France Tour 2013 Page 6

Légend d'Air en Limousin Airshow, Saint-Junien Airfield

Les Ailes Limousines restoration centre, Limoges

Miscellaneous aircraft


Légend d'Air en Limousin Airshow, Saint-Junien Airfield

A great little show - free and friendly. Full of French interests - and Yaks!

Aircraft Reg'n Thumbs Notes
Aeroprakt A-22 Foxbat 54YJ  
B&F FK9 F-JYDH  
Best Off Skyranger 87FU  
Best Off Skyranger 87GI  
CAP 21 F-GDTM  
Cessna 177B Cardinal F-GFTE  
Diamond DA40 D Diamond Star F-HDDG  
Ekolot jK-05L Junior 45VR  
Ekolot KR-030 Topaz 85XZ  
Flight Design CTSW ?  
IAR-823 10 F-AZLQ Romanian AF, ex NX721AR (N721AR).
Jodel D112 F-BKAU  
Jodel D113 F-POIC  
Leopoldoff L4 Colibri F-PHQG  
Luscombe Silvaire 8A G-BPZA Ex N1599K
Max Holste MH1521C Broussard 180 F-GJAC French AF
Max Holste MH1521M Broussard 86 MN F-GFMN French AF. We took a joy-ride in this, during which we beat up the runway at Limoges-Bellegarde Airport.
Morane-Saulnier MS892 Rallye Commodore 150 F-BSLF  
Nord 1203 Norecrin VI F-BGJR  
Nord 3202 71 F-AZJT AJT JT French AF
Nord NC858S 142 14-F2 F-PPAN French Navy
Piper PA-19 Super Cub F-BOMC  
Pitts S2B Special F-GGPS  
Raj Hamsa X-Air H Hanuman 87DX  
Robin DR400-140B Major 80 F-GLDE  
Robin DR400-180 Regent F-GJQN  
SIAI Marchetti SF260C F-GMRF Burkina Faso AF BF8421. Ex Libyan AF 426.
Socata ST-10 Diplomate F-BTRZ  
Soko J-20 Kraguj 30153 F-AZFR Yugoslav AF. Krajuz = sparrowhawk.
Spitfire MK 26-810 scale replica F-PFAF 5AG Homebuilt: 80% scale, RAF markings
Sukhoi Su-26 HA-HUR  
Yak 18 pair OO-IAK and D-EYAK  
Yakovlev Yak-18 D-EYAK 1 East German AF
Yakovlev Yak-18 (Nanchang CJ-5) OO-IAK Ex Chinese AF 06. Russian AF markings.
Yakovlev Yak-18A F-AZFG 7 Russian AF. We had seen this a few days earlier at its home at Aérorétro (Page 3).
Yakovlev Yak-18T F-HYAK Ex RA-3826K.
Yakovlev Yak-52 F-WRUS Russian AF
Yakovlev Yak-52 G-YYAK Ex Soviet AF.
Zenith CH-601 ?  



Les Ailes Limousines restoration centre, Limoges

The nice man from Les Ailes Limousines who arranged for some of us to fly in their Broussard during the Saint-Junien show, also took us to their restoration centre in an industrial estate in Limoges.

Aircraft Reg'n Thumbs Notes
Couyaud GC01 F-PHFG Designed in 1932, and completed after the war, this parasol monoplane flew from 1952 to around 1970. It disappeared for a while, but flew again later. Now awaiting full restoration.
Lemonnier Maestro ?  
Max Holste MH1521C Broussard 44 F-GJLT With the tail from No 42.
Morane-Saulnier MS733 Alcyon F-BLXK Ex French AF, possibly serial no 90.



Miscellaneous aircraft

Some photos that don't fit in the other sections.

Aircraft Reg'n Thumbs Notes
Airbus A380-800 F-WWAS G-XLEE 148 We were fortunate to catch this on its way out of the assembly building at Toulouse Blagnac
CAP 10B F-GDTZ In the rain at La Rochelle airport
Dassault Mercure 100 F-BTTE ESMA - Ecole Supérieure des Métiers de l'Aéronautique, Montpellier - Mediterrannée Airport. Ex Air Inter.
Embraer ERJ-175STD G-FBJH Our Flybe flight to Manchester at La Rochelle, Île de Ré Airport.
Fieseler Fi103R Reichenberg   The suicide interceptor based on a slightly modified V-1, in the entrance hall of La Coupole, near Saint-Omer.

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