGGN, DGSE, DNRED, DOM-TOM, DPSD, DRHAA, DRM, Drones-UAVs, E-3F, EEZ, ELINT, Elysée, EOAA, EPIGN, ESDP, EU, EW, Exercises, FAN, FELIN, FORFUSCO, FOST, Foudre, French, Gendarmerie, GEOINT, Georges Leygues, GIGN, HERACLES, HUMINT, IAA, IMINT, Inspectorate, Intelligence, ISSAA, IT, Jeanne d'Arc, Jeopardy, Law & order, LICORNE, LIMPOPO, LO, LPD, MALE, Medical, Military, Mirage 2000, MRTT, MTA, NATO, NAVY, NCO, NH90, NICT, NRBC, Orage, OSINT, PESC, PESD, Philippe ROSTAING, PLS 4444, PN, PUBLICATIONS, QI, RGPP, ROEM, ROHUM, ROIM, ROSO, Rostaing, SAGF, SAMP, SGA, SGDN, SGDSN, SIAE, SIGINT, SIMMAD, SNA, SSBN, SSN, SUE, Super Etendard, SWAT, TECHINT, TRACFIN, Trades, Traduction, TRIFOM, UAV, Vigipirate, White paper

THE SKY’S THE LIMIT

Apr 6

Posted by Recce 233 Savoie in about PLS/SLP, ACADEMICS, Aero & military publications, AERODYNAMICS, AERONAUTICS, AIR FORCES, Air TRAFFIC, AIRCRAFT, AIRFRAME, ATC, AVIONICS, Bilingual, Dictionaries, ENGINES, EXAMS, FAFA, Fuselage, ICAO levels, Land., Military, Misc., MRO, Nav., PLS 4 / SLP 4, Radars, READ, Schools, Sensors, Tail, TECHNICAL English, The sky's the limit, Wings | No Comments

François MAGUIN kindly allowed me to post his compact military aviation glossary for quick reference (click on the aircraft and/or the “passenger” below).

Mr Maguin is a highly experienced English teacher at the French air force school of management and administration, and at the EOAA (French Air Force Academy – Salon de Provence) as well. He brilliantly translated Hamlet into French – a best-seller among the bilingual books. He has been involved in many works, groups and projects. This military aviation glossary should regularly be updated, the sky being the limit indeed. This publication is deemed to become no less than a must.

All my gratitude, and heartfelt thanks for all his efforts in supporting me and this blog so many times. Click on the man riding the aircraft above in order to download this military aviation glossary “The sky’s the limit“.

Tags: Administration, AERONAUTICS, Air, AIRCRAFT, AIRFRAME, Aviation, Avion, AVIONICS, Bilingual, Dictionnaries, EGAAA, Engine, EOAA, François MAGUIN, Fuselage, Gear, Glossaries, Jet, Landing, Lexiques, Maguin, Management, Military, MLG, PUBLICATIONS, Radars, Tail, TECHNICAL English, Traduction, Wings

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