Originally Posted by
gunning
On our way home from holiday we happened to pass near by Evreux air base, so I decided to be nosy and look over the fence.
Parked near the main gate was a lovely (?) old Deux-Ponts (or is it a Sahara or Provence?) . I can't post a photo as I haven't made enough posts before , but there are plenty of photos on the web.
I remember Air France occasionally flew them on cargo flights into Heathrow in the early '70s. A rare spot even then, to see one climb out close to our house. Does anyone else recall seeing them then?
PS I don't recommend being nosy around air bases ... my work colleague many years ago spent several months in a shared cell in a Greek prison, for a bit of plane spotting in the wrong place, wrong time.
This one is, or was last time I was round there, clearly visible from the public road. I think we'd stopped for fuel nearby at a Le Clerc place on the N13 but may have got that round my neck.