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    Biscarrosse (French pronunciation: [biskaʁɔs]; Occitan: Biscarròssa) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France...
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    Lac de Biscarrosse et de Parentis is a lake in Landes, France. At an elevation of 19 m, its surface area is 35.4 km2. v t e...
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    Biscarrosse – Parentis Airport (ICAO code: LFBS) is located at Parentis-en-Born in Landes département of Nouvelle-Aquitaine region at 3,5 km south-east...
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    Four aircraft were purchased by Air France, and entered service on the Biscarrosse-Port-Étienne-Fort de France route in July 1947. The aircraft were withdrawn...
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    d'Hourtin-Carcans, Étang de Lacanau, Étang de Cazaux et de Sanguinet, and Lac de Biscarrosse et de Parentis), and wetlands (including the Réserve Naturelle Nationale...
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    the new Crotale Mk.3 system at the CELM missile launch test center in Biscarrosse. The Crotale Mk.3 system's VT1 missile successfully intercepted a Banshee...
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  • (unarmed) on 9 November 2006 from the French missile flight test centre in Biscarrosse (Landes). The target was reached twenty minutes later, in the north-west...
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    (first flight test took place on June 26, 2023, from the DGA's site in Biscarrosse and was successful) VMaX-2 hypersonic glide vehicle (first flight test...
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  • sounding rockets in France. "DGA Essais de missiles" is situated between Biscarrosse and the Atlantic Ocean. "DGA Essais de missiles" went in service in 1967...
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    (first flight test took place on June 26, 2023 from the DGA's site in Biscarrosse and was successful) VMaX-2 (under development; first flight test expected...
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    western Europe. The Biscarrosse – Parentis Airport is located in the commune. Communes of the Landes department Lac de Biscarrosse et de Parentis "Répertoire...
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  • and an arm. Brito played as a winger, and spent his career playing for Biscarrosse Olympique in the Fédérale 3 division of French rugby. An electrician...
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    and bronze medals in the Junior Pro Espinho in Portugal, Junior Pro Biscarrosse in France, and Junior Pro Sopela in Spain. In 2019, she won the Burton...
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    where it was armed. It was destroyed along with V5 on 20 June 1943 at Biscarrosse by RAF de Havilland Mosquitos of No. 264 Squadron. V4, which had an altered...
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    ‑oz are considered to be of Aquitanian origin, such as the placename Biscarrosse, which is directly related to the city of Biscarrués (note the Navarro-Aragonese...
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  • winner of the 2014 series of The Voice: la plus belle voix, is shot in Biscarrosse. 24 April – The union representing air traffic controllers in France...
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    Château de Montbron (Landes) is a château in the commune of Biscarrosse, in Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It dates to the 16th century. 44°23′42″N...
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    Latécoère 225 France Single seat amphibian ultralight 1984 1 In museum in Biscarrosse Latécoère 290, 293, 294 & 296 France Floatplane Bomber 1931 Latécoère...
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    southwestern France. It is located in the Landes forest, between Mimizan and Biscarrosse. The name of the commune, Gastes, comes from Latin vastas, which means...
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    Aire-sur-l'Adour LFDA Aire-sur-l'Adour Airport Public Biscarrosse / Parentis-en-Born LFBS Biscarrosse – Parentis Airport Public Dax / Seyresse LFBY XDA Dax...
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    canal in south western France, Aquitaine Region, connecting the Étang de Biscarrosse and the Étang de Cazaux to the Bassin d'Arcachon. List of canals in France...
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    procurement of four Tibère units, only two flights were executed from Biscarrosse, occurring on February 23, 1971, and March 18, 1972. Wikimedia Commons...
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    successfully completed in a zone of the DGA Essais de Missiles site of Biscarrosse. On 21 April 2017, the UK government signed a £41 million contract with...
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    France, a tree reputedly over 650 years old survived in the centre of Biscarrosse south of Bordeaux until the summer of 2010, when it finally succumbed...
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    a theater ballistic missile target set at the French Firing Range in Biscarrosse. Countries involved with NATO host various components of the NATO missile...
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  • Montélimar - Ancône Airport Musée Historique de l'Hydraviation [fr], Biscarrosse Musée Régional de l'Air [fr], Angers - Loire Airport Aviation Pioneer...
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    the Lac de Lacanau, the Étang de Cazaux et de Sanguinet, the Étang de Biscarrosse et de Parentis, the Étang d'Aureilhan, the Étang de Léon, the Étang de...
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    Bergouey Betbezer-d'Armagnac Beylongue Beyries Biarrotte Bias Biaudos Biscarrosse Bonnegarde Bordères-et-Lamensans Bostens Bougue Bourdalat Bourriot-Bergonce...
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    interwar period, similar herds were left by their owners around Lake Biscarrosse and Parentis. Mobile enclosures, called barguèiras, were used by cowherds...
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  • d'Artillerie (17e GA) - 17th Artillery Group (Air-defense Training), in Biscarrosse Groupement d'Aguerrissement en Montagne (GAM) - Mountain Acclimatization...
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