Features
Features exploring the places, people and technologies that have shaped aviation history.
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Toulouse, aerospace capital
From Montaudran to Blagnac, a history of factories, airmail and European cooperation, preserved at L'Envol des Pionniers and Aeroscopia.
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The Aéropostale (1918–1933)
From the Latécoère Lines to Air France: building a postal network to Africa and South America through collective organisation, difficult crossings and financial fragility.
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Women in aviation
From Raymonde de Laroche to Jacqueline Auriol: licences, endurance, crossings and testing, with Valentina Tereshkova as a spaceflight counterpoint and careful distinctions between different firsts.
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From piston engine to turbofan
Propellers, turbines and bypass engines: a history of architectures, their uses and the compromises between power, thrust, fuel consumption and maintenance.
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Aviation safety
From Chicago to safety management systems: how international rules, investigations, flight recorders and human factors organise evidence-based prevention.
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Aircraft maintenance, from mechanic to Part-66 technician
From pioneer workshops to continuing airworthiness: the evolution of the trade, maintenance programmes and the European Part-M, Part-145, Part-66, Part-147 and Part-CAMO framework.
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Supersonic flight, from the Bell X-1 to the Boom XB-1
From Yeager’s 1947 flight to the supersonic XB-1 on 28 January 2025: research, Concorde, acoustic constraints and the limits of the civil market.
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Towards low-carbon aviation
Efficiency, SAF and ReFuelEU, hydrogen after the ZEROe delay, electric flight: achievements, rules and limits, without forecasts.
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Boeing and Airbus: the making of a duopoly
From markets dominated by American manufacturers to the Boeing–Airbus balance: a history of programmes, consolidation and global competition.
8 min read