F-BGNJ French Connie.
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F-BGNJ French Connie.
Hi all,
Anybody know if the Connie F-BGNJ is still at Nantes Airport,
Love to see one in the flesh....if it is can anybody give me any info available re viewing it,
Such a shame that the one here in the UK at Swindon is keep under lock and key.
Nick.
Anybody know if the Connie F-BGNJ is still at Nantes Airport,
Love to see one in the flesh....if it is can anybody give me any info available re viewing it,
Such a shame that the one here in the UK at Swindon is keep under lock and key.
Nick.
Just found there facebook page and asked the question...fingers crossed.
Taken on its 60th birthday in May of this year:
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So they do open up from time to time then???
They have a big problem in that one of their hangars is technically unsafe and so for Health & Safety reasons is never opened up to the public. It's the one with the Trident, Comet and other assorted aircraft.
See http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...wroughton.html
I guess a look at the photograph might just give you a clue?
On another note, when is the Lufthansa connie somewhere on the eastern seabird of the US ever going to be airworthy ?
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N7777G was saved from oblivion by Mike Woodley's Aces High - the plan was to use her in the second series of Airline which was cancelled, but at least the Connie was rescued!
I saw somewhere (here?) that Lufthansa's L1649 is coming along nicely and I seem to recall that they are fitting a C130J style cockpit to satisfy EASA regulations!
I saw somewhere (here?) that Lufthansa's L1649 is coming along nicely and I seem to recall that they are fitting a C130J style cockpit to satisfy EASA regulations!
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Yes the Connie is still in Nantes and visible easily from the northern slip roads, on the southern side of the runway there is also a mirage 3 and I believe a nord nautilus. I was there Sunday picking up relatives .