Art & Culture

The U.S. company Boeing has just donated $ 30 million to the Museum of Air and Space in Washington for the renovation of its entrance. Thanks to this donation, Boeing also wants to develop educational programmes that will educate young Americans to careers in engineering and aviation.
 

Air France launched a widespread publicity campaign yesterday, 2nd., April, in support of the upmarket positioning of their product range. This new campaign is based on 18 visuals / posters launched in 12 countries worldwide. Air France has also adopted a new slogan : Air France is in the air. Campaign budget less than 100 million euros. Watch the accompanying behind the scenes 'photo shoot.
 

Repainted and renovated, Concorde "MSN1" has just taken up permanent residence in the future Aeroscopia museum near Toulouse in south western France. By the end of the year, visitors will be able to visit this supersonic test aircraft which took to the air for the first time on 6th., December, 1973. Check out the following images without commentary...
 

Caede Ridgway, a 29 year-old Australian wanted to share with us one of the songs he has composed and recorded. The images in the video clip compare mankind's sometimes complicated technological ways of reaching the heavens as compared to the oh SO graceful, and almost effortless ease, with which an eagle does ! So, come fly with us, and please send us your comments...
 

"House of Wax" was his, "Orphan" his again, "Unknown” yet another; you will never want to fly again after watching his latest production ! The Catalonian director, Jaume Collet- Serra, specialist in fast-paced thrillers, this time has us sitting on the edge of our seats with his latest nail-biter - "Non-Stop" - a Franco-American film in which Liam Neeson...
 

In his latest film, "The wind rises," Hayao Miyazaki, the undisputed master of animation, recounts the story of the young Jiro Horikoshi, a famous Japanese aeronautical engineer, who developed the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter bomber in 1937.
 

In the heart of Washington, a few hundred metres from the Capitol, the museum of Air and Space is often at the top of the list of places to visit for tourists to the US capital - and for good reason.
 

Royal Air Force, three words charged with history. Today, Britain has two museums dedicated to its air force. At one of the them, located on the former Hendon Aerodrome, a few miles north of London, you can visit and admire one of the most impressive collections of aircraft in Europe, which contains over one hundred aircraft ! Come take a look…
 

We know that music can change your mood, well now there is helicopter music. For this you need : four helicopters, four musicians and a piece of music by the famous German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. The result, to the ear of the uninitiated, could be, to say the least, unusual...
 

Check out easyJet's new advertisement. Launched on September 15 in the UK, this spot will be televised for one month. The shooting took place this summer in Lisbon, Portugal.
 

After two months of forced shutdown, the site of the future Aeroscopia aviation museum near Toulouse (South West of France) has just resumed construction. The main building is finally taking form above ground and the principle aircraft that will be exposed there have recently finished being restored.
 

A second life
 

With the release of the "Patrouille de France: the film" DVD on June 20, discover how the filming was done, through an excerpt from, "the making of"... It's just awesome !
 

"I'm so excited", the latest Almodovar
 

Safran Engines Museum
 

Aeronautics : Going, going, gone !
 

Denzel Washington in command
 

A tribute to Andrée Putman
 

Sikorsky H-19 finds home in a museum