France Tour 2013 Page 2

Château de Savigny-les-Beaune

A beautiful chateau whose main business is wine production. The wine is available for tasting, and very nice it is too. The Château itself is open to the public and has many collections, including Arbarth racing cars, vinyard tractors, motorbikes, and 2,500 model aircraft.

The grounds are mainly given over to a vast collection of military aircraft. There is no nearby airfield, and all the aircraft have arrived by road, and it seems that many aircraft are made up from assorted bits of others, so the registrations may be somewhat nominal, if not entirely fictitious. The whole place makes a great day out - shame there isn't a cafe.

Aircraft Reg'n Thumbs Notes
Aero L-29R Delfin 2608 Czech AF
Aero S-105 (MiG-19S) Farmer 0219 Czech AF
Breguet 1050 Alizé 04 French Navy
Canadair CF-104 Starfighter '12751' Canadian AF 12799, 104799 marked as 751. With tail from 104750.
Canadair CL-13B Sabre 6 6 JA-339 Luftwaffe ex JA+334
Canadair CT-33AN Silver Star 21029 3 French AF
Dassault Etendard 4MP 166 French Navy
Dassault Mirage F1C 9 12-ZQ French AF
Dassault Mirage IIIA 06 French AF
Dassault Mirage IIIB 216 French AF
Dassault Mirage IIIC 50 3.10-LD French AF
Dassault Mirage IIIE 438 13-QI French AF
Dassault (Government Aircraft Factory) Mirage IIIO O01 Believed to be the RR Avon- powered prototype of the Australian version, later used in refuelling trials
Dassault Mirage IIIR 323 33-TB French AF
Dassault Mirage IIIR 324 2-ZM French AF
Dassault Mirage IIIRD 354 33-TC French AF
Dassault Mirage IVA 6 AE French AF
Dassault Mirage IVA 18 AQ French AF
Dassault Mirage 5BA BA-08 Belgian AF
Dassault Mirage 5F 9 13-SH French AF
Dassault Mirage 5BR BR24 Belgian AF. The camera nose makes a great greenhouse
Dassault Mystere IIC 013 French AF
Dassault Mystere IVA '285' Actually French AF 116 with fake Patrouille de France markings.
Dassault Mystere IVA 289 2-EY French AF
Dassault Mystere IVA 37 314-TB French AF
Dassault Ouragan 230 4-US French AF marked as '450'.
Dassault Ouragan '251' Actually 215. Patrouille de France livery.
Dassault Super Mystere B2 02 French AF. Second prototype.
Dassault Super Mystere B2 69 12-YG French AF
De Havilland Vampire FB6 J-1178 Swiss AF
De Havilland Vampire T55 185 Irish Air Corps
De Havilland Venom FB50 J-1545 Swiss AF
English Electric Lightning F1A XM178 RAF
Fiat G91R-3 512 32+43 Luftwaffe - spent many years on the rooftop terrace at Frankfurt am Main Airport.
Fiat G91T-3 1801 Portuguese AF. Ex Luftwaffe BD-103, 34+03.
Fouga CM170R Magister 166 10-KK French AF
Fouga CM170R Magister MT-33 Belgian AF
Fouga CM170R Magister 14 F-WGPU Marked as '493' in Patrouille de France livery as UJ.
Fouga CM175 Zéphyr 2 French Navy
Gloster Meteor NF11 NF11-24 French AF. Ex WM301
Gloster Meteor T7 F6 16 French AF. Ex WA607 F-BEAR
Gloster Meteor TT20 D-CAKY Ex NF11 WM395, transferred to Danish AF, converted to TT20 H-512, SE-DCF.
Hawker Hunter F4 ID-44 Belgian AF
Let L-39 Albatros 53 yellow RA-3366K Ukraine AF
Lockheed F-104G Starfighter FX-90 Ex Belgian AF - was with the Silvers display team.
Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter FC-08 Ex Belgian AF
MiG-21M Fishbed-J 1904 Polish AF
MiG-21MF-75 Fishbed-J 23+43 Luftwaffe. Ex East German AF 774.
MiG-21U-600 Mongol-B 2718 Polish AF
MiG-23MF Flogger-B 3887 Czech AF
Mignet HM14 Pou-du-Ciel ? In the Château itself
Mil (PZL-Swidnik) Mi-2M 0625 Polish AF
Morane-Saulnier MS760 Paris 46 French Navy
Nord 2501F Noratlas 92 T French AF
Nord 2501F Noratlas 151 & 149 French AF. Two fuselages welded together to make a garden store.
North American AT-6C Harvard IIA (Texan) 1527 Portuguese AF. Ex USAF 41-33553, RAF EX580, South African AF 7248.
North American F-100D Super Sabre 42130 11-YF French AF. Ex USAF 54-2130.
North American F-100F Super Sabre 11-YH 63937 French AF. Ex USAF 56-3937.
North American TF-100F Super Sabre 63949 Danish AF. Ex USAF 56-3949. False markings as Thunderbirds NINE.
PZL-Mielec Lim-2 (MiG-15UTI) 1811 Polish AF
PZL-Mielec SB Lim-2M (MiG-15UTI) 020 Polish AF 720 (possibly an SB Lim-1 - depends on the engine).
PZL-Mielec Lim-5 (MiG-17F) 517 Polish AF
PZL-Mielec Lim-5M (MiG-17) 306 Polish AF
PZL-Mielec Lim-5P (MiG-17PF) 609 Polish AF
PZL-Mielec TS-11 bis B Iskra 100 323 Polish AF
Republic (GM) F-84F Thunderstreak 29003 4-SA 708 French AF. Ex USAF 52-9003.
Republic F-84F Thunderstreak FU-45 Belgian AF. Ex USAF 52-7210.
Republic F-84G Thunderjet 51-10885 3-IX French AF
Republic F-84G Thunderjet A-057 KP-X Danish AF. Ex USAF 52-3057. Fitted with the tail of 31-9978.
Republic RF-84F Thunderflash FR-26 Belgian AF. Ex USAF 51-1886
Republic F-105F Thunderchief 63-8357 USAF
Sepecat Jaguar A 7-HJ French AF A72
Sepecat Jaguar A 11-YA French AF A21
Sepecat Jaguar A 11-EB French AF A8
Sepecat Jaguar E 339-WF French AF E10
Sikorsky H-34A Choctaw SA114 68-UF French AF
Sud SE-3130 Alouette II F-MCSC 1247 French Police. Ex French AF 145, Gendarmerie F-MJBD.
Sud SO-4050 Vautour IIA 2 92-AB French AF
Sud SO-4050 Vautour IIN 304 F-ZADR French AF. Tested the radar for the Mirage F1. Has since moved to the Musée Européen de l'Aviation de Chasse, Montélimar-Ancône Airport (see Page 4).
Sukhoi Su-7BKL 813 Polish AF
Sukhoi Su-20R 6259 Polish AF
Vought F-8E(FN) Crusader 35 MN French Navy. Ex USN 151767 ntu - was upgraded to an F-8P.
Vought F-8E(FN) Crusader 'AH-204 150879 162' USN 151732 ntu - French Navy 1 - in false USN markings.
Westland Whirlwind HAR2 'WAD129' CCV French Army - actually WAD130.

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