Patrouille de France
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the 2010 sponsor, attends a demonstration at Salon-de-Provence (2 April 2010)
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, who is the sponsor of the Patrouille de France for 2010, attended a demonstration by the French Air Force’s acrobatics team in Salon-de-Provence on Friday 2 April. It was the pilots of the Patrouille de France that drew the head of Astérix in the sky on the 50th anniversary of the famous Goscinny and Uderzo cartoon.
Carla et pilotes de la patrouille de France
Since 25 November 2009, the Patrouille has been commanded by a woman, Commandant Virginie Guyot. Since this is unique in the world, the TV director Michel Drucker had the idea of introducing the two women, France’s first lady and the first lady of the air, at Base 701 in Salon-de-Provence, for a Vivement dimanche programme dedicated to the Patrouille de France, which will be broadcast in June.
