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Re: Anything to see in Egypt

Posted by Steve Young on Thu Jul 11, 2002 07:47:02 AM

In reply top Anything to see in Egypt posted by Harm Jan Strating on Wed Jul 10, 2002 04:17:21 PM

: Hi all,
:
: I will be travelling around Egypt in the next 3 weeks and
: was wondering if there is anything of interest to be seen
: regarding warbirds. Hope there is something to make the tr
: ip enjoyable cause 3 weeks of sand and pyramids is just no
: t my cup of tea.
:
: Harm-Jan Strating
:

There's a '6 day war' tableau by the side of the road between the airport and the centre of Cairo, with a Mig 21 and a pair of Sukhoi's (I think). Like Mikael, I didn't get a photo as I was in a taxi being driven by a lunatic and was too busy trying to remember whether I'd made a will. Be very careful what you take photo's of though, as the local police can be a bit tetchy.

There's also a museum up on the Mediteranean coast, not sure whether it's in Alexandria or El lamein, but it's got the remains of a Spitfire which was dragged out of the sea a couple of years back. I didn't visit that one as I didn't dare venture out of Cairo...

Hope that hasn't put you off too much. :)

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