Posts by Alaingerma

Hello Francis and all the old friends from the Amporaha camp. First of all, and most importantly before it’s too late... HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009 TO EVERYONE! I recently (very precisely on January 8th at 8:45 PM) received a call from Philippe Guillotin while I was still in Romania for the last time. I hope to meet him this coming Friday in Reims at the start of the historic Monte-Carlo rally. It’s a first contact with an old friend from Tana, and I hope there’ll be many more this year. Warm regards to all of you, and hope to read from you soon.

Hi Marie-Lou, Just to remind you, in the photo, the tall guy on the right is Marc ROTH (nicknamed "la rotouze"—I think he was a radio-nav). A very close friend of my parents. He was on the Nord Atlas 2501 with my dad (my dad was a mech-nav). For those interested who want to see a Nord Atlas 2501 again if they didn’t get the chance to go inside (Ivato - Nosy Be was quite the trip), there’s one in the Paris region, specifically in Aulnay-sous-Bois (93), next to a sports complex. I’m lucky enough to see it every time I go to my office when I’m in France. Kisses and greetings to all, @+

Hi Marie-Jo, and to everyone who’ll read this message. My name might ring a bell for some of you: Alain GERMANOVITCH. Like many of you, I’m looking for those who knew IVATO (BA181) and NOSY BE between 1969 and 1971. I see you already have a lot of contacts. I stumbled upon this forum yesterday, and this morning I spoke with Francis on the phone. He’s out fishing near the Sacred Islet, across from Amporaha Beach. So many of the names you mention take me back nearly 40 years, and some have never left my memory (Muiron, Guillotin, Nourreux, Tavel, Salvan, Normann, Roth, ...). So many memories of the base, the cinema next to the pool, the tennis courts, Byebye with his 2CV break selling fruits and veggies near the clubhouse. I really hope we can organize a big reunion one day to get together and relive those wonderful years. Hugs to all, and hope to hear from you soon.