Le deux evenements étaient seperé par cinq jours (sortie des avions de chasse le 4 mai et le toit du nouveau centre commercial s’effondre le 9 mai.) Mais sans doute le raison.
“Bang” supersonique entendu des Landes à la Vendée
Deux Rafales de la base de Mont-de-Marsan ont franchi le mur du son à basse altitude, provoquant une détonation. © Reuters – Jean-Paul Pelissier
Un avion de ligne a perdu pendant quelques minutes un signal radio ce dimanche. Suivant une procédure en vigueur depuis le 11 septembre, un Rafale a alors décollé de la base aérienne de Mont-de-Marsan. L’avion qui volait très bas a franchi le mur du son, déclenchant le fameux “bang”, une détonation entendue à 150 km à la ronde, jusqu’à Bordeaux.
An aircraft on a scheduled flight between Rome and Washington lost radio contact for several minutes this Sunday. An intercept procedure, which came into force since September 11, was activated. A Rafale was then dispatched from the Mont de Marsan (40) military aircraft base. The aircraft flew so low and fast it broke through the sound barrier, emitting the famous “bang”, (sonic boom)a detonation heard for 150kms in diameter, as far as Bordeaux.
Mont-de-Marsan : le toit du nouveau centre commercial s’effondre
Un partie du toit du centre commercial Grand Moun s’est effondrée cette nuit © Radio France (Part of the roof collapsed off the Grand Moun)
Le nouveau centre, Grand Moun, était ouvert au public depuis mercredi, à Saint-Pierre -du-Mont, dans la périphérie de Mont-de-Marsan. 1.200 m² de toiture se sont affaissés dans la nuit. Aucun blessé à signaler, mais des dégâts très importants.
The new centre, Grand Moun, was opened to the public since Wednesday, at Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, on the rocade of Mont-de-Marsan. 1,220 sq metres of the roof collapsed during the night. No injuries were reported, but there’s a lot of serious damage.
About bill
Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer.
The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013.
Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI.
Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug
2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website.
But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien.
The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50.
Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea.
Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
