A French Chateau Hoarding the World’s Largest Private Collection of Fighter Jets
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Visited there a couple of years ago, and was a great day out. A broad collection of memorabilia, from aircraft to any thing car related.
a cracking area, wine and food isn’t bad either 👍👍
a cracking area, wine and food isn’t bad either 👍👍
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On the imagery I am checking there are actually 3 single seat Jags - the one at the back in the blue and white scheme and two in the main park in “operational” schemes.
Demobbed (no “last updated date”) suggests these here are not ex RAF.... it also confirms at one stage three meteors - one NF11 and 2 TT20s.
The lightning, as already indicated is XM178 and the only other U.K. “bird” is a Harvard IIa ex EX580.
Demobbed (no “last updated date”) suggests these here are not ex RAF.... it also confirms at one stage three meteors - one NF11 and 2 TT20s.
The lightning, as already indicated is XM178 and the only other U.K. “bird” is a Harvard IIa ex EX580.
The owner is doing a noble job for husbands around the world. Next time your wife tells you are a hoarder (or worse, chucks some of your vital memorabilia out), just show her this man's collection!
We are talking 3 or 4 large hangars. They won't get planning permission for that in the grounds of an historic chateau.
Maybe PPrune could organise a crowd-funded buy out?
Of the Chateau I mean - not all that old aluminium...................
Of the Chateau I mean - not all that old aluminium...................
Nice to see he has got a Wessex in there as well.
Nice to see he has got a Wessex in there as well.
You might be right T and B - it's not obvious from the photo, it's just Wessex shaped but you can't see the nose.