19 June 2017

He gets himself an F4-Phantom

Restoring historic or decommissioned military aircraft is more common than most people may believe. “It’s not unusual at all. There’s quite a culture involved in aviation history and preserving historic aircraft,” said historic renovation consultant Steve Thompson of Mattoon. “They often get the aircraft in flying condition and tour parts of the […]
22 December 2016

Fly the L-39 in Paris Pontoise, France

Tematis, the leading jet fighter operator in France is relaunching jet rides on the L-39 Albatros in Paris. This unique experience is taking place in Paris Pontoise, just 40mn north of Paris. The airport is a perfect location as traffic is minimal during the week allowing to fly repeatedly and traffic is […]
10 March 2015

We fly jet fighters in the South of France

We are positioning a jet fighter in the south of France in May 2015. This is the perfect location to enjoy the sun and charm of southern France and experimenting the thrills of a jet fighter rides. Save the date: May 1-2-3 May 8-9-10 May 14-15-16 Jet fighter rides will start from […]
9 February 2015

UAE joins Jordan to strike ISIS

    The United Arab Emirates is sending a squadron of F16 fighter jets to Jordan to conduct air strikes against Islamic State (Isis) alongside Jordanian planes, an army source in Amman said. Jordan launched bombing raids against the jihadi group’s positions in Syria and Iraq on Thursday in response to its […]
27 October 2014

A new flying car ?

You may remember the car that flew in a James Bond movie – there might have been a few flying cars in other movies too. These were based on the Taylor Aerocar. A car with wings, that actually flies. The Aerocar Was the most successful attempt yet to produce a “flying car” […]
23 September 2014

Allied strikes in Irak

This is it, we are going for a 3rd war in Irak. Jet fighter rides from France have been dispatched to the Gulf and have started to work on recognaissance to allow other allied countries to strike directly at the jihadists. The US and regional allies launched multiple strikes against Islamic militants […]
28 August 2014

Experience a jet fighter ride in the South of France

Head for Aix en Provence – south of France- in October for your chance to experience a jet fighter ride. For a month, a specialist travel agent will station a jet fighter to organise leisure rides on the Fouga Magister, an aircraft that has been designed for aerobatics. So much so that […]
15 July 2014

A short history of gliding

The aircraft has been derived from birds, and then the engineering bits changed everything. Before that, the principle was trying to use the elements to fly as long as possible, to cover the greatest distance. This is gliding. Here is a short story of gliding. We learned how to glide long before […]
7 July 2014

The XF-12 Rainbow – a project cancelled

Knowing what was going in the world has always been a focus to build better, faster and high flying airplanes. In an age of satellites, GPS and Google Maps it’s easy to lose sight of just how difficult it used to be to know what was going on beyond the horizon. It […]