Air Show

There's always an airshow going on in Chamonix--if not the skies and mountains, then the helicopters, the parapentes (parasails), or the gliders

French TV covering the Marathon, and us

Up close and personal

Air traffic control and the launch point for parapentes,

Plan Praz

Mornings often see them fill the summer sky

Spiralling down for landings at the athletic

field

A parasail in the Chamonix Aiguilles

Another

And a glider in the Chamonix Aiguilles