• Boarding Pass for the planes, the ticket you need to go inside the Boeing 747, the Dakota and Concorde Sierra Delta; Concorde 001 is closed until further notice, and strollers stay outside
• Planète Pilote for ages 6 to 12, with 40 hands-on stations in hour-long sessions, and accompanying adults need a ticket too
• Arrive in the morning if you want the planes or a 30-minute planetarium show (no under-4s), and allow about two and a half hours

France's national aviation museum fills 12 halls and an outdoor tarmac at Le Bourget airport with more than 100 aircraft, from the first flying machines and a Spitfire to two Concordes.

Kids can walk inside a Boeing 747, play pilot or astronaut at Planète Pilote's 40 hands-on stations, catch a planetarium show, and climb the restored 1953 control tower for a view over the runways.