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Old 8th Feb 2012, 16:05
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ChristiaanJ
 
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The legend (filename) of the photo says 1960....
Unlikely... I suppose 'sixties' is meant (first flight wasn't until 1969).

I've seen that photo before, and as far as I remember, it was taken at one of the Le Bourget airshows in the mid-sixties, in front of the wooden full-scale mockup (you will note there are no pitots, AoA vanes or static port hexagons, and the visor is already the fully transparent one).

That mock-up has a slightly sad story.... after the airshow it was moved to Orly, on the side of one of the car parks, and opened to the public. It was quite an attraction for years, until one night it was set alight by vandals......

CJ
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