This early N-262 - not strictly a Frégate - used to sit at the western end of La Ferté-Alais, kept company by an MD.311 Flamant.

French navy Frégates were occasional visitors to AMS.

There were many special schemes amongst the frustrated visitors to that year's RIAT, cancelled because of waterlogging after torrential rainfall, but the arctic tiger job on this 28F N.262 was one of the most eye-catching

Formerly N26210 with Ransome Airlines, this handsome aircraft returned to France in 1982 and joined the navy. She was given to the Museé de l'Air in the late 1990s.

Although built in 1972, this N.262 was intially stored, not going into service till 1976 when converted to Mohawk 298 spec (to meet US FAR 298 regulation) by repacing the Turbomeca Bastan turboprops with P&WC PT-6As. Sold to Lloyd Aviation (later Queensland Pacific Airlines) as VH-HEI in 6.87. Parked up at Bundaberg, QLD, from 11.95 after the type was wfu with fatigue cracking in the airframe and engine mounts and since sunk as a diving wreck on the Great Barrier Reef

Carrying additional Air Inter titles when seen here, this Nord was written off next year. On 5.12.71 while landing at Lannion, the aircaft overshot the runway by 1.5km, hit a tree which tore off 1.9m of the wing and continued 1.8km before crashing

With domestic airlines grounded for months by a dispute with pilots, VH-HIX became a regular visitor to Sydney