Where East meets West

摘要

If you happen to find yourself holidaying in Turkey this year, you might like to drop into Istanbul's Rahmi M. Koc Museum, the country's first industrial museum, which has just opened an exhibition taken from the eclectic collection of R/C aircraft previously owned by the founder's son, Mustafa V Koc, who passed away earlier this year. Readers of the financial press may well recognise Mustafa as the chairman of Koc Holdings, a conglomerate that accounts for 5% of Turkey's CDR The international soaring fraternity, on the other hand, may recognise him as the lifelong modeller who flew with the Turkish team, and help it to bring home the silver medal from the 2004 F3J World Championships in Canada. The breadth of his interest in the hobby is also indicated by the variety in the exhibits, which range from a Prestige F3J to an Extra 300 by way of a DH89 Dragon Rapide and PZL Wilga.