Still with the black nose cone, which disappeared soon after.

Taken on charge on 23 Sep 1959 and struck off charge on 26 Nov 1985. This Noratlas was then initially preseved at the Musée des Ailes Anciennes de l'Anjou at Angers-Avrillé (noted in 1996 and July 1998), but by Oct 1999 it had moved to the Bétrancourt collection/Musée de l'Epopée et de l'Industrie Aéronautique in Albert.

This Noratlas was taken on charge on 11 Apr 1956 and struck off charge on 23 Aug 1982. It went to the Musée de l'Aéronautique de Nancy in that same year, and from here on its history matches that of sistership N° 54 at the same museum. The museum and its collection sustained severe damage during a storm in Dec 1999 and was forced to close in 2000. Both N° 54 and N° 97 remained in the closed museum until at least Sep 2003, but by Aug 2004 the pair had moved to this museum in Albert. This photo shows N° 97, still with remnants of earlier codes 55-KB (carried Oct 1980-Jul 1981) and 63-WB (Jul 1981-Feb 1982) on the left tailboom.

Taken on charge on 22 Oct 1956 and struck off charge on 15 Jun 1984. The fuselage of this aircraft initially went to the Musée du Para at Orléans in Mar 1990, but it had moved here by 2004. On the nose badges from former units ET64 & ETOM88

BA 702 Avord Open day 1982. With GE 00-312 markings and fitted in paratroopers "Phoenix" team dropping configuration (rear fuselage buckets removed).

9 white stars in memoriam of the 9 victims involved in the Greek F-16 crash at Albacete on 26.01.15

This former USAAF C-45B (ex 43-35492) was lend-leased to the Royal Canadian Air Force in Dec 1943 as an Expeditor I, serialled HB122. On 3 Sep 1952 it was converted to an Expeditor 3T, and ten years later, on 19 Mar 1962, it was sold to the French Air Force, where it became N° 122, coded MT-10. There it last served with GAEL (Groupe Aérien d'Entraînement et de Liaison) and in this photo it still has their emblem on the nose. It was struck off charge on 18 May 1972 and stored at Châteaudun. In 1985 the Beech was acquired by AMPAA (Association des Mécaniciens Pilotes d'Aéronefs Anciens) and preserved at Étampes. In the mid 1990s it moved to the Musée de l'Aviation in Warluis, as seen here.

Served at this time with EH 1/67 "Pyrénées".

Preserved at "Ailes anciennes de Toulouse" museum.

The SNCAC Martinet was a German-designed (Siebel 204) but French-built twin-engined military trainer and light transport aircraft. It was operated by the French Air force and Navy and in small numbers as civilians from the late 1940s to the mid 60's. This one is seen waiting for its moving to Bordeaux aircraft museum (CAEA). It is one of the only 3 currently preserved in world although more than 350 were built.

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