France Tour 2013 Page 3
Montceau-les-Mines - Pouilloux Airfield
Lyon-Corbas Airfield
Ailes Anciennes de Corbas
Aéroclub de Corbas Villeurbanne
Espaces Aero Lyon Corbas
Aérorétro, Saint Rambert d'Albon
Saint-Rambert-d'Albon Airfield
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| A friendly little club with active restoration/preservation activity. |
| Aircraft | Reg'n | Thumbs | Notes |
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| Aero Services Guépard Super Guépard 912 | 21-ADY |  |
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| Dassault MD312 Flamant | 191 |  |
French AF |
| Dassault MD312 Flamant | 237 319-DM F-AZFE |
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French AF |
| Dassault Mirage IIIE | 521 3-XL |
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French AF |
| Jodel D112 | F-PFCZ |  |
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| Jodel D112 | F-PIIM |  |
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| Jodel D113D | F-POIH |  |
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| Jodel DR220 2+2 | F-BOKJ |  |
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| Jodel DR221 Dauphin | F-BPKP |  |
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| Jodel DR1050 Excellence | F-PRYG |  |
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| Max Holste MH1521M Broussard | 104 307-FG F-GHFG |
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French AF |
| Morane-Saulnier MS733 Alcyon | F-BNEF |  |
French AF 145. |
| Pennec SP-2 Gaz'aile | F-PBDF |  |
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| Robin (Apex) DR400-140B Major 80 | F-GRPF |  DR400-140B Major 80 F-GRPF 2.jpg) |
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| Robin DR400-120 Petit Prince | F-GGJI |  |
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| Robin DR400-160 Major 80 | F-GDEJ |  |
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| A busy airfield with a model aircraft runway, parachuting, gliding, flying clubs and a splendid military aircraft museum. |
| Aircraft | Markings | Thumbs | Notes |
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| Pilatus PC-6-B2-H4 Turbo-Porter | F-GKDN |
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| Socata Rallye 180T, Grob 103A Twin II Acro-40 | F-BLIL, T87 F-CFYG |  |
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| Yakovlev Yak-18T | RA-3315K |  |
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| An active restoration organisation - they have just flown their painstakingly-restored T-6. |
| Aircraft | Reg'n | Thumbs | Notes |
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| Auster J-1 Autocrat | F-PAGD |
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Marked as RAF AOPIII MZ221. |
| Cessna L-19 O-1E Bird Dog | 51-4754 DPF F-GDPF |  |
French AF |
| Dassault MD312 Flamant | 189 G F-AZVG |
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French AF |
| Dassault MD312 Flamant | 232 |  |
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| Nord 1203 Norecrin III | 180 F-BEUS |
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French AF |
| North American T-6B | 41-17207 CR311 F-AZTL |
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This was USAF T-6B 41-17207 then modified for the French AF as T-6G 51-15102 115102. Now restored to original condition. |
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| They are very proud of the paint jobs they do on their Robins. |
| Aircraft | Reg'n | Thumbs | Notes |
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| DRL S-250 | F-PSJP |  |
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| Evans VP-1 Volksplane | F-PYEQ |  |
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| Robin DR315 Petit Prince | F-BRTP |  |
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| Robin DR400-120 Dauphin 2+2 | F-GCRX |  |
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| Robin DR400-125 | F-BVCY |  |
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| Robin DR400-160 Chevalier | F-GCAH |  |
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| Robin DR400-180 Regent | F-GIKD |  |
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| Military aviation museum with an active restoration programme. The fact that the maritime patrol Nord 262 was open for inspection was an unexpected treat. |
| Aircraft | Reg'n | Thumbs | Notes |
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| Aerospatiale (Nord) N262E Frégat | 60 |
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French Navy |
| Breguet 1050 Alizé | 47 |
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French Navy |
| Canadair T-33AN Silver Star 3 | 21031 314-YZ |  |
French AF, ex Canadian AF 21031 |
| Dassault Etendard IVM | 34 |
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French Navy |
| Dassault Mirage F1C-200 (F1EQ) | EQ-30 |
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Iraqi AF 4030 |
| Dassault Mirage IIIR | 02 |  |
French AF |
| Dassault Mirage IIIR | 335 |
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French AF |
| Dassault Mirage IVP | 28 BA |
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French AF |
| Dassault Mystere IVA | 245 8-NN |  |
