Author: Alan G.W.

© Dassault Aviation – V. Guilly On August 15, 2024, the military port of Toulon will host its traditional airshow, featuring a demonstration by the Patrouille de France’s Alpha Jets. A classic! It’s now impossible to imagine August 15 without a demonstration by the Patrouille de France and its Alpha Jets over the port city of Toulon – an event that attracts on average 50,000 people every year, especially on the famous Mourillon beaches. This year, in addition to the Patrouille de France, there will also be a number of helicopter demonstrations (by the French Navy and the SNSM –…

© Nouvelle Aquitaine Airshow The first major air show in August 2024 will take place in Mainfonds, at the end of the European Hot Air Balloon Cup. Here’s the agenda! For almost three decades now, Mainfonds, a town in the Charente region of France, has held an air festival featuring hot air balloons from all over Europe. The 2024 edition will remain true to tradition, culminating in an air show on Sunday, August 4 with some 20,000 spectators expected. On the ground, there will be a host of stands and other entertainment, including a cabaret, drone shows and fireworks. In…

© Editions Histoire & Collections In this summer issue of “Raids Aviation”, the editorial team takes a look back at the Volfa military exercise, organized by the French Air and Space Force. In this issue of the world’s leading military aviation bimonthly magazine, don’t miss the special report on Exercise Volfa, the French Air and Space Force’s large-scale training exercise. About twenty training air raids took place at the Mont-de-Marsan air force base, involving around a thousand people. The exercise showcased Dassault Aviation aircraft, as well as the country’s land and sea forces. The editorial team is also devoting a…

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© Dassault Aviation July 23, 2024, Chief Technology Officers representing seven major organizations across the aircraft industry advocate for advancing science on aviation’s non-CO2 impacts on climate change. Fully supporting the civil aviation industry’s commitment to achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050, the CTOs had highlighted the importance of the production, distribution, and uptake of qualified Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), advanced aircraft and propulsion technologies, and improved aircraft operations at the Paris 2023 Air Show.

© Dassault Aviation – V. Almansa During a press conference, Éric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, presented 2024 first half-year results on July 23, 2024. Find all the documents of the press conference for download. Stéphane Fort +33 (0)1 47 11 86 90 stephane.fort@dassault-aviation.com Mathieu Durand +33 (0)1 47 11 85 88 mathieu.durand@dassault-aviation.com Nicolas Blandin +33147114027 nicolas.blandin@dassault-aviation.com

© Éditions Larivière In this special edition, we head to Spring 1944 and the skies above the Normandy beaches for the biggest air operation ever organized… To mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the editors of “Fana de l’aviation” have put together 130 pages on the Allied air forces who helped make Operation Overlord a great success and a key date in history. Our team has sought out and gathered together the best articles on D-Day seen from the sky, with an update for each one – plus a number of previously unpublished articles, of course. Naming the aircraft that…

© Cap d’Agde Air Show The Cap d’Agde Air Show will take place on Friday, July 19, and the world-class cast is guaranteed to turn heads! See you there, on Friday, July 19, at 4 pm, on Le Mail de Rochelongue beach, for an exceptional air show! Organized by Agde city council, this is a show that will be a massive hit with all ages. All day long, a market with a variety of exhibitors will be open to the public, along with a host of activities that people can join in from the traveling podium sent by the French…

© Dassault Aviation On June 27, the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace at Le Bourget hosted the closing day of the 18th Student Aerospace Challenge, a competition co-organized with ESA, the European Astronaut Club, ArianeGroup and the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace. It enables students to take part in the study of a reusable, manned suborbital or even orbital vehicle on a theme chosen from among ten on offer (technical, medical, legal studies, etc.). This year, sixteen teams from Swiss, English, Slovakian, Greek, Bulgarian, Spanish, French and Italian schools and universities took up the challenge. The OrbitOut team…

