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Gray - Saint-Adrien Aerodrome

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Airport typePublic
LocationGray, Haute-Saone, France
Coordinates47°25′56″N 5°37′17″E / 47.4322°N 5.6214°E / 47.4322; 5.6214
Gray-Saint Adrien Aerodrome
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Airport typePublic
LocationGray, Haute-Saone, France
Coordinates47°25′56″N 5°37′17″E / 47.4322°N 5.6214°E / 47.4322; 5.6214
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L’aérodrome de Gray - Saint-Adrien (ICAO: LFEV) is a civilian aerodrome, open to public air traffic (CAP),[1] located 2.5 km southeast of Gray in the Haute-Saône department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France.

On 8 September 1912, an accident occurred at the aerodrome during an air show. Aviator Pierre Béard failed to gain altitude and crashed into the crowd, killing four people.[2] A monument has honored their memory since 1913.[3]

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