French AF ex Israeli AF 90. |
| Dechaux Helicop-Jet | F-WZJO |
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A four-bladed tip-jet rotor powered by an Astazou II turbine, this was the 2nd prototype, first flown in 1984 |
| Fouga CM170R Magister | 85 |  |
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| Max Holste MH1521C Broussard | 299 HUO F-GHUO |  |
French AF |
| Morane-Saulnier MS733 Alcyon | 67 |  |
French AF, ex F-BMMQ |
| Nord 1101 Noralpha (Ramier I) | 123 3S-12 |
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French Navy |
| Sepecat Jaguar A | A141 |
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French AF |
| Sepecat Jaguar E | E37 7-HZ |
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French AF 30 years of the Jaguar livery |
| Sud Aviation SE-3130 Alouette II | 98 AHS |  |
French Army |
| Zipfel 1908 biplane model |  |
Armand Zipfel was the sixth person to fly in France. He demonstrated his aircraft around Europe in 1908/9. |
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| Lots of flying rarities here, including the Yak-18A that we saw later at Saint-Junien. |
| Aircraft | Reg'n | Thumbs | Notes |
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| Caudron C275 Luciole | F-AZAL |
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Ex F-AOBS, F-PJKE. |
| Caudron C600 Aiglon | F-PGOI |
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| De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk | F-AZVA WB739 8 |  |
RAF |
| De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk | F-AZSM WP914 E |  |
RAF |
| Santos Dumont Demoiselle 1908 |  |
I think this is an original | |
| ERCO 415-CD Ercoupe | F-AZOV |
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| Let C-11 (Yakovlev Yak-11) | 60 white F-AZJB |
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Ex Egyptian AF 60 marked as a Yak-3 of the French Normandie-Niemen squadron in the Russian AF. |
| Mignet HM14 Pou-du-Ciel |  |
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| Morane-Saulnier MS315 | 254 F-AZAH MO34 |
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French AF |
| Morane-Saulnier MS500 Criquet | EB+U F-AZDA |
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Luftwaffe |
| Nord 1101 Noralpha | 77 BZ |
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French Navy |
| Nord 3202 | F-AZEY |
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Ex French AF 20 |
| Nord NC858S | F-BFSY |
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Air France livery |
| North American (CC&F) AT-6B Texan (Harvard 4M) Zero | F-AZRO 3443 |  |
Modified as a Japanese AF Mitsubishi A6M. |
| North American T-6G (SNJ-5 Texan) | F-AZBL |
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Ex USN 90669, N9801C. Marked as USAF '90669 TA-669'. |
| Pilatus P-2-05 | F-AZCC | 
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Luftwaffe livery. Ex Swiss AF A-117, U-117. |
| Piper J-3 Cub | F-BBTD |  |
Ex USAF 45-4408, HB-OVU. |
| Scottish Aviation Bulldog T1 | F-AZKI XX615 2 |  |
RAF |
| Scottish Aviation Bulldog T1 | F-AZKJ XX555 U |  |
RAF |
| SIPA S903 | 99 F-AZEK |
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Of 113 built, this is one of three remaining in France. |
| Socata TB-30 Epsilon | 47 315-VT |
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French AF |
| Yakovlev Yak-18A | F-AZFG 7 |
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Russian AF markings. Ex Egyptian AF 640. We saw this a few days later at the Saint-Junien airshow (Page 6). |
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| Some interesting aircraft around the field. |
| Aircraft | Reg'n | Thumbs | Notes |
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| B&F Fk14 Polaris | 26UB |  |
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| CAP 10C | F-GYIT |  |
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| CASA 1131E (Bucker Jungmann) | F-AZVS |  F-AZVS 1.jpg) |
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| Columbia 350 | N13331 |  |
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| Europa Classic monowheel | F-PBBG |  |
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| Jodel D92 Bébé (Bebe) | F-PYBA |  |
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| Jodel D113 | F-PIYT |  |
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| Jodel D150-120 Mascaret | F-PIRI |  |
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| Magni Gyro M-16 Tandem Trainer | 26AEN |
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| Piel CP605 CP.605 Super Diamant | F-PYIX |  |
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| Robin DR400-120 Dauphin 2+2 | F-GSKX |  |
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| Robin DR400-140B Major 80 | F-GFXX |  |
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| Tecnam P92 Echo Classic | 74AEI |
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| Tecnam P2002 Sierra | 26YG |  |
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| Yakovlev Yak-18T | HA-CBG 18 |
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Russian AF markings. Later became F-HITS. |
| Zenith CH-701 | 26MY |  |
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