Port-Aviation was an airfield in the commune of Viry-Châtillon in Seine-et-Oise, France. It operated as a popular air racing and aviation exhibition venue and hosted civilian flight schools from its o
The Grande Quinzaine de Paris at Port-Aviation in October 1909.
Charles de Lambert in his Wright Model A in October 1909.
The last surviving building from the airfield, seen on 2 September 2009, served as a hotel and restaurant, and was the officers', and later the noncommissioned officers', mess during World War I.
Btv 1b 8433368f p 044 Blériot à la fête de Port Aviation, dimanche 4 juillet 1909
Savigny-sur-Orge is a railway station in Savigny-sur-Orge, Essonne, Greater Paris, France. The station is on the Paris–Bordeaux railway and Grande Ceinture line, a freight railway around Paris. The st
Port-Aviation
…referred to it as Juvisy Airfield (or variations such as Juvisy Aerodrome or simply Juvisy) or sometimes as Savigny Airfield because the Juvisy and Savigny-sur-Orge railroad stations served it; in fact, a sign at Juvisy station referred to Port-Aviation as "Juvisy Airfield." As a result, the airfield often is…
Savigny-sur-Orge railway station