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The Musée Européen de
l'aviation de chasse (The European Fighter aircraft Museum) at Montelimar
was founded in 1985 by a group of friends passionately about of aviation.
It displays about fifty airplanes in it still growing collection, the last
edition being a Mirage 4. The collection also includes some prototypes from
Dassault Aviation.
The main focus of the collection is on European built fighter aircraft and
this is shown in a collection with aircraft from several European air forces
from the 30' up to now.
The build-up of the collection is influenced by the several relationships
the museum has.
The Museum keeps privileged relationships with the Aerospace Museum from Le
Bourget. Through this relationship the museum was entrusteds with planes for
reconditioning and for preservation including some interesting prototypes
from Dassault aviation.
The Museum of Montelimar is twinned with the Military Planes Museum "Clin
d'Ailes" at Payerne Switzerland via its amateur radio club. The result
from this are best seen in the first hanger where three Mirage 3 from the
Swiss air force are on display. Its relationships with the French Air force
have recently allowed them to get new planes such as the Jaguar E a Tucano
and A Mirage 4. This last plane was formerly stored at Châteaudun air base.
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