Posted on 08/28/2019 4:50:09 AM PDT by DFG
The Château de Savigny-lès-Beaune, nestled in the rolling hills of Burgundy's wine country, is the last place you'd expect to find a fighter plane which once had atomic bombs strapped expectantly under its wings.
Michel Pont, who is the world's biggest private collector of fighter planes with 110 according to the Guinness Book of World Records, inherited the castle in the 1980s and stuffed every corner of his property with his prized possessions.
The former pilot's obsession began during his days in the military and continued as he travelled the world trying to stop vintage planes from being destroyed.
His collection and the abundant size of the property has allowed him to open nine separate museums in the castle, one for each type of vehicle.
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Omgosh. Wow.
Just lovely!
Looks like the Iranian airforce.
That's amazing - but Ryan is no kind of aviation writer...
OK...my bucket list just got a tad bit longer.
WoW
Wow. Cool article with a bunch off pictures. Amazing. This guy collects jet fighters the way some might collect stamps.
;-)
Great pictures of planes with really funny comedy dialog:
“The Vought F-8 Crusader (pictured above), a plane developed by the French Navy, was primarily used during the Vietnam war”
It can’t be an aerial vehicle?
For people in the aviation world aircraft come in Types, Classes and Categories.
Tasty! Although I was sad not to see a Saab Drakken
That is quite a collection.
Thanks for sharing this. Beautiful that he saved so much history. Wonder why he chose only jet aircraft, the two old green helicopters are piston engine radials.
The F86 Sabre, in West German markings, is the one I would get into flying condition.
Maybe one of the Dassaults for national pride. Where do you get parts for an Ouragan?
Paine Field in Everett had a Fouga Magister in flying condition a few years ago.
Things I’ve heard an anti-gun person say:
What makes you think you can own an AR15? You can’t own tanks or fighter jets!
Coolest guy in the WORLD...?
Dayum..!
Looked like an AD Skyraider on the end of one of the
middle rows.
At least they are made of Aluminum and won’t be
affected by the weather...
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