Musée de L'air Le Bourget

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Stayed south for the weekend and to fill the timegap between work I drove to this museum and check out its collection.
Here is my take on that, more to be found at the usual place.
LWDtower this is Viper black there is a civilian taking pictures at ORP06 can you take a look?
LWDtower: we'll do
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Extremely difficult light conditions, well done.

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Hello,
From my own experiences I know that the lighting conditions are very difficult at Le Bourget, so well done on your trip.
I saw on your site that you advise to take a tripod with you on a possible visit, please be advised that the use of a tripod needs prior permission from the museum, a monopod was in my case not a problem.
I hope this is off use to someone.
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Post by Laurent »

Crizz,

Probably never been in Brussels Air Museum either, no photography with tripod or monopod without prior permission.
They consider you a 'professional' when you use a tripod/monopod, and then you need permission (look at their site : http://www.airmuseum.be" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (visitor information)

Please note that until a few years ago, in Brussels, photography was completely 'verboten' without prior written permission !
You were not even allowed to take you photobag inside, it was kept for you at the entrance !

This is relatively common practice in several museums, but it depends a bit on the 'time of day' and 'who's in charge' on how the rules are applied.
In the RAF Museum in Hendon you need to ask permission for a tripod as well.
On their site it says :
"...Visitors who wish to film or take photographs in the Museum may do so within the exhibition areas of the Museum from the walkway. To avoid causing a trip hazard for other users of the Museum, they should use a tripod only with the assistance or permission of a member of staff..."
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/comm ... policy.cfm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


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Laurent
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Post by Laurent »

Crizz,
I edited my reply slightly (some additional info on Hendon), but I always contact the museum in advance when I want to take pictures with tripod.
In 99.9% of the cases it's not a problem, but one never knows.
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