The father of modern French fighter aviation ...
Marcel Dassault née Bloch.

A380 or B.747?

First flight of the Airbus A380 prototype in April 2005 at Toulouse-Blagnac airport, France. It is still the largest civil passenger aircraft in service and the fourth largest aircraft in the history of aeronautics.

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The French airlines consolidated in January 1923, over a year before Imperial.
Line-up of Air Union aircraft at Le Bourget in 1929 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the London-Paris route.

Leo 213, Bleriot 165, Breguet 280T, Goliaths.

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People invited to test the dimensions of Dassault's 'Méditerranée' business jet project on board a model reproducing the space of its fuselage. This took place in 1958, shortly after which the project changed face and became the Falcon 20.

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Luggage loading demonstration on board the first prototype Caravelle, circa 1956.

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Sud Aviation SE-210 'Caravelle' second prototype.

Advertising for the 'Méditerranée' business jet project developed by Dassault around 1958, which later gave rise to the well-known 'Mystère 20' or 'Falcon 20'.

'Deux Ponts' by L. Breguet

#OTD in 1950: the sole prototype Nord NC 1080 [F-WFKZ], a fighter intended for the French Navy, crashes in Chevannes (France). Test pilot Pierre Gallay is killed. Cause was never determined; the project is abandoned, and the French Navy adopts the British designed Sea Venom.…

An Air France SE-161 'Langudoc' aircraft in the late 1940s.

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Air France, the sexiest airline since 1933 - Part 2

Le Vautour 😏

Air France, the sexiest airline since 1933.

#CeJourLà #OnThisDay - Le 8 avril 1959, la The FAA ✈️ l'équivalent américain de la Direction générale de l'aviation civile 🇫🇷🇪🇺, accorde le certificat de navigabilité à la #Caravelle .

Unusual Air France livery on Caravelle prototype SE 210-01 probably circa 1956.

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French Air Force EC1/12 Dassault Mirage 2000C 90/12-YS (2002)
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Do you prefer the SNCASO 'Vautour II' (1952) or the Yakolev Yak-28 (1958) ?

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