History & Updates
Benoit Couturier, owner of his own Futuro located in Paris, recently sent us this nice set of photos of this Futuro which he visited 042121; thanks for sharing them Benoit!
We recently came across this photo on Instagram. Nice to see a recent photo of one of the lesser photographed Futuros. The photo was posted to Instagram by alain_defini 102720.
We do not see a whole lot of photos of this Futuro so it is nice to see a new one. This photo was posted to Instagram by prefablabla 110619.
It is always nice to get an updated look at a Futuro, particularly where it is one of the less photographed units. This photo dated 042819 was posted to Instagram by florianschairer.
The French Cirque Arlette Gruss has been touring since 1985. This rather cool RPPC shows the «montage du chapiteau» or, according to Google Translate, the «assembly of the marquee» during a stop in Lorient, France in 1987. The photograph shows a Futuro behind the marquee.
The February 2012 Issue (Dead Link — archived PDF version can be found here) of the monthly online Gazette (Dead Link — archived PDF version can be found here) published by the Aero Club Lorient (Dead Link — archived PDF versi
Yves Buysse sent us an email recently in which he let us know that this Futuro had been moved a short distance to a new location at the Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud. The Futuro «landed» at its new «home» on 101717. A couple of photos of the relocated Futuro can be found below; they are from the airports Facebook page and website respectively.
Yves also sent us the links listed below to a few Youtube Videos that were shot as planes landed at the airport in which this Futuro, at its old locat
It seems that the idea that the Niedernhausen Futuro was one of the three that were located in Belgium in 1971 may be incorrect after all (see the 082314 update below). This conclusion was based on the fact that the Futuro had no lower windows. This photo, shot 021515 by futurohouse (futurohouse’s original photo can be found on Flickr here), clearly shows that this Futuro does in fact have lower windows.
On 073014 Yves Buysse visited the Ploemeur Futuro. Not only was Yves able to see the Futuro’s exterior he was also given the opportunity to go inside the unit. Yves tells us the Futuro appeared to be in reasonable condition, though the original windows were gone and had been replaced by what appeared to be flat Acrylic sheets. Yves shot a nice set of photos of the Futuro and these can be seen below. For shots of other Futuros Yves has visited check out Flickr where Yves goes by the nickname futu
A little of the history of this Futuro can be found in the monthly online Gazette (Dead Link — archived PDF version can be found here) published by the Aero Club Lorient (Dead Link — archived PDF version can be found here). In the February 2012 Issue (Dead Link — archived PDF version can be found here) 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 curren
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 we welcome to these pages the second Futuro in France. Achim Breiling, who adds a great deal to these pages, dropped us an email today right around the time we 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 posti
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