70 Years Paris Johannesburg
Documentary (2023)
Production:
Air France Production
Also from this series:
Air France Legend series
From a Douglas DC4 flight with 4 stopovers in 1953 to a direct Boeing 777 flight equipped with new cabins in 2023, AirFrance is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Paris - Johannesburg line! The story is rooted in that of the UAT and TAI companies grouped into UTA which was integrated into Air France.
1953
Various Aircraft
At Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget (LBG). See discussion tab (1)
1 - Unidentified Aircraft.
2 - Fairchild C-82 Packet.
3 - Convair 240.
4 - Vickers Viscount.
5 - Douglas DC-4/C-54.
6 - Douglas DC-3/C-47.
1 - Unidentified Aircraft.
2 - Douglas DC-4/C-54.
3 - Convair 240.
4 - Douglas DC-6 of UAT-Union Aéromaritime de Transport.
5 - Vickers Viscount.
6 - Douglas DC-3/C-47.
1 - Douglas DC-4/C-54.
2 - Douglas DC-6 of UAT-Union Aéromaritime de Transport.
3 - Unidentified Aircraft.
4 - Vickers Viscount.
5 - Douglas DC-3/C-47.
Vickers 802 Viscount
Picture at least from 1957 or later since series 800 entered BEA's fleet in 1957.
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Douglas DC-6A
View from control tower of LBG.
Vickers Viscount to the left background.
Registration F-BGSK, c/n 44063/403. Delivered new to Canadian Pacific Air Lines in September 1953, registered CF-CUS. Sold to Aigle Azur as F-BGSK in June 1954, then to UAT-Union Aéromaritime de Transport. Leased to Olympic Airways in 1957. Returned to UAT-Union Aéromaritime de Transport in 1958. Transferred to UTA-Union de Transports Aériens after merge in October 1963. Leased to Air Afrique in November 1963, registered TU-TCI. Returned to UTA-Union de Transports Aériens as F-BGSK in November 1965. Leased again to Air Afrique in February 1966, re-registered TU-TXH. Back again to UTA-Union de Transports Aériens in April 1966. Bought by Armée de l'Air as F-YEFA, then Aéronavale in March 1974, registered 44063. Scrapped at Paris-Le Bourget in May 1984.
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Vickers VC1 Viking 1A
At Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget (LBG).
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Douglas C-54A Skymaster
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Douglas DC-6
The picture is subtitled Douglas DC-4 but it's a Douglas DC-6. Another one in the background right.
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Douglas DC-6B
Registration F-BHEE, c/n 44696/575. Delivered new to TAI-Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux in April 1955. Transferred to UTA-Union de Transports Aériens after merge in October 1963. Sold to Iran Air in November 1965, registered EP-AEX. Sold to Bird & Sons Inc. Oakland CA in December 1974, registered N56CA. Broken up in May 1981.
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Supposed to be at Johannesburg Jan Smuts International Airport (O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB/FAOR) nowadays) but there is no real evidence to support this.
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1964
Lockheed L-188 Electra
At Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget (LBG). See discussion tab (2)
Unidentified tail fin in front of it.
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Douglas DC-8-33
At Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget (LBG).
Registration F-BJLB, c/n 45568/83. Delivered new to UAT-Union Aéromaritime de Transport in August 1960. Transferred to UTA-Union de Transports Aériens after merge in 1963. Converted to DC-8-53 in May 1965. Leased to TAE-Trabajos Aereos y Enlaces between March and November 1975, registered EC-EMT. Leased to Air Afrique in February 1979, registered TU-TCP. Stored and used as fire trainer at Zurich Airport in May 1985. Broken up in September 2014.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
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Good view of the Pratt & Whitney JT4A-11 turbojets specific to the Series 33.
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Douglas DC-8 (interior)
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Douglas DC-8-62
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At Johannesburg Jan Smuts International Airport (JNB) (O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB/FAOR) nowadays). See discussion tab (3)
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Unidentified Aircraft
Jan Smuts International Airport (JNB).
Blurry tail fin the far background: Lufthansa's 707? Tupolev Tu-104?.
1974
Various Aircraft
At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG). See discussion tab (4)
1 - Unidentified Aircraft.
2 - Unidentified Aircraft.
3 - Boeing 747.
4 - Boeing 707.
5 - Boeing 707 of Trans World Airlines.
6 - Boeing 747-131 of Trans World Airlines.
7 - Boeing 707 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.
8 - Boeing 747-121 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.
9 - Boeing 747-133 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.
Various Aircraft
At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG).
1 - Douglas DC-8 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.
2 - Douglas DC-8-62 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.
3 - McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG).
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Boeing 747-2B3F of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens in the background to the left.
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Boeing 727-228 of Air France in the foreground to the right.
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 (interior)
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1983
Various Aircraft
At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG).
1 - Douglas DC-8 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.
2 - Unidentified Aircraft.
3 - Boeing 727-228 of Air France.
4 - Boeing 707-328 of Air France.
5 - Boeing 707-328 of Air France.
6 - Boeing 747.
Boeing 747-2B3BM
Registration F-BTDG, c/n 22514/518. Delivered new to UTA-Union de Transports Aériens in April 1981. Converted to SUD (Stretched Upper Deck) in March 1986. Transferred to Air France when merge of the company in January 1992. Written off from use at Aéroport de Paris-Vatry, Châlons/Marne (LFOK/XCR) in June 2006.
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1993
Various Aircraft
At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG). See discussion tab (5)
1 - Boeing 747-228 of Air France.
2 - Airbus A300 of Air France.
3 - Airbus A300 of Air France.
Boeing 747-228
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2002
Boeing 747-428
At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG). See discussion tab (6)
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2007
Various Aircraft
On the right background at Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG).
1 - Boeing 767-36N/ER of Kenya Airways.
2 - Boeing 737-200 or Airbus A320 family.
Boeing 777-328ER
Registration F-GSQE, c/n 32851/492. First flight in September 2004. Delivered to Air France in October 2004.
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Boeing 777-328ER (interior)
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2009
Boeing 777-328ER
F-GSQE again.
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Boeing 747
Not an Airbus A380 though what is titled. Either 747-228 or 747-428.
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Airbus A380-861
At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG). See discussion tab (7)
Registration F-HPJA, c/n 33. First flight in February 2009, registrated F-WWSB. Delivered to Air France in October 2009 as F-HPJA. Stored at Tarbes/Lourdes, Pyrénées (LFBT/LDE) in August 2020.
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At Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB/FAOR).
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Airbus A380-861 (interior)
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2023
Boeing 777-328ER
F-GSQE taking off from Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG)
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Supposed landing at Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB/FAOR), though presence of another Air France airplane to the left could perhaps indicate it's Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG)?
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Boeing 777-328ER (interior)
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Business Class passengers cabine.
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See also
- Air France Legend series
- Unidentified Aircraft
- Airbus A300
- Airbus A320 family
- Airbus A380
- Boeing 727
- Boeing 737
- Boeing 747
- Boeing 767
- Boeing 777
- Convair 240/340/440
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain
- Douglas C-54 Skymaster
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-4
- Douglas DC-6
- Douglas DC-8
- Fairchild C-82 Packet
- McDonnell Douglas DC-10
- Tupolev Tu-104
- Vickers Viking
- Vickers Viscount
- Air France
- British European Airways
- Independant Air Transport
- Kenya Airways
- Pan American World Airways
- Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux
- Union Aéromaritime de Transport
- Union de Transports Aériens