Museum Prepares to Write a New Chapter in Aviation History | Aviation International News

Museum Prepares to Write a New Chapter in Aviation History

The Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace at Le Bourget is in the throes of a major renovation to be completed in 2019.

These models of the classic Fouga Magister jet trainers are a landmark for the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace at Le Bourget, which is now being renovated and expanded. [Photo: Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace]

By Guillaume Lecompte-Boinet

June 19, 2017

Visitors to the 2017 Paris Air Show will be able to see the early stages of an extensive renovation of the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace, which started late last year and is due for completion in 2019 before that year’s Salon du Bourget. The investment is intended to transform the world’s oldest aerospace museum, for which the oldest exhibits date back to 1919, when Le Bourget Airport was first used for commercial operations. The airport closed to commercial airline traffic in March 1981, and is now one of Europe’s busiest gateways for business aircraft.

Both wings of the 3,000 sq m (32,293 sq ft) gallery (opened in 1937) will be extensively remodeled to provide better space to show off exhibits that originate from the earliest days of aviation and, more specifically, from World War One. The museum also will renovate the west-facing façade overlooking the airport ramp, including the terraces where Parisians once flocked to watch flights taking off and landing.

The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background.

The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background.

The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background.

The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background. The rest of this article continues for AIN Members with the full report, analysis and background.

Become a Member

Already a member? Sign In

The 25th Anniversary of 9/11: How it Changed Airbus and Boeing

The fall-out from the terror attacks was to have short- and long-term consequences

Boeing Sonic Cruiser

Will Embraer Go Big by Developing a Large Narrowbody Jet?

Industry experts privately debate whether the Brazilian airframer can take the risk

Embraer E195-E2 aircraft

Baggage Floor Removal Vexing for Lear Jet Restoration

The group looks to return Lear 23-003 to flight

the baggage floor in Lear 23-003

Joby eVTOL Begins Week of Flights across North Texas

Project Nexus makes first flights under the FAA’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program

Joby’s eVTOL air taxi prototype sits on the ramp at Perot Field

Bombardier Global 8000 Earns UK London City Approval

Approval eases access to central London

Bombardier Global 8000

Netherlands Opts for Its Inaugural AEW&C Aircraft

Bilateral capability with Sweden marks nation’s first AEW&C acquisition

GlobalEye

FAA Grants Special Airworthiness Certificate for eFlyer

Bye Aerospace’s prototype is ready for flight testing

Rod Zastrow, Bye Aerospace CEO

France Receives Its First Falcon Albatros Patrol Jets

Dassault based the maritime patrol aircraft on the Falcon 2000LXS

A Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS Albatros maritime surveillance aircraft flies over a coastal area.