1914-2014 Le Bourget terre d'envol
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Documentary (2015)
Starring:
Frédéric Beniada (Narrator)
Denis Parenteau (Honorary President of Air France Museum)
Catherine Maunoury (Director of Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace)
Nathalie Roseau (Architect/Urbanist)
Augustin de Romanet (Chief Executive Officer of Aéroports de Paris)
François Charritat (Director of Aéroport Paris Le Bourget)
History of one of the oldest airport in the world.
Le Bourget, berceau de l'aviation commerciale
Caudron G.6
In the background.
Farman F.40
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Farman MF.11.Bis
Farman F.60 Goliath
Registration F-ADDS, c/n 6933. Later modified to F.63.
Farman F.60 Goliath
Registration F-ADDT, c/n 6935. Later modified to F.63.
Farman F.60 Goliath
Registration F-GEAO, c/n 32.
Unknown registration.
Farman F.60 Goliath
Registration F-xxxA. Unknown airline.
Farman F.61 Goliath
Registration F-AEFC, c/n 6943.7.
Farman F.60 Goliath
Demo aircraft.
Another one at Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget in the early 20s.
Farman F.60 Goliath
Registration F-ADCA, c/n 33. Later modified to F.63.
Farman F.60 Goliath
Registration F-HMFU, c/n 3. Delivered to CGEA on May 1920, then under Air Union after merge with several companies in 1924. Fuselage is preserved at Musée de l’Air et de L’Espace -Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget .
Blériot-SPAD S.33
Registration F-ACxx. Belongs to CMA .
Registration F-FREI, c/n 25.
Blériot-SPAD S.33Bis Berline
Caudron C.74 &Unidentified Aircraft
Registration F-ESAB, c/n 1. Prototype, the plane crashed in November 1922.
An unknown small biplane in the background.
Breguet 20 Léviathan &Unidentified Aircraft
Registration F-ESBH, c/n 1. Prototype.
An unknown small biplane in front of it.
Breguet 14 T.2
Wibault 280T.12 & Farman F.303 & Latécoère 28.0
Official presentation of the new company Air France fleet in 1933. From left to right:
Registration F-AMHM, c/n 7, F-AJVT, c/n 7218.5, F-AJPC, c/n 927.
Wibault 280T.12 & Latécoère 28.0
From right to left.
Unidentified Aircraft on the background.
Wibault 283T.3
Registration F-AMYF, c/n 13.
Farman F.65 Sport
Registration F-AEAT, c/n 6931.10.
On the left Potez VIII A.
Potez VIII A
Registration F-AEDA, c/n 142.3
Douglas World Cruiser Chicago
No.2 Chicago was one of the 4 DWCs who achieved first aerial circumnavigation of the world in 1924. Considering the uniforms seen on these pictures, it might have been taken on some British or US airfield, but not in Paris.
World Cruiser registration 25-1230, c/n 146.
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Breguet 19 B2 & Potez 25 A2
Potez 25 with a Lorraine 12 Eb engine. The three others seems Breguet 19 with various engines.
Breguet 19 GR
Unidentified Aircraft
Must be one of the firsts flights between Japan and Paris. Not the sameplane (note the window for the navigator).
Unidentified Aircraft
Dewoitine D.1 ?
Breguet 14
Charles Nugesser. Same footage seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Levasseur PL 8-01 L'Oiseau Blanc
Levasseur PL.8 biplane that disappeared in 1927, during an attempt to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight between Paris and New York.
An unofficial French team, directed by M.Bernard Decré, is focusing on theories that the aircraft crashed off when trying a splashdown near French island Saint-Pierre & Miquelon on 1927 May 9th Recherche de l'Oiseau Blanc.
Same footage seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis
First flight New-York-Paris in 1927 May 20th/21th.
Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Departure from Roosevelt Field, Mineola-Long Island, NYC.
Breguet 19 GR Super Bidon n°3 Point d'interrogation
First flight Paris-New-York in 1930 September 1st/3rd (GMT).
Preparation for flight at Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget.
Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Taking off from Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget.
Preserved at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace - Paris Le Bourget. Miss Catherine Maunoury, former World Aerobatic Champion (1988 and 2000) actually chief executive of the Paris Le Bourget Air Museum.
Unidentified Aircraft
New-York Curtiss Field on 1930 September 3rd(GMT) at arrival of Costes and Bellonte Breguet Point d'interrogation 37 hours raid from Paris.
On the left, Bellanca? Waco?
Blériot 110 Joseph Le Brix
Designed for long distance travel by Italian engineer Filippo Zappata, built by Bleriot in 1930. It broke several time close-circuit record of distance and straight line distance between New-York to Rayak,Syria in 1933 (9104 km).
Registration F-ALCC, c/n 4447.1. The plane was christened Joseph Le Brix in 1932, in honour of the French aviator who had perished in USSR in a an attempt of straight flight from Paris to Tokyo.
Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Couzinet 70 Arc en ciel III
Registration F-AMBV, c/n 01.
Unidentified Aircraft
Unidentified aircraft behind. The woman is Maryse Hilsz, a famous aviator, who performed several records in the 30's such as distance and speed record on Paris-Tokyo-Paris in 1934.
Naissance d'une aérogare
De Havilland DH86A Express
Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget, designed by architect Georges Labro, following a tender procedure launched in 1935 by the French Ministry of Aviation.
The new building under construction, probably around 1936/37, is seen behind this DH86. Difficult to tell from which company, this one belongs to.
Seems to be another one, far in the sunspot of late afternoon.
Douglas DC-2-115 & Wibault 283T12
On the left DC-2 from KLM-Royal Dutch Air Lines. On the right, registration F-AMYD, c/n 11 Wibault 283T12 from Air France.
Bloch MB.220 & Wibault 280T12 & Potez 62
Aerial view of the new airport in 1937.
1- Two Bloch 220 of Air France.
2- Two Wibault 280T of Air France.
3- Potez 62 of Air France.
Wibault 280T and Potez 62 of Air France.
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.154 Argosy & Farman F.60 Goliath
Flash back in the 1920's era. Armstrong Whitworth A.W.154 Argosy of Imperial Airways, behind on the left is a Farman F.60 Goliath.
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.154 Argosy with several unidentified airplanes on the right.
Farman F.60 Goliath
Several Farman F.60 Goliath in the 1920's.
Wibault 280T.12
Inauguration of the new airport on 1937,November 12th. A row of Wibault 280T followed by some Bloch MB.220, all under Air France colours.
The first Wibault is an ex. Air Union 280T12, registered F-AMHN, c/n 3 Le Vaillant in Air France livery (already listed above).
Unidentified single engine airplane on the left. Caudron?
Lioré et Olivier LeO H.242/1
Registration F-APKJ, c/n 13 Ville de Casablanca of Air France.
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See also
- Unidentified Aircraft
- Armstrong Whitworth A.W.154 Argosy
- Blériot 110
- Bloch MB.220
- Breguet 14
- Breguet 19
- Couzinet 70
- De Havilland DH86 Express
- Douglas DC-2
- Douglas World Cruiser
- Farman F.40
- Farman F.60 Goliath
- Farman MF.11
- Levasseur PL 8
- Lioré et Olivier LeO H.242
- Potez 25
- Ryan NYP
- Wibault 280T
- Air France
- Air Union
- Imperial Airways
- KLM