Jean Pinet – Great Medal of the Aero-Club of France

Jean Pinet – Great Medal of the Aero-Club of France On February 6, 2019, the Aero-Club de France awarded its Great medal to Jean Pinet, Concorde test pilot. An aeronautical engineer and fighter pilot, Jean Pinet was also one of the test pilots of Concorde, in...

In memoriam René Mouille

In memoriam René Mouille René Mouille, former AAE correspondent, passed away on January 10, 2019, in his 95th year, in La Roque D’anthéron (13) With the passing of this exceptional engineer, who had drawn up the plans for and largely designed the...

In memoriam Prof. Gero Madelung

Professor Gero Madelung, a highly respected member of the German aerospace industry and member of AAE, passed away on 13 December last. A public tribute will be given to him on January 22nd at 13:00.

«Pierre-Georges Latécoère» by Madeleine Tézénas

«Pierre-Georges Latécoère» by Madeleine Tézénas The sculpture “Pierre-Georges Latécoère” by Madeleine Tézénas, sculptor from Toulouse, was placed on display a few days ago in the courtyard of the Chateau at Aéropostale museum in Montaudran as part of the...

In memoriam Wolfgang Didszuhn

In memoriam Wolfgang Didszuhn We were saddened to learn of the passing of ourcolleague Wolfgang Didszuhn, on August 10, 2018. Wolfgang Didszuhn was born on February 26, 1936 and graduated in mechanical engineering engineer from the University of Bremen. In 1963, he...

In memoriam Henri Martre

In memoriam Henri Martre It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of our honorary member, Henri Martre, on 3 July 2018. Henri Martre was born on 6 February 1928 in Bélesta (Ariège). He entered the École Polytechnique en 1947 and he chose to join the...

Guy Viselé photographic archives

Guy Viselé photographic archives A first installment of these aeronautical photographic archives (period 1960-1969) was presented to Fabienne Péris, head of collections and cultural diffusion of Aéroscopia Museum, on 7 February, by Guy Viselé and Jean-Claude...

Michel Blanc winner of the AACE Great Prize 2017

Michel Blanc winner of the AACE Great Prize 2017 This year the Board of Directors of AACE (Association of Friends of the Cité de l’espace) decided to award their Grand prix to Michel BLANC, astronomer at IRAP (OMP, Toulouse) and scientific delegate of the AERES....

Tribute to André Turcat – Aeroscopia

Last Saturday, May 21st, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the first commercial flights from Concorde to North America, a presentation was organised in Aeroscopia of the intergenerational project. “Finding your Concorde”, directed by Narcisse Carles, member of the Blagnac senior citizens’s council, with a class of aerostructures students of Lycée Saint-Exupéry.

Solar Impulse 2 World Tour

Solar Impulse 2 World Tour With its large 72 m, 630 kg batteries, 17,240 solar cells and 2.3t take-off (and landing!) weight, Solar Impulse 2 arrived in Abu Dhabi aboard a Cargolux B747-800 to complete its technical preparation. The Voyager world tour flown in 1984 by...