Chalais-Meudon is an aeronautical research and development centre in Meudon, to the south-west of Paris. It was originally founded in 1793 in the nearby...
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is reported to have carried out some early trials at Meudon in the early 1770s. Chalais-Meudon was important in the pioneering of aviation, initially...
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Château de Meudon, also known as the Royal Castle of Meudon or Imperial Palace of Meudon, is a French castle in Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine. At the edge of...
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The Alérion went through a series of ground tests including in the Chalais-Meudon wind tunnel 1938 when the wings suffered a structural failure. Further...
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its starting point. The La France was constructed in Hangar "Y" at Chalais-Meudon near Paris in 1879. Hangar "Y" is one of the few remaining airship hangars...
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at Windsor Locks, Connecticut. The US Navy also operated a T-2 type Chalais-Meudon airship Capitaine Caussin. The Capitaine Caussin was operated for training...
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serious risk. The first real airship hangar was built as Hangar "Y" at Chalais-Meudon near Paris in 1879 where the engineers Charles Renard and Arthur Constantin...
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that the entire aircraft could be placed inside the wind tunnel at Chalais-Meudon without any disassembly required. General characteristics Crew: two...
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to a central pole on a circular track at the military facilities of Chalais-Meudon. Running under its own power it took off at a speed of 8 metres per...
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wind tunnel, built in 1932–1934, was located in a suburb of Paris, Chalais-Meudon, France.[citation needed] It was designed to test full-size aircraft...
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