Defile 14 Juillet 2024 Paris

[planefixer]

A very early heads up, which we noticed while attending this event in 2023. The French media is reporting that because of the Olympics in Paris in 2024, the actual Bastille Day parade will take place in a different location to normal. This was announced by Macron at this year's event.

The parade will take place between Vincennes and La Nation.

The article that states this can be seen here [it is in French]

https://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/fet ... 6b7a82d0d2

[Canberra TT.18]

Change of plans.

https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/14-j ... R2OVEA.php

Due to the Olympic Games, the traditional July 14 parade must leave the Champs-Élysées.
An alternative route, between Porte de Vincennes and Nation, had been announced, but, faced with “logistical and technical difficulties”, the very chic Avenue Foch (16th century) won.

So the defilé is on the Avenue Foch between the Arc de Triomphe and the Boulevard Périphérique.

Flight direction will be more Southwest-Northeast (was Northwest-Southeast)
Will be interesting to know in which direction they go (west-east or visa versa).
And to find a good spot with some few on the aircraft.

[Canberra TT.18]

Due to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the July 14 military parade will not take place on the Champs Élysées this year, but on Avenue Foch (Paris 16th).

The various rehearsals for the flypast take on new importance. The first rehearsal for the 2024 edition of the July 14 parade will take place on June 17, 2024. The crews of the planes and helicopters (patrol and device leaders) who will parade above Avenue Foch will participate that day at a briefing, which will be held at the Ministry of the Armed Forces in Balard. The crews will then carry out a reconnaissance of the flypast axes aboard helicopters. This reconnaissance is planned from the Valérie André heliport, located in Issy-les-Moulineaux.

The general rehearsal for the flypast will take place on July 3 at Air Base 123 “Charles Paoli” in Orléans-Bricy. This essential moment allows all crews to be ready for D-Day on Avenue Foch and offers a life-size preview of the flypast, in which around sixty aircraft will participate.

A final rehearsal for the flypast in Paris (Arc de Triomphe) will take place on July 10. It should allow the leaders of each aircraft and helicopter patrol as well as their number 2 to practice marching along the axis of Avenue Foch. The top of the Arc de Triomphe offers a unique view of the entire aircraft system

From:
https://www.aerobuzz.fr/defense/le-defi ... elocalise/

[thiel03]

So, with this all in mind what would be the best spot to position for photos (preferably side shots)?