7 Jan 2026 | Members, News
The Académie de l’Air et de l’Espace is honored to announce that Mrs. Anne-Marie Mainguy, former President of the Académie and senior advisor to the Chairman and CEO of a public aerospace research establishment, has been elevated to the rank of Commander...
19 Nov 2025 | Members, News, Our members publish
Our members publish The MH370 hijacking, volume 2 Why Ocean Infinity didn’t find the wreck If you think this was an accident, or that the messages recorded by Inmarsat were manipulated, and/or that the debris found in the western Indian Ocean does not belong to...
8 Jan 2025 | Members, News, Releases
At the close of last October’s Annual General Meeting, Academy members unanimously elected Bruno Stoufflet President of the AAE. The Academy’s eighteenth president, he officially took office on January 1, 2025, for a two-year term. He succeeds Michel...
19 Jun 2024 | Members, News
It is with deep sadness that we belatedly learn of the death of Mr. Paul-Louis Mathé, which occurred on November 22, 2022. He was an honorary member of section 2 of our Academy. Born in Paris on May 7, 1931, Paul-Louis Mathé studied at the prestigious Lycée...
14 May 2024 | Members, News
It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of our colleague Jean-François Georges, which occurred on the morning of Saturday, May 11. Born on October 7, 1940, Mr. Georges was a great figure in the world of aeronautics. A Supaéro engineer (64), his career at...
25 Apr 2024 | Members, News
On this sad day we bid farewell to our esteemed colleague Yves MARC, correspondent of the Air and Space Academy and member of Section V. Born on April 21, 1936 in Montréjeau, Yves MARC devoted his life to aviation journalism, becoming an emblematic figure in this...
23 Apr 2024 | Members, News
In an emotional ceremony, surrounded by her loved ones and colleagues, our friend and colleague Claude d’Abzac-Epezy, Ph.D. in History and Research Fellow at the Centre d’Etudes d’Histoire de la Défense and a fellow of the Section V of our Academy,...
4 Apr 2024 | Members, News
It is belatedly that we learn the sad news of the death of Jacques Naveau, honorary lawyer and professor, on May 29, 2019 in Saint-Gilles. Born on 28 January 1930 in Brussels, Jacques Naveau left an indelible mark in the field of aviation law and international...
25 Mar 2024 | Members, News
Jean-Marc Weber, Ingénieur de l’Armement et Membre Honoraire de l’Académie de l’air et de l’espace (section 5), s’est éteint le 22 février 2024 à l’âge de 89 ans. Né à Nancy le 14 mars 1934, il laisse derrière lui un héritage dans...
10 Jan 2024 | Members, News
By decree dated December 29, 2023, Jean-François Clervoy, a former astronaut at the European Space Agency and member of the French Air and Space Academy, was elevated to the rank of Commander in the National Order of the Legion of Honor, he had been an officer since...
9 Jan 2024 | Members, News
The Academy has just lost one of its founding members, Marc Pélegrin, Honorary Senior Advisor at the National Office for Aerospace Studies and Research (ONERA), who died on January 1, 2024 at the age of 100. Born in 1923, Marc Pélegrin has left his mark on the history...
14 Dec 2023 | Members, News
On December 9, 2023, in a ceremony full of emotion and solemnity, the Mayor of Toulouse, Jean-Luc Moudenc, had the honor of awarding the insignia of Chevalier des Arts et Lettres to our Madeleine Tézenas-du-Montcel, sculptor and member of our Academy. The reception...
