Graf Zeppelin Does... Dayglo en Francais, June 1976

[Northolt Nobbler]

This latest installment finds Phil on a world tour of Belgium, Holland, Germany and France, covering shows at Landivisiau, Kleine Brogel, Soesterberg , St Dizier, Bretigny-sur-Orge and La Ferte Alais in an eight-day period. Indeed, the last three done in a single day!!

Starting with the French Navy at Landivisiau:

A wheeled Alouette II


Everyone loves a Crusader!


On to Kleine Brogel.

Belgian T-33


Everyone loves Phantoms!!


Next stop, St Dizier.

A well-travelled Super Sabre


Nice shiny two-seat Jaguar


Now Bretigny-sur-Orge, home of the French version of Boscombe Down, where everything appeared to be sponsored by Tango...

Mirage-nosed Vautour


Wassmer CE.43


Meteor NF.11


Some 'standard' Mirages


Finally, if you go down in the woods at La Ferte Alais, you're in for a big surprise



If you like what you see, click on the images to see the rest in Flickr.

Lee

[jem60]

Very nice!. Meteor 7 is one of those rareish ones with an F.8 tail, rather than the standard one. Does anyone know why this was done?

[paddyboy]

Hi Lee

You are right: everyone loves a Crusader

Well, I do, anyway

Cheers

Paddyboy

[Graf Zeppelin]

Very nice!. Meteor 7 is one of those rareish ones with an F.8 tail, rather than the standard one. Does anyone know why this was done?

The Meteor is an NF.11 not T.7. The French Test Centre had a small fleet of them for trials work purchased second hand from Britain

[roughcutter]

Priceless, everyone of them! Very jealous
MarkL

[jem60]

Graf. Of course it's an 11!!!. What a prat.!! Very, very senior momoent. I've just lost what little credibility I had on this site!!.
What was in my mind was that I once saw, in the Israeli museum, a T.7 that DID have an '8' tail, and I believe Martin Bakers T.7 is so equipped. Just wondered why. Blimey, I can't even recognise an 11!!. Don't get old..................