Perrigny-sur-Armançon - 26.06.2018.

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TU-TAL : McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 : Air Afrique

Named "Libreville", this was the first of Air Afrique's eventual fleet of three DC-10s. It had been delivered on 28 February 1973.

Milan7A to Paris-Le Bourget leaving in a terrible snowstorm.

F-BTDC : McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 : UTA

Starting its right turn off stand for an overnight long-haul service.

Le musée de l'Air et de l'Espace (MAE) du Bourget est le plus important musée aéronautique de France il occupent l'aérogare de style Art déco du Bourget, construite par Georges Labro pour l'Exposition universelle de 1937,

Sur le tarmac se côtoient des avions modernes et les maquettes des fusées Ariane 1 et Ariane 5.

C’est le seul endroit en France où il est possible de visiter deux Concorde, un Boeing 747, mais aussi d’admirer Rafale, Mirage, DC3, Dakota et plus de 350 machines volantes.

Le musée conserve plus de 40 000 objets relatifs à la conquête de l'air et de l'espace (avions, moteurs, instruments……)

The Air and Space Museum (MAE) of Le Bourget is the most important aeronautical museum in France, it occupies the Art Deco style terminal of Le Bourget, built by Georges Labro for the Universal Exhibition of 1937 On the tarmac are modern planes and models of the Ariane 1 and Ariane 5 rockets. It is the only place in France where it is possible to visit two Concordes, a Boeing 747, but also to admire Rafale, Mirage, DC3, Dakota and more than 350 flying machines. The museum preserves more than 40,000 objects relating to the conquest of air and space (planes, engines, instruments......)

F-BICR : Hurel Dubois HD-34 : Institute Geographique Nationale

One of only eight built, the HD-34 was designed for long-duration, low-speed flight and was used for aerial survey work.

On static display outside the Musee de l'Air.

What a surprise to see this Russian tri-holers in Paris Le Bourget. Landed as "Grozny Avia 9762". Dedicated to my friend Gilles ;) [GOZ9762]

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HZ-AO1 : Dassault Falcon 20F : c/n 359

Although it appears to be painted as Alpha-Oscar-India, all published information shows the last character to be a numeric One.

October 20, 2018

DM-SCT : Tupolev Tu-134A : Interflug.

Interflug was the state airline of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) until re-unification of East and West in 1990.

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Octobre 2015

Ένας θεαματικός πρωινός ουρανός πάνω απ' το Le Bourget-du-Lac της Γαλλίας.

A spectacular morning sky over Le Bourget-du-Lac in France.

prepping our 757 for a flight from Paris to Addis Ababa..

N8788R Douglas DC-8-61CF Saturn Airways

About to taxi off-stand at Le Bourget, in the days before CDG was built, and Le Bourget was Paris' 2nd airport.

F-OBIP : Short Sandringham 6 : RAI livery

RAI (Reseau Aerien Interinsulaire) flew Sandringham flying boats in the 1960s. It became Air Polynesie, which was the predecessor of the current Air Tahiti.

On display outside the Musee de l'Air.

(Boetos SNC) Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 arrived in on a QTA this afternoon from Le Bourget.

A4O-SO

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December 4th, 2014

This is what happened when you decide to go to Le Bourget just after school at 6pm without checking your camera and bag! Result, I had forgotten my 75-300mm at home..

F-WWDD Airbus A380 c/n 004 - this aircraft flew demo flights all around the world for Airbus before going on permanent display at the museum in Le Bourget in 2017.

130 : Dassault MD315 Flamant : ex-French Air Force : coded "OF"

On static display outside the Musee de l'Air.

A type which I never saw in flight.

June 6th, 2014

F-GAMA : Learjet 23 : c/n 23-023

Parked in a car park, surrounded by weeds. This early Learjet had been WFU after a fire in 1981, and was apparently later used at a technical school in France.

Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget.