[Paratroopers in plane at air school in Salon-de-Provence]

[French military air school, planes on the airfield taken from above, Salon-de-Provence Air Base, France]

[French military air school, students in leather flight jackets and helmets lined up in formation, Salon-de-Provence Air Base, France]

[French military air school, students in leather flight jackets and helmets lined up in formation, Salon-de-Provence Air Base, France]

[French military air school, student practices in mock-up plane cockpit, view looking up from below, Salon-de-Provence, France]

[French military air school, two student pilots seated in plane, Salon-de-Provence Air Base, France]

[French military air school, an instructor gives last minute directions to a student-pilot while he sits in the cock-pit, Salon-de-Provence Air Base, France]

[French military air school, an instructor gives last minute directions to a student-pilot while he sits in the cock-pit, Salon-de-Provence Air Base, France]

[French military air school, a student machine gunner behind the pilot while plane is still on the ground, Salon-de-Provence Air Base, France]

[French military air school, two students in pilots helmets, gazing the sky, Salon-de-Provence, France]

[French military air school, student being helped into parachute gear on the air field, Salon-de-Provence Air Base, France]

[French military air school, a student pilot and instructor fly a plane, photographed from another plane, Salon-de-Provence Air Base, France]

[French military air school, a student pilot and instructor fly a plane, photographed from another plane, Salon-de-Provence Air Base, France]

[French military air school, close up portrait of student pilot in flight helmet who just made his first solo flight, Salon-de-Provence Air Base, France]

[Cadets in uniform at the Salon-de-Provence Air Base near Marseilles, France]

[French military air school, close up portrait of student pilot in flight helmet who just made his first solo flight, Salon-de-Provence Air Base, France]

[French air force parachute, A parachutist just landing in a field, an attendant taking his things at Paratrooper school in Avignon-Pujaut, France]

[French air force parachute, Paratrooper landing in field at Paratrooper school in Avignon-Pujaut, France]

[French air force parachute, A parachutist lands in a field at Paratrooper school in Avignon-Pujaut, France]

[French air force parachute, Parachutist landing to earth with two parachutes, French Air Force Parachute School at Paratrooper school in Avignon-Pujaut, France]

[French air force parachute, View from plane as parachute opens at Paratrooper school in Avignon-Pujaut, France]

[French air force parachute, A student takes the first step out of the plane, right before he jumps into the air at Paratrooper school in Avignon-Pujaut, France]

[French air force parachute, Parachutist about to jump from a plane at Paratrooper school in Avignon-Pujaut, France]

[French air force parachute, Student pilot adjusts his gloves at Paratrooper school in Avignon-Pujaut, France]