L'Envol des pionniers
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| Established | 2018 |
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| Location | Toulouse, France |
| Coordinates | 43°34′27.349″N 1°28′37.04″E / 43.57426361°N 1.4769556°E |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Visitors | 40000 per year |
| Website | www |
The L'Envol des pionniers (English: The Flight of the Pioneers), is a French aerospace museum which retraces the great adventure of Aéropostale and contributes to the memory of aeronautics in Toulouse. It is located in the Montaudran district and has been inaugurated on 22 December 2018, almost 100 years to the day after the inaugural flight of the first civilian flight to Barcelona.[1]
The museum is located just opposite the Rangueil scientific complex where ENAC (largest European aeronautical university)[2] and SUPAERO (oldest aeronautical school in the world) are located.[3]
History
[edit]Located on the runway of the former Toulouse-Montaudran airport, it is part of the Toulouse Aerospace La Piste des Géants project, intended to showcase the glory days of Aéropostale and the Halle de La Machine.[4] The beginnings were difficult for the museum, which owes its existence only to the tenacity of associations whose request succeeded after twenty years of struggle.[5][6]
Collections
[edit]In particular, it allows you to discover the equipment available to pilots such as Jean Mermoz, Henri Guillaumet and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry during the epic of l'Aéropostale and the Latécoère lines.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Le beau décollage de L'Envol des pionniers, le musée de l'aéropostale de Toulouse
- ^ L’ENAC fusionne avec le SEFA pour devenir « la plus grande école d’aviation européenne »
- ^ L’aéronautique vole au secours des écoles d’ingénieurs
- ^ 100 ans après le premier vol de l’aéropostale, le nouveau site culturel de Toulouse « L’Envol des Pionniers » a ouvert au public
- ^ Toulouse Montaudran, fossile vivant de l’Aéropostale et de Latécoère
- ^ Amicale Envol des pionniers
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