Open Day, French Air Force, 1972

[Michou]

A few photos from the 1972 Journée Portes Ouvertes at Toul-Rosières.

 

F-100, EC 3/11.

 

Insignia SPA69

T-33, 11 Escadre de Chasse

 

T-33, 11 Escadre de Chasse

 

F-100, EC 3/11

 

F-100, EC 1/11.  Insignia GCIII/6-6e

 

F-100, EC 3/11.  Insignia SPA88

 

Mystère IV, EC 3/7

 

Vautour IIN, ECTT 3/30

 

F-100 42160.  The first French F-100 to be camouflaged.

 

 

Mike

[72modeler]

Wow- those bare metal Hun photos are awesome! So much prettier than the camouflaged example! Thanks for sharing these!

Mike

[Tim R-T-C]

Beautiful monochrome photography

[Red Dot]

Absolutely amazing old photos. So crisp and clear,

 

Thanks for posting them

Andy

[Team Aer Lingus]

Excellent pictures especially the Thuds 

 

thanks for sharing

 

Eamonn

[Coors54]

Knowing next to nothing about French Air Force aircraft of that era, are they actually bare metal finish or painted silver? Even the close ups show a remarkable uniformity of colour rather than the panel variations beloved by we modellers.

 

Dave

[Michou]

1 hour ago, Coors54 said:

Knowing next to nothing about French Air Force aircraft of that era, are they actually bare metal finish or painted silver? Even the close ups show a remarkable uniformity of colour rather than the panel variations beloved by we modellers.

 

Dave

 

Perhaps we have become more accustomed to looking at models than the real thing and there are a lot of modellers who tend to exaggerate different panel colours.  However, if you look closely at my photos you can see differences.  There are colour photos on the Web which were taken on the same day:-

https://www.escadrilles.org/histoire-et-histoires/11-ec-1972/

https://www.airhistory.net/photo/77374/42138

https://www.traditions-air.fr/unit/photo/003-6-5.htm

It looks to me to be different metals or different surface treatment, but not silver paint.

Mike

[modelling minion]

A fantastic set of pictures, thank you for sharing them with us.

Looking at the colour pictures in the links (especially the top link) the various shades of metal on the D's are more easy to see, though the F's (or at least one of them) do look more like they are painted aluminium, though it could easily be a trick of the light.

[F-32]

Great shots