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Darois a l’habitude des présidents. Mais ils n’avaient jusque là jamais été de la République. Prouvant que le protocole ne peut pas toujours résister au plaisir de l’improvisation, Emmanuel Macron nous a fait le très grand honneur d’un détour par Darois pour venir vérifier lui-même que Robin Aircraft était bel et bien cette forte tête de[…]

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The CAP10’s comeback doesn’t just make us happy. The French naval air force decided to renew its trust in Robin as for the manufacturing of training-aircrafts for its pilots. Good habits also die hard, for many French military pilots of the last forty years were trained on our planes. Alain Ruelloux, our very own Air[…]

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Nobody knows Norbert, but everybody knows Nono. It’s been this way since 1978. In 2020, the wood workshop is home to him. More than that, he’s « part of the home furniture » as we say in french, meaning that at some point you don’t even notice anymore what’s most vital to a place because it’s always[…]

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This is where it all begun. Back then, there was just dirt, weeds, a few trees and a few farms, sprinkled along one single road, connecting Dijon to Troyes, passing by the great nothing that was Darois. So here we are. Right where was built, in 1957, this half-barrel-shaped hangar that was meant to harbour[…]

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If you’re tired of solid ground, if you’re grasping for air, if you’re running around the living room with your arms spread, howling zooooooooooooom on occasions, well if you’re missing your Robin anyway, remember the latest version of the DR401 confirms its popularity year in, year out, on Microsoft’s Flight Simulator. The latest version is[…]

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DR401 155CDI D_ESIQ Full IFR

This year, Santa didn’t just spoil the children. He must have had room left in his sack for he managed to squeeze sixteen new planes in it before Christmas. Sixteen toys, all in the shape of a DR401, that will enchant pilots all around the clubs. The elves of Darois will be building these presents[…]

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Calendrier 2020 - Robin Aircraft

No more Pirelli calendars. We’d rather see some other kind of curves. Each of every twelve month of the year, take a loving look at a Robin and its pilot on cloud nine. The 2020 calendar is available online, along with the new Robin technical jackets. Both are good ways to keep yourself warm this[…]

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Virtual Tour Cockpit DR401 Robin Aircraft

The following presentation is objective : every figure has been carefully taken from Flight manuals and from data issued by manufacturers. The objective is to give a transparent comparison between DR401-155CDI and its competitors. Results speak for themselves…   What would be your choice and why ? Feel free to #comment the topic! Thanks for reading us.