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While reading about something else a few days ago, I happened to learn that apart from the Aerotrain...
While reading about something else a few days ago, I happened to learn that apart from the Aerotrain, Artenay has another place in the history of transport. This was the destination of the first ever return flight. On 30th October 1908, Louis Bleriot flew about 12 km to here from a town called Toury, and then flew back.


UTC Time: 12:04, Monday 15 August 2022
Local Time: 14:04, Monday 15 August 2022
Estimate of longitude: 1° 52' 41.59" E = 1.878220°
Estimate of latitude: 48° 4' 55.81" N = 48.082170°
Possible error on position estimate: 5 metres