Air France Pilots

Like all Rolls-Royce aero engines, the 'Merlin' was named after a bird of prey. But it also evoked the spirit of King Arthur's famous wizard. To the pilots who relied on it, the Merlin seemed magical.

Indian Air Force's first female pilot to fly the Rafale combat aircraft is part of the Indian Air Force contingent taking part in multinational Exercise Orion in France.

Two Air France pilots were suspended after coming to blows in the cockpit of an Airbus jetliner during a flight between Geneva and Paris, the latest safety issue to plague the airline.

India is investigating three separate incidents in the past two months where airline pilots had to shut down plane engines mid-flight. All three incidents involved engines made by CFM, a joint venture between General Electric Co and France's Safran.

Air France pilots who reported their Boeing 777 was failing to respond while preparing to land earlier this month simultaneously pulled the controls in opposite directions, French investigators said.

The pilot of an Air France flight from New York struggled with the controls even shouted "stop, stop!" to his colleague while trying to land in Paris on Tuesday, reveals the cockpit audio from the Boeing 777 that has triggered an investigation

France's aviation safety watchdog on Wednesday said it was launching an investigation into an incident at the main Paris airport that saw pilots partially lose control of an Air France plane seeking to land after arriving from New York.

German company Volocopter performed on Monday a first flight of its electrical air taxi in France at a show in Le Bourget airport and said it aimed to have a service in operation for the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024.

As it prepares to induct a second batch of Rafale jets, the Indian Air Force has sent a team of officials to France to oversee the logistical issues and review the training of a hand-picked group of pilots at the Saint-Dizier air base there, officials said today.

The first batch of five Rafale jets flew out of France today and will arrive in India on Wednesday, July 29, when the fighter jets will officially be inducted and join the Indian Air Force fleet in Haryana's Ambala. The fighter jets, built by French aviation firm Dassault, took off from the Merignac airbase in southern France's Bordeaux today.

An F-16 fighter jet of the Belgian air force crashed Thursday in western France, with both pilots successfully ejecting but one spent two hours hanging from a power line before being cut down, officials said.

Toxicology tests on Emiliano Sala showed a carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) saturation level of 58 percent, Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch explained on Wednesday.

With the first delivery of the Rafale fighter jet to New Delhi just a couple of months away, Indian pilots flew the aircraft in France this week, at a tactical exercise between the two countries, held at Mont-de-Marsan. The Chief of Staff of the French Air Force described the pilots of the two countries flying the jet as "amazing".

The Ambassador of France to New Delhi has denied that Pakistani pilots were trained France to fly the Rafale aircraft for the Qatari Air Force.

The French Air Force Rafales are on their way back home after participating in Exercise Pitch Black, the largest multilateral air exercises that ended recently in Australia. The Indian Air Force also participated in these exercises with its Russian-designed Sukhoi-30 jets. The Rafales and Sukhois had an opportunity to exercise together in Australia...

Like all Rolls-Royce aero engines, the 'Merlin' was named after a bird of prey. But it also evoked the spirit of King Arthur's famous wizard. To the pilots who relied on it, the Merlin seemed magical.

Indian Air Force's first female pilot to fly the Rafale combat aircraft is part of the Indian Air Force contingent taking part in multinational Exercise Orion in France.

Two Air France pilots were suspended after coming to blows in the cockpit of an Airbus jetliner during a flight between Geneva and Paris, the latest safety issue to plague the airline.

India is investigating three separate incidents in the past two months where airline pilots had to shut down plane engines mid-flight. All three incidents involved engines made by CFM, a joint venture between General Electric Co and France's Safran.

Air France pilots who reported their Boeing 777 was failing to respond while preparing to land earlier this month simultaneously pulled the controls in opposite directions, French investigators said.

The pilot of an Air France flight from New York struggled with the controls even shouted "stop, stop!" to his colleague while trying to land in Paris on Tuesday, reveals the cockpit audio from the Boeing 777 that has triggered an investigation

France's aviation safety watchdog on Wednesday said it was launching an investigation into an incident at the main Paris airport that saw pilots partially lose control of an Air France plane seeking to land after arriving from New York.

German company Volocopter performed on Monday a first flight of its electrical air taxi in France at a show in Le Bourget airport and said it aimed to have a service in operation for the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024.

As it prepares to induct a second batch of Rafale jets, the Indian Air Force has sent a team of officials to France to oversee the logistical issues and review the training of a hand-picked group of pilots at the Saint-Dizier air base there, officials said today.

The first batch of five Rafale jets flew out of France today and will arrive in India on Wednesday, July 29, when the fighter jets will officially be inducted and join the Indian Air Force fleet in Haryana's Ambala. The fighter jets, built by French aviation firm Dassault, took off from the Merignac airbase in southern France's Bordeaux today.

An F-16 fighter jet of the Belgian air force crashed Thursday in western France, with both pilots successfully ejecting but one spent two hours hanging from a power line before being cut down, officials said.

Toxicology tests on Emiliano Sala showed a carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) saturation level of 58 percent, Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch explained on Wednesday.

With the first delivery of the Rafale fighter jet to New Delhi just a couple of months away, Indian pilots flew the aircraft in France this week, at a tactical exercise between the two countries, held at Mont-de-Marsan. The Chief of Staff of the French Air Force described the pilots of the two countries flying the jet as "amazing".

The Ambassador of France to New Delhi has denied that Pakistani pilots were trained France to fly the Rafale aircraft for the Qatari Air Force.

The French Air Force Rafales are on their way back home after participating in Exercise Pitch Black, the largest multilateral air exercises that ended recently in Australia. The Indian Air Force also participated in these exercises with its Russian-designed Sukhoi-30 jets. The Rafales and Sukhois had an opportunity to exercise together in Australia...