Talk:Horizons sans fin

Airfield

Caudron was based at Guyancourt (near Versailles, 20 km West South West of Paris, France).
The filming was at Enghien-Moisselles, 15 km North of Paris (very close to Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle but non-existent at the time).
The funny thing is set in 1957 when The Spirit of St. Louis is filmed at Guyancourt (acting as Le Bourget airfield). Le Bourget and Enghien-Moisselles are very close (less ten kilometers between the two airfields).
Despite its proximity to the airport (access is under special conditions: single-axis with ceiling at 1,500 ft; a French page to describe this), Enghien-Moisselles LFFE is still open whereas Guyancourt closed in 1989.
LVCDC (talk) 08:22, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Truthfulness

Hélène Boucher (23 May 1908 - 30 November 1934) was really a young and talentuous pilot. Her first flight (maiden flight) was done at Orly, not Guyancourt. Right, she was the first student of a new flight school, the only way for her to pay the schoolarship. But this training was done at Mont-de-Marsan in southwestern France. Later she gained her public transport brevet in June 1932 (the fourth female in France to perform this) and so she could pay the lessons for aerobatics. Her teacher was one of the most famous French pilot, Michel Détroyat, Chief pilot of Morane-Saulnier -not Caudron-, who didn't die, not before she did as the movie did.
(he passed away in 1956 but having been close to the Vichy Government during World War Two, he was banished in 1945 and even lost his Légion d'Honneur in 1950 -the highest French order of merit of which he was decorated in 1931 and became Officier (Officer) in 1936, few months before being the only non-American pilot to win the US National Air Races-).
LVCDC (talk) 05:09, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Caudron Racer

In flight, seen in the distance, a Caudron Aiglon.
Before, on the ground, an unidentified aircraft "made for movie" (?) probably from an existing wrecked airframe ... or built from nothing ?
Engine is probably an electric powerplant (no smoke on startup).
The Caudron C.360 was designed but by lack of the intended engine, Caudron modified it and manufactured two as C.362 and a third one as C.366 using two different powerplant. As for the later C.450, the narrow canopy is missing on this setting/made for movie.
It's unclear which aircraft (?) was used to built this aircraft and what is its fate. As said on the main page, the Air and Space Museum at Le Bourget (Paris) has a similar aircraft. You can read (in French) what we know about its story and restoration.
LVCDC (talk) 21:58, 12 January 2024 (UTC)