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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 23h

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 · 1d

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

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 8d

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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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 8d

Take-off, engine ignition and release of the "Leduc 010" from 1946.
One of the craziest aircraft in French history (Personally, one of my favourites), powered solely by its ramjet engine.
Here, a flight in the early 50s.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 9d

The Caudron C.670 was a prototype small fast bomber using as many components as possible from the C.640 ‘Typhon’ light multi-purpose aircraft.
It was described as a "retaliation aircraft" and first flight in 1937.
French Air Force did not need such an aircraft, so it was not produced.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 10d

The Payen Pa.112 C.1 was a highly innovative twin-engine fighter designed in 1938.
It was equipped with counter-rotating propellers, delta wings, two 7.5 mm machine guns and a 20 mm cannon.
Deemed too fanciful, it was rejected by the French Air Force.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 10d

The Potez-CAMS 161 ultimately looked like this:

it was only completed during the Second World War and was flight tested by the Germans, who had captured it before it was destroyed by Allied forces around 1944.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 10d

The Potez-CAMS 160 was a 5/13 scale model of the Potez-CAMS 161, designed for transatlantic flights.
The 160 flew for the first time in the summer of 1938 to test the aerodynamic and hydrodynamic qualities of the giant flying-boat, which was too large to be tested at full scale.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 10d

The "Romano R.110", whose design dates back to 1935, was a prototype heavy fighter carrying a crew of three.
It was armed with two forward-firing 20 mm cannons and a defensive 7.5 mm machine gun.
It took to the skies in 1938, but was deemed underpowered and obsolete compared to its competitors.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 11d

Although a speed of Mach 2.35 is sometimes mentioned for the Typhoon, this speed is only valid on paper. No official flight has been recorded at this speed. It generally settles for a good Mach 2.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 12d

Flight demonstration of the Mirage G (single-engine) and Mirage G8 (twin-engine) in the early 1970s.
This was a series of experimental variable-geometry aircraft.
The G8 remains the fastest Western European aircraft in history, with a speed of Mach 2.34.

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Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · 12d

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Rêves d'espace @revesdespace.bsky.social · 19d

🚀 Le démonstrateur d'étage réutilisable #Themis est vertical au centre spatial d'Esrange en Suède.
Dans les semaines à venir, il devrait y avoir une ‘répétition générale humide’, validant les moteurs à méthane liquide et à oxygène liquide utilisés par Themis
📷 ArianeGroup/ESA

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