Guided Tour: Flight Badges

Name: Visite guidée : les insignes d'escadrilles
Start: 2022-09-17T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T15:45:00+02:00
Location: Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace

Discover the traditions of the Air Force and Space through the insignia of squadrons present in the collections of the Air and Space Museum.

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

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Do you know the history of Air Force and Space Squadron badges. Sioux’s head, rabbit, rooster, stork… These visible marks on aircraft fuselages are an important part of the heritage and traditions of the French Wings. With a specialist, explore the halls of the museum and discover the badges that adorn some of the devices in the collections.

À propos du lieu

Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace

Aéroport de Paris - Le Bourget 93350 Le Bourget

Val-d'Oise
Île-de-France

Inaugurated at Le Bourget in 1975, the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace de Paris-Le Bourget is one of the world’s first aeronautical museums because of its age and the wealth of its collections. These collections are exhibited in the terminal, designed by architect Georges Labro, inaugurated in 1937 and listed in the Inventory of Historic Monuments. This emblematic building of the airport architecture of the 1930s is located on a place full of history: 1915: Creation of the airfield of Bourget 1919: 1st commercial flight Paris-London 1927: Departure of Nungesser and Coli aboard the Oiseau Blanc/ Arrival of Lindbergh from New-York 1930: Departure of Costes and Bellonte for New-York aboard the Question Mark 1933: Foundation of Air France And every two years since 1953: Air Show