© Palavas-les-Flots Air Show On July 18, the coastal town in the Hérault department will host its traditional air show, with the Patrouille de France as guest star. If you live in the region, or are on vacation there, the air show, with the Patrouille de France and its Alpha Jets, is an absolute must. The official start time is 3 pm on Thursday 18 July, but the organizers recommend you arrive in the morning. Rafale and the A400M are both expected to be featured at the event. On the ground, the event – which has the backing of the…

© Morgane VALLE / Armee de l’air Et de l’Espace / Defense Due to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the military parade on 14 July will not take place on the Champs-Élysées but on the Avenue Foch (Paris, 16th arrondissement). The flypast will take place in two separate phases: It will begin, at around 10.50 am, with the Knowledge-Comprehension-Anticipation display featuring four aircraft, including 2 ATL2 from the French Navy, followed by helicopters. This will be followed by a parade featuring 36 aircraft, including 28 Dassault aircraft, at around 11.30 am: Force projection : 2 Rafale from the…

© Centre Juno Beach An event highlighting the role and importance of the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War. The exhibition runs until December 2025. The Juno Beach Center (at the famous landing site in Courseulles-sur-Mer, in Calvados), which was founded in 2003 by veterans and volunteers, is both a memorial site and a cultural center. It pays homage to the 45,000 Canadians who lost their lives between 1939 and 1945, including 381 on June 6, 1944. To mark the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force (Aviation Royale du Canada – ARC), the Juno Beach…

© Fête Aérienne Internationale de Saint-Quentin See you there: July 13, 2024, in Saint-Quentin (Aisne) for the town’s twilight air show. A dazzling show that takes aerobatics to new heights. For this pre-Bastille Day event, to be held from 7:30 pm to 11:30 pm, the organizers have pulled out all the stops. And this is no ordinary firework display, because the crowd will be captivated by a dozen patrols and other aerobatics teams. Before night falls, visitors will be treated to flying displays with bright trails of colored smoke and solo and group aerobatic feats. After sunset, a stunning display…

© Dassault Aviation – S. Randé On June 26, in the reception rooms at the city hall in Paris’ 15th arrondissement, Stéphane F., an engineer specialized in basic scientific research at the Dassault Aviation Forecasting Department in Saint-Cloud, was awarded the thesis prize from the French aeronautics and astronautics association (3AF). The prizewinning work focuses on an original, innovative subject: predicting aircraft vibration environments through automatic learning. It is based on model learning, powered by sophisticated artificial intelligence techniques, to predict complex mechanical vibration phenomena at mid- and high-frequency before the flight test phase. The implications are huge in terms…

© Dassault Aviation – V. Almansa Once again this year, according to the Swedish research firm Universum, Dassault Aviation has maintained its position as one of the most attractive French employers for managers in all sectors. In 2024, Dassault Aviation still ranks in the Top 10 of preferred companies for experienced engineers, reaching 5th place, regardless of sector. What’s more, Dassault Aviation gains further ground, taking 19th place among top employers of business executives, joining the Top 20, and becoming the 22nd most popular company among IT professionals. In parallel with the study carried out by the firm on the…

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© Editions JPO An autobiography by a professional military man, Jean-Paul Jacquet, a brilliant officer who has always straddled the sea and the air. “Sailor in the sky” is the story of a man whose calling has always been to fly at sea. Born into a post-war rural family, Jean-Paul Jacquet knew from an early age that he wanted to take to the skies, having found his calling during a trip to the Sahara, and had his aspirations confirmed during a stint at the Prytanée National Militaire, a French military school. The young man entered the French Naval Academy in…

In a move towards fleet modernization and expansion, Royal Jordanian (RJ) has welcomed the first two Embraer E195-E2 aircraft, under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Faisal Bin Al-Hussein. With plans to incorporate a total of eight such advanced aircraft into its fleet, RJ aims to enhance its […] Click here to view original web page at aviationsourcenews.com

Melbourne, FL, October 30, 2023 – Embraer today announced changes in the leadership for Defense & Security. The company appointed Jake Williams as the new Vice President of Business Development & Sales for Embraer Defense & Security (EDS) in North America. The change will take effect in November 2023. […]