Had a day off in Toulouse, here for a UPS A300 flight deck upgrade - so what do you do as an airplane geek in a great classical city? Go to the airplane/space museums of course. The new Airbus museum Aeroscopia features several prototypes (ATR-42, A320, A340, A380, Concorde #3, M400) indoors and out.
Found a helo I thought looked pretty normal until studying... Turbine powered, no transmission but ducted bleed air to rotor tip nozzles, no tail rotor (rudder), single piston put-put to start er up. Pics are kind of dark -
French fighters on display are beautiful in their simplicity, the F1-F111 Mirages all look like strap on hotrods. The Naval Jaguar looks the same, point and shoot. Interesting Squadron logo too.
