No. 350 bus from Gare de l’Est/Gare du Nord. A must for Biggles fans and space cadets, the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace at Le Bourget airport covers the history of aviation and space exploration from 1919 up to the present day (www.museeairespace.fr). An historic site in its own right (Charles Lindbergh landed here after his first transatlantic flight), six enormous hangers contain space hardware and more than 150 original aircraft from biplanes to Mirage fighters, plus cinemas and audio-visual displays, Concorde 001, the prototype, is parked on the tarmac alongside the Ariane rocket launcher.