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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 12h

A Mirage III BE on a training mission for flying without visibility. The pilot is in the rear seat and cannot see anything because of the cover installed over the cockpit.

© SIRPA Air collection/ Henry Guyot

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 1d

The Lioré et Olivier ‘LeO C.30’ was a Cierva C.30 autogyro produced under licence in France from 1935 onwards.
It was used by the army and navy. Here are autogyros dedicated to submarine detection in 1939.

© Images défenses

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 2d

The "Givaudan I" was an experimental ring-wing aircraft from 1909.
A 40 horsepower engine, also designed by Claude Givaudan, drove a propeller with a diameter of 2.5 metres.
It never flew. His engineer modified the aircraft by adding a triplane wing, but without any more success.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 2d

On 21 May 1910, Jacques de Lesseps became the 2nd pilot to cross the English Channel.
He was flying a Blériot XI monoplane for 42 minutes, winning the Ruinart Prize of 12,500 francs for the first flight across the Channel.
Louis Blériot did not compete for the Ruinart prize in 1909.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 3d

Dewoitine D.1 landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier ‘Béarn’ in the early 1930s.
The D.1 was the first French carrier-based fighter aircraft.
In November 1923, the French Navy placed an order for 44 aircraft, of which around 30 were intended for use on the aircraft carrier in the late 1920s.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 3d

By "Deutsch race", I am referring to the French speed race "Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe".

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 3d

An incredible design, that of the Payen "PA.350-CD" racing aircraft designed in 1934 and intended for the Deutsch race in 1935 and then in 1938 before falling into oblivion.
With an engine of only 220 hp and a delta wing, it was supposed to reach a speed of 500 km/h.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 4d

At a time when fighter planes were mostly biplanes made of wood and canvas, it proved to be very modern.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 4d

The Dewoitine D.1 was the first aircraft designed by Émile Dewoitine in the early 20s.
It was a fighter with an all-metal structure, only the metal wing was covered in canvas.
It made its first flight in 1922. More than 200 were produced for the french air force and navy.

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maks @buran.space · 5d

allumage!

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 7d

The "Bernard SIMB V-2" was a record-breaking aircraft built in 1924.
In December 1924, reaching an average speed of 448 km/h (278 mph), it was awarded the absolute world speed record, which remained unbroken for several years.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 7d

The ‘LISA Airplanes Akoya’, because it is a truly magnificent amphibious aircraft.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 8d

The natural cave at Bédeilhac was converted by Dewoitine and then by the Germans into a factory during the Second World War.
In 1972, test pilot Georges Bonnet, piloting a Morane light aircraft, successfully landed in the cave and took off again.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 8d

The Dewoitine D.373 and D.376 were carrier-based fighter aircraft commissioned by the French Naval Aviation, derived from the D.37 fighter.
They were used on the aircraft carrier ‘Béarn’ from 1938 to 1940.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 8d

The ‘Peyret Alérion Tandem’ was a glider built in 1922 with tandem wings. During the Combegrasse congress, which aimed to develop gliding in France, this strange machine remained airborne for just over 40 seconds.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 10d

Do you like afterburners? And the Mirage 2000?
Here, several Mirage 2000D and 2000N aircraft take off at night to carry out strikes on Iraq and Syria.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 10d

The Lioré et Olivier LeO H.242 was a flying boat used for passenger transport in Europe in the 1930s, particularly on Mediterranean routes by Air France.
It was the company's first flying boat in 1933.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 11d

Fouga CM.88 'Gémeaux' is a French twin fuselages flying testbed designed from the Fouga 'Sylphe' in the early 1950s. It was used for the development of Turbomeca turbojet engines such as the Marboré.
It was the first aircraft in the world to fly with a turbofan engine (Aspin I).

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 12d

After the Second World War, France recovered two Dornier Do-335, a single-seater and a two-seater, which were tested by the Brétigny-sur-Orge Flight Test Centre.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 13d

After the project was cancelled in favour of aircraft such as the much more conventional Super Mystère B2, Nord Aviation proposed producing the Harpon in the form of a high-speed (over Mach 2) research aircraft, but the government was not interested. 2/2

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 13d

The Nord 5000 'Harpon' was a light interceptor project, responding to a 1953 government request for an aircraft capable of Mach 1.3. After wind tunnel tests, it turned out that the aircraft could have been flown at even higher speeds. 1/2
(model by Jean-Christian Houg)

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 13d

I'm not going to make any friends by saying this, but I find the 747 SP particularly ugly.
I don't like the basic model anyway, but this shrivelled-up version is, in my opinion, downright hideous... 😅 it looks like a toy

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 13d

a close up of a man 's face with the word david on the bottom

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the word david on the bottom

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 13d

Derived from the well-known Fouga CM.170 "Magister", the CM.171 "Makalu" was a two-seater, twin-engine aircraft used as a test bed for the Turbomeca Gabizo engine.
It made its first flight on 5 November 1956.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 14d

Its successor, the Leduc 016, which has almost identical architecture, still exists and is on display at the Air and Space Museum in Le Bourget.

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