On the way back home from Normandy, I recalled @schurem ‘s epic report of Paris’ Air and Space Museum and decided to turn the 7 hour drive home into a 9 hour drive + 2 hour museum break in the middle.
The OG report:
It’s hard to overstate the sheer quantity of impressive and rare aircraft and prototypes they have. It’s even harder to write a report worth reading after @schurem 's.
So I suggest you all go re-read that and tell yourself to visit when you are anywhere near the Northern part of France.
I was absolutely ecstatic while we were there and my wife was giggling at my constant “Oh wow!” sounds.
Here are the few pictures we took that are not already in @schurem 's album:
Pic above: Super Etendard (right) and old Etendard IVM (left). I’ve seen the Super quite often, but had never seen a IVM yet.
Pic above: In the helicopter hall, Mrs. Freak suddenly said “oh this is a good reference picture for model painting! Dayglow with different wear levels in one view”
She is more dedicated to the model building than I thought.
Super Fré-
- -lon (left)
- -ak (right)
I was really happy that we could go into the Super Frélon: I love big helicopters.
And this one is epic, although I didn’t know about it when I was young and fell in love with the Sea King. It is bigger and faster (it even held a fastest helicopter speed record for a while) than the Sea King, and just as amphibious.