After a day at
Le Bourget I went for a full spotting day at Orly. The second biggest airport in Paris. The highlights I wanted to get were a couple of different charter planes (like Air Caraibes or Corsair), some African airlines (like Air Algerie or Royal Air Maroc) and of course the Cubana Ilyushin 96 and the Open Skies Boeing 757. So before the trip, together with my friend, we did some research about where to spot, about at what time do the planes we wanted to catch land or depart. Apart of those gems, which we did manage finally to catch, there is a tonne of Air France planes (but not as much as at CDG) and Transavia. A pro tip: getting around without a car would be time-consuming and tiring. The distances between spots are not small so if you would decide to spot on foot, you would be rather stuck at one place only for most of the time, or would loose some of the planes during moving from a spot to another. So we did rent one that morning, which was a great thing to do! After a good day we wanted to see the Concorde standing next to the airport. Luck wanted that the man responsible for the complex, which it was part of, saw us and invited us inside. He gave us a private tour around the Concorde, which was, frankly A-MAZ-ING! The complex is called
Musée Delta and is currently struggling with some land problems. The museum is open every Wednesday and Saturday between 2pm and 6pm and has a entrance fee of 3€. I strongly recommend visiting it during your stay in Paris! A fantastic place it is!
PS. Yes, the heat haze did some harm to a couple of the pics - sorry for that
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| From outside the museum territory |
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| The seats inside |
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| photo and history display inside the Concorde |
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| looking to the back from a overwing exit |
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| Looking out to the front from a overwing exit |
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| a couple of seats inside the Concorde |
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| Main panels in the cockpit of the concorde |
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| engine thrust levers |
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| Cockpit overview of the Concorde |
See also:
LO333 - my flight to Paris
Paris Air Show - Le Bourget
Spotting at Charles de Gaulle
CDG Spotting pre-flight LO332
LO332 - my flight back home
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