Case of the Torn Sail on the Transat Café l'or: the Version of the National Navy Contradicts the Story of the Belgians

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Belgian skippers engaged in class40 on the Café l'Or transat, Jérôme Délire and Caroline Dieu, claimed that their boat had been damaged after the overflight of a plane far too close

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The skippers Jérôme Délire and Caroline Dieu claim that their sail was torn apart by an airplane. The National Navy admits to flying over the boat, but not to be responsible for the damage.

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Jérôme Délire and Caroline Dieu claimed that a private plane had torn their sail in the ocean. The National Navy assures that it was actually a supervised surveillance flight.

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In the heart of Transat Café l'Or, two skippers claimed that a private plane had flown over their sailboat and torn their sail, endangering the rest of their race. The aircraft in question was not finally a...

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INFO THE TELEGRAMME - The affair of the mysterious plane, which would have torn the sail ahead of the Class40 of a Belgian duo on the Transat Café l'Or, bounced. The aircraft in question was a Falcon 50 of the National Navy but the version of the crew of the aircraft is quite different...

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This Wednesday, October 29, 2025, the class40 sailing boat "Innovad Group – XLG" teares one of its sails, a priori the spinnaker, after the passage of a plane at very low altitude. After pointing a finger at a [...] This content A 50M Falcon of the National Navy "blowed" a competition sailboat ? was first published on legendary aircraft.net - Encyclopaedia of military aviation & aeronautical news