Musée de Tradition de l'Aéronautique Navale

I tried to make a visit in August 1999, and back then the Museum was only open on Thursdays, and not at all during August when the base is closed.

just made the mistake of phoning on a friday afternoon:confused: 35hour week they have all knocked off for the wkd:rolleyes:

told by a helpful person to phone on monday morning so guess it will be a weekend of waiting:D 😀

I need to call them back friday 06/07/2007:cool: to talk to someone who knows some thing:rolleyes:

The person i spoke to this morning didnt have a clue what i was on about as he was not interested in planes:o ( i did not even attempt to ask him about the Cat David:diablo: 😀 😀 )

but he said on friday the person responsible for the site will be there that might be able to give some info.

Chris

Thank you for your help.
I called on this number but person on this number doesn´t spoke English and I don´t speak French.:(
http://lesservices.service-public.fr…PREC=national4

I will give them a phone call at the base tomorrow morning David:eek:

Its only 2 hours down the road from me and I will see if I can visit:cool:

being ex military and having friends in the job it should not be a prom;)

I didnt even know this place existed until this thread came up:D and ive been living here for 12 years:D 😀 😀

Thanks Chris – it’s been a while since I visited that site even though I have suppplied some of the images there and so had not seen the ones of the F-ZBAR bow section. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

http://cansonet.free.fr/Utilisateurs/PROTEC/Historique/ROUGE_1/body_rouge_1.html

photo in the musee on bottom of page;)

chris

In the 1990s, this museum had the forward section of a Catalina (actually a former RCAF Canso A amphibian) which had previously lain dereict at Marseille following an accident in July 1964 whilst serving with the Protection Civile. The aircraft was c/n CV-449 and F-ZBAR ex-CF-NJP and RCAF 11100. I see that this item is not included in the internet page mentioned in the second message of this thread. Can any reader confirm its continued existence and provide a photo of the relic whilst at the museum?

http://lesservices.service-public.fr/mod_res/index.htm?ID=13_C0301_HA01_centrale&P_PREC=national4

address and phone number in the link if you want to contact them for a visit;)

http://www.museehelico-alat.com/anecdotes/museeaeronav/MuseeAERONAV.htm

this is a link to the site, shut to the public because its an active gendarmerie base.

Chris