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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The Robin Saga #3 bis – The wood workshop
By NoPe Get to know More, News, Reportage, Wood, woodwork, carpenter, craftsmanship, wing, fuselage, generations, tradition, know-how, savoir-faire, technique Jan 13, 2021
Robin Heads #2 – JULY 2020
By NoPe Reportage, Wood, woodwork, carpenter, craftsmanship, wing, fuselage, generations, tradition, know-how, savoir-faire, technique Jul 17, 2020
Alain Ruelloux: as good as new What do a Mirage IV fighter jet and a DR 401 have in common? Well, to us, it appears they have Alain Ruelloux. And to Alain Ruelloux, they have everything in common above thirty feet in the air. The danger is the same, only the speed differs. The man[…]
Robin’s Saga episode #7 – The Metal Workshop
By NoPe Reportage, Wood, woodwork, carpenter, craftsmanship, wing, fuselage, generations, tradition, know-how, savoir-faire, technique Jul 17, 2020
Someone rings the handbell in the workshops. New order coming in! A new plane is soon going be emerging, piece by piece, from every workbench. The order passes through the fine sieve of the IT system. Printers are already warm. The manufacturing orders – « OF’s » for « Ordre de Fabrication » – are now sprinkling all over[…]