Musée de l’air et de l’espace at Le Bourget Airport

[Librarian]

Happy memories of Juan le Pin sunbathing as Mercures flew in overhead...lovely plane .

[NARSES2]

Always liked the French roundels with the thin yellow outer ring and the anchor on the naval ones.

[PR19_Kit]

  Something not even thatcher was stupid enough to do.

She started it all, stupid woman,

[PR19_Kit]

Keep them coming   

That DC-8 is especially interesting, looks like it has 'Sidetrack' pods on the wingtips

That was the Armee de l'Air's ELINT bird I think. They got into modifying DC8s before the USN did.

[Knightflyer]

Keep them coming   

That DC-8 is especially interesting, looks like it has 'Sidetrack' pods on the wingtips

That was the Armee de l'Air's ELINT bird I think. They got into modifying DC8s before the USN did.

Well here's the info board for the DC8, and also a picture of the 'canoe' fairing

[sandiego89]

More please, especially anything form the experimental wing!

DC-8's are always interesting- sort of an art deco look to them. 

Thanks- Dave

[kitnut617]

Well AiM do a 1/72 DC-8, might be an interesting subject to build

[loupgarou]

The ideal is visiting it when also the "reserves" (on the other side of the airport) are open:

[Nick]

That last one is new to me! Hurel Dubois HD34 as flown by the Institute Geographique National for aerial surveys.

I believe that flying boat is one of the last 3 Shorts Sandringhams in existence. It was a BOAC bird when first flown.

[NARSES2]

That last one is new to me!

And me.

Is it me or does anyone else find the Lansen's speed brakes odd ? Very minimalist.

[PR19_Kit]

That last one is new to me! Hurel Dubois HD34 as flown by the Institute Geographique National for aerial surveys.

I believe that flying boat is one of the last 3 Shorts Sandringhams in existence. It was a BOAC bird when first flown.

The HD34 has some SERIOUSLY long wings, love it! 

There's a Sandringham flying boat in the Southampton Solent Sky museum and not only can you get inside it, they sometimes open up the cockpit to visitors! Well worth the climb, it's a long way up there.

Is it me or does anyone else find the Lansen's speed brakes odd ? Very minimalist.

The Bristol 188's speed brakes, in the Cosford Museum, are very similar.

[kitnut617]

There was an article in a recent issue of Aeromilitaria that was all about the Dubois'.
The technology was taken over by Shorts --- and we all know what that led to, don't we

[Nick]

That last one is new to me!

And me.

Is it me or does anyone else find the Lansen's speed brakes odd ? Very minimalist.

They look like the pop-out indicators on early Morris Minors!

[Knightflyer]

That last one is new to me!

And me.

Is it me or does anyone else find the Lansen's speed brakes odd ? Very minimalist.

They look like the pop-out indicators on early Morris Minors!

I've now got this image of a 'little old car' slowing down REALLY QUICKLY! by popping out both indicators at once! 

[zenrat]

Those are the brakes?  I thought that was an access panel left open.