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Octo68
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Hi all,

Here is a link to a wonderful swiss site showing the new paint sheme of the unique airworthy MS 406, fantastic aircraft.

http://www.airpic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2272

Hope you enjoy

Greetings

Alain
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Not a big fan of the MS but that's a great scheme and photo's are awesome too :)
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Is this a ex-Swiss model?
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yup

a D-3801 built in Switzerland

here's what this a/c looked like in the 60's when it was rotting away on a playground at St. Imier in western Switzerland...

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there are two more complete examples (not airworthy) around; one at the Swiss AF Museum Dübendorf, and one at the Musée de L'Aerospace at Le Bourget near paris, France.

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Good photos Martin. I thought you would come up with something.
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Thank you very much Martin to add these complements, I knew the story but didn't have the pics, great.

Alain
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This is very cool, do any other of these off-beat French warbirds still fly?
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Not it is only.
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So this is the only WWII era french designed plane still flying?

That's impressive.
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Very nice!

Weren't the remains of 3 others exported to the UK a few years back?
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Hi all,

last week-end, the MS 406 was at GIMONT/France Airshow.

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and some "archives" :wink:

May 1940 over the France.

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greetings from Switzerland.

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Fantastic photos, Christophe, I love the penultimate shot.

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and make it bigger, or the contest committee at Reno will have a fit next year!

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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

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Couldn't the enter it in the Formula 1 category? 8)

I've always thought the MS-406 was a bit of an ugly duckling, but it's always good to see a historically important aircraft like that preserved.

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The last photo is excellent, looks extremely autentic!
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