Le Bourget museum

When I visited on July 5th the only commercial aircraft on display were two Concordes and the Air France B747. There used to be much more on my last visit about 15 years ago including Air France B707 and Caravelle. Most of these are now stored over the far side of the airfield.

It may have been too close to the end of the air show but I think there is normally an Air Inter Mercure outside with the B747. This was also parked over the far side.

I will make another visit perhaps next year when there is not an air show.

Ian,

I was there last year and the Mercure was outside next to the 747, as well as the Mystere 20 prototype. Unfortunately the WW2 hangar with the B-26, Fw190, P-47 & Spitfire etc was closed to the public as being deemed ‘unsafe’, but looks like they have resolved that. Some you win, some you lose!

More great photos. Some of those particular aircraft look familiar from the Paris Air Show a couple of months back. I can’t believe how quiet that place looks compared to what it was on the 18th June. What a nightmare!

When I visited on July 5th the only commercial aircraft on display were two Concordes and the Air France B747. There used to be much more on my last visit about 15 years ago including Air France B707 and Caravelle. Most of these are now stored over the far side of the airfield.

It may have been too close to the end of the air show but I think there is normally an Air Inter Mercure outside with the B747. This was also parked over the far side.

I will make another visit perhaps next year when there is not an air show.

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Nice pics. What commercial aircraft are on display at the museum?

I believe there is another open day of the Dugny store at Le Bourget sometime in September but cant remember where I saw it to check the date.

Thanks jimincov – I’m gutted now that it was not open when I went – I haven’t yet seen a B-26 ‘in the flesh’.
Looks like making a return visit at sometime – Anyone know if they have regular open days on the ‘far side’ ?

i visited the museum during my trip to the paris air show a 1.5 months ago, you can view my pics here

http://www.freewebs.com/area60/airshowreports.htm

there at the bottom of the page 🙂

Saw the B-17 on the open day a couple of years ago.

Muchas gracias. Thanks for the recent pic too. I had visions of it sitting in pieces in some NASM facilty outhouse analogue like “The Swoose”

R/K

Taylorman – yes it is. I did a photo walkaround of it and the stored example which we’ve just published in our D-520 book (www.mmpbooks.biz)

I went in Sept 2003 when they had a heritage open day.

Attached are some pics here, of ‘over the other side’ and we had a discussion about it then: http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=16508

Cheers!

Great shots, thanks for shating.

BTW, is that a Dewoitine D.520 next to the spit?

Saw the B-17 on the open day a couple of years ago.

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from browsing the rather excellent previous threads on the museum, it looks like it would be worth the trip over to get access to the storage area – this is across the other side of the airfield – I could make out a canberra and a noratlas in the distance, but I dont think access would have been permitted.

IIRC (and I may not) This would be the place where B-17G 44-8889 is stored. Stored so deeply the last time I looked the pics of it had disappeared off their website. I must look again. Love that B-26 too, BTW.

Thanks for posting – this is interesting stuff.

Rob/Kansan

oui… a little blurry tho’ 😮

jimincov,
thanks for posting the pics, especially the World War II aircraft (That building was shut when I visited in May – Ahhh!!)
Any more from that hall, please ?

oops too many concordes above…. im having withdrawl problems….

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pics… more to come……