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Hi All,

Occasionally the question arises over which aircraft exactly were lost in the tragic fire at the Musee de l'air. Found this while surfing...hope some find it useful.

http://pyperpote.tonsite.biz/pages/ince ... 90pag.html

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

Ye gads! Quite a loss there.

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone!

I think the most tragic loss in that collection was the Amiot 135. As I understood it at the time. It had been hidden from the Germans during the war by the family that owned the factory and remained in storage on thier estate until just a few years before when it was donated to the museum. Truly unique the only survivor of its type.

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"I can't understand it, I cut it twice and it's still too short!" Robert F. Dupre' 1923-2010 Go With God.

I do not think that the Amiot 135 was a majorly historic aircraft. Far more important and immensely were were the early - 1920s - helicopters.

At least some of the "destroyed" aircraft survived in restoarble condition, including the WWI Zeppelin bomber and the now-restpred Pescara helicopter. I think the P-38 has also been subsequently restored.

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Kevin McCartney

P-38 was destroyed

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Yeah, but they're getting almost as common as Cessna 150s nowadays. I don't bother turning out these days unless there are at least 2 expected, preferably 3 or 4!

I don't know if it's the same but a Lysander is (or was) in restoration to static display in this museum a few years ago.

The Belgian group restoring one Lysander to flying status (after a crash ten years ago) was able to make a deal to exchange their "non airworty but fine for static display" landing gear" with the one destinated to this restoration

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Sorry for my bad English:-(

bdk,

a lysander was burned during the fire; exact. later 6 or 7 years an other lysander was exchanged with the belgian bruxelles museum for static refurbishment (musée de l'air never fly aircraft following some well knowned crashs), this lysander was in poor condition covered with ply all around etc. Only the metal parts are good. today kept in one of the reserve hangar.

for your information the next aircraft refurbishment at the musée de l'air, in fact by air memorial (after the heinkel 162) is the polikarpov I 153, probably down in latvia in 1940, sent to france for exposition at Nanterre and mysteriously given or obtained by the musée de l'air beginning of the 50.

concerning the AMIOT a/c, the 350 was lost in the fire, great loss, but the first amiot dated 1914/18 has recently reappered at the museum, probably out of the reserves..
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