Ailes Anciennes Toulouse

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Ailes Anciennes Toulouse is an association law of 1901 created in February 1980 in Toulouse with the aim of preserving aviation heritage. The association has about 100 aircraft (aircraft, helicopters, gliders and ULM), as well as various engines and equipment. Part of its collection is on display at the Aeroscopia Museum right next door.

History: The association was established in 1980 on a site in Colomiers made available by the Chamber of Commerce. The site was then in the middle of the fields a few hundred meters from the slopes of Toulouse-Blagnac airport. The first aircraft of the association arrived in June 1981, it was a North 1100 Noralpha transferred by the Air Force. With Airbus gradually developing and taking over the buildings of Dassault-Breguet, the site was enclaved in the Airbus plants of Colomiers. In 2010, Airbus wanted to use the exhibition area to build the final assembly plant of the A350, and the association moved to a temporary exhibition area in an Airbus car park in Saint-Martin-du-Touch. Then in October 2012, again moved; all the aircraft of the collection settles in Blagnac facing...