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Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud, 56270 Ploemeur, France | 47°45'17.19"N 3°26'7.98"W
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Update 091013
Aero Club Lorient publishes a monthly online Gazette. The first three photographs below are from the February 2012 Issue and show the Futuro as it arrived on site sometime in the 1990's. The fourth photograph is from the April 2013 Issue and is a cool aerial shot which confirms the location of the Futuro far more clearly than the current Google Maps satellite imagery. There are also a few photographs of activities/functions in the Futuro which incidentally show the Futuro's interior here and here. 
 
Original Images 090813 The featured image above and the first set of photos below are courtesy of the Facebook Page La Maison Futuro. There is no indication of the date on which these photographs were taken. 
 
 
 
The five photographs below are courtesy of Cosmothropos Les empreintes de l'Espace sur Terre and are dated 030212. 
This final photograph, taken by julienlt, is featured in Google Earth and can be found on Panoramio. The date the photograph was shot is not listed though the photograph was uploaded on 032710. 
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Update 091013
A little of the history of this Futuro can be found in the monthly online Gazette published by the Aero Club Lorient. In the February 2012 Issue of the Gazette we learn that the Futuro was originally located in an industrial area of Lanester, a suburb of Lorient and then moved a couple of times around the area before arriving at its current location [based on Google Translate - please correct me if I have read this incorrectly]. The Futuro arrived at its current location sometime in the 1990's. The February 2012 Gazette article includes the very interesting photographs at left which show the Futuro arriving in a fully assembled state on a flatbed and then being hoisted by crane onto the concrete foundation prepared for it. In the April 2013 Issue of the Gazette there is a nice aerial shot of part of the airfield which clearly shows the location of the Futuro [top center of the photograph]. If there was any small shadow of a doubt about the location due to the poor satellite imagery in Google Maps this photograph removes it and confirms the location. Original Information 090813 It is always exciting when a "new" Futuro is located - of course they are never really "new"; perhaps "rediscovered" might be a better way of describing it. Anyway I welcome to these pages the second Futuro in France. Achim Breiling, who adds a great deal to these pages, dropped me an email today right around the time I found an entry on "La Maison Futuro" on Facebook providing information on a Futuro House at the Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud located in Ploemeur, France. The Facebook posting included the set of eight photographs shown at left. A little more information along with some more photographs can be found on the website Cosmothropos Les empreintes de l'Espace sur Terre. The Futuro serves as the club House for Aero Club Lorient; the club's website features a couple of small photographs and we are told the Futuro serves as a place where club members can chat about their passion for flying and also enjoy a coffee [or something a little stronger] after a flight. One particularly interesting feature of this Futuro is the way it is mounted on what appears to be a concrete base as opposed to the normal legs. While not particularly clear the Google Maps imagery of the area is sufficient to allow the Futuro's location to be identified. Additionally there is a photograph by julienlt placed at the location in Panoramio. Google Earth historical imagery places the Futuro on site since 112205 but when it actually arrived on site is unknown, at least to me. If anyone has any additional information or photographs I would love to hear from you. Sources & Reference:
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I am always looking for additional information, history, details, images, videos; just about anything Futuro I guess - if you would like to contribute please use the Futuro Contact Form at the bottom of the main article or email me. As far as images go I am particularly interested in those that are either significantly better than the ones already on this page or show a different aspect or detail. If you own an image meeting one or both of those criteria I would love to be able to use it on this page but I will simply provide a link if that is your preference. Where permission is granted to use an image on the page appropriate attribution will be provided by means of a link to the original image, a link to a website of your choosing or both. |
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