Les ailes de France: La Caravelle
Documentary (1996)
Starring:
Alain Lekim (Realisation)
Isabelle Chapman (Realisation)
Jean-Pascal Quiliquini (Narration)
(Synopsis needed)
Credits
Dassault Mirage 5D
Picture from the credits.
Dassault Mirage 5F
Picture from the credits.
Dassault Falcon 900
Picture from the credits.
SEPECAT Jaguar M
Picture from the credits.
Prototype Jaguar M on test on the aircraft carrier Clémenceau by the French Aéronavale in 1969, who’s finally choice went on the Dassault Super Etandard.
Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil
Picture from the credits.
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 102
Picture from the credits.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Picture from the credits.
Reg.116/CE, c/n 116.
La Caravelle
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Reg.116/CE, c/n 116.
SNCASO SO.30N Nene & Dassault Mystère II & SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc & SNCASE SE.2010 Armagnac
Experimental version of the SO.30 Bretagne with 2 Rolls Royce Nene jet engines.
In the background, three Dassault Mystère II , a SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc with experimental device for Leduc, and the SNCASE SE.2010 Armagnac .
Latécoère 300
Reg.F-AKGF. Crashed in south atlantic on the 7th December of 1936, piloted by the famous Jean Mermoz.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Caudron C.460
Variant of the C.450 with retractable undercarriage. 3 built.
Dewoitine D.27
Reg.F-ANAX.
Unidentified Aircraft
Up on the right. Probably a Nieuport 10 or 11.
SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc & Leduc 0.21
Reg.F-ZLAV, c/n 97, carrying the Leduc 0.21 variant of the Leduc 0.10. In front of the hangars of Brétigny Air Base, home of the C.E.V. (Centre d'Essais en Vol/Flight Test Center).
Douglas B-26 Invader
In the background.
SNCASE SE.2060 Armagnac
Engine test-bed version of the SE.2010, fitted with turbojet engines fitted in a nacelle below the fuselage. It served for testing the SNECMA Atar 101 Jet, and later TF306 jet.
Bréguet Br.763 Provence
Registration F-BASY, c/n 11.
Convair 240-12
Douglas DC-4-1009
Boeing 377-10-28 Stratocruiser
Canadair DC-4M-1 North Star
Bristol 167 Brabazon Mk.1
Reg.G-AGPW, c/n 12759. Single prototype. First flight in 1949.
De Havilland DH114 Heron 2
Demonstrating at Farnborough Air Show 1956.
Handley Page HPR-3 Herald
Prototype with four piston engines .
Registration G-AODE, c/n 147.
Vickers 701 Viscount
Vickers 804 Viscount
Bristol 175 Britannia 301
Registration G-ANCA, c/n 12917. Prototype of the 300 Series, with Capital Airlines colours. She crashed on 6 november 1957 when returning to her base at Filton following a test flight to gain American safety certification.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 1
One of the 1st prototype of the Comet 1.
De Havilland DH106 Comet 4B
Registration G-APMC, c/n 06423.
Unidentified Aircraft
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Same footage already in other documentary. Not found yet, must be found out.
Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain (DC-3C)
Registration VH-AES, c/n 6021. Vintage restoration from Hawdon Operations. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Douglas DC-3
Douglas DC-4-1009
Registration OY-DFI, c/n 42931. Entered service in 1946 with livery from DDL-Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S – Danish Air Lines soon modified in SAS new livery (1948).
Douglas DC-6B
Lockheed L-188 Electra
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Allison’s turbo-prop engines.
Same footage seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Lockheed L-188A Electra
Illustrating the gap between medium range airplane of the moment and innovative jet Caravelle when entered service in may 1959.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Lockheed L-188A Electra
Tail fin of an Ansett-ANA Electra in the background right. Two Eastern's Electras in the foreground.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
From The Last Bomb (at 07:53).
Boeing 377-10-19 Stratocruiser
Registration NX90700, c/n 15922. First prototype of July 1947. Will be delivered to PAA-Pan American World Airways few years later and registered N1022V. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
3 Constellations from Air France.
TWA’s Constellation.
A Douglas DC-3 in the background.
Lockheed L-1649A-98-11 Starliner
Registration F-BHBK, c/n 1011. First of the tens ordered by Air France and delivered on July 1957.
North American T-28S Fennec
In the foreground, while the Lockheed listed above is taking off.
148 aircraft modified by Sud Aviation to meet an Armée de l’Air requirement.
Lockheed Constellation
Unidentified Constellation in the background. United’s 6R wing in the foreground (F-WJAP seen below).
Another one, with Air France’s Caravelle in the foreground.
Lockheed L-049-46-26 Constellation
BOAC’s Constellation in her earlier livery.
SNCASO SO.30P Atar
Experimental version of the SO.30 Bretagne with 2 Snecma Atar jet engines.
Republic F-84G Thunderjet
Boeing B-47 Stratojet
Martin XB-51
Handley Page Victor & Avro Vulcan & Vickers Valiant
From left to right.
Boeing 367-80 Dash 80
Registration N70700, c/n 17158.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Various Aircraft
Several shapes of aircraft intended for the design of the project Caravelle code name X-210 launched in 1951 by the Comité du Matériel Civil of the SGACC (Secrétariat Général de l’Aviation Civile et Commerciale).
SNCASE X-210
Proposal with 3 SNECMA Atar.
Definitive design, with 2 Rolls-Royce Avon.
SNCASE SE 210 Caravelle 01
First prototype F-WHHH, c/n01. Maiden flight on the 27th May of 1955.
Demonstration journeys in Northern Europe.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 01
Prototype new registration F-BHHH, c/n01 after certification on the 2nd April 1959. She wears Sud Aviation name since merge of SNCASE and SNCASO in 1957.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 01
Registration F-BHHH, c/n01 with SAS livery for demonstration purpose.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I
Production hall in Toulouse.Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac (TLS/LFBO).
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I
Registration F-BHRB, c/n02.
Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I
In the background.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I
Registration PP-VJC, c/n 10. Delivered to VARIG in September 1959. Will be converted to Caravelle III during 1960-61.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle
Registration F-WJAN, but impossible to find what construction number she had ? This temporary registration number has been used for 9 different Caravelles: VI-N, 6R, 10B3, 10R and 12, and for a Concorde too, but not for I, IA or III Series. As far as we know, VARIG had operated only three Caravelles I, converted to III, but none of them seems have been registered F-WJAN. Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac (TLS/LFBO).
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
At Aéroport de Paris-Orly.
Registration F-BHRV, c /n 59.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Registration F-BJTB, c /n 68.
Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac (TLS/LFBO).
Sadly crashed in Rabat on the 12 september 1961, flight 2005 from Paris to Casablanca. The airplane was new , with only 688 hours of flight.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Registration F-BJTE, c /n 111.
Some other Caravelles III from Air France at Aéroport de Paris-Orly.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
An Air Inter’s Caravelle III on the right foreground at Aéroport de Paris-Orly.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
United’s 6R wing in the foreground (F-WJAP seen below).
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III
Production line of the III version.Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac (TLS/LFBO).
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 6R
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 6R
One of the 20 Caravelles purchased by United Air Lines in 1961.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 6R
Registration F-WJAP, c /n 62.
Demo’s prototype with UAL colours. Will be sold to Cruzeiro do Sul as PP-CJC.
Still a test model, with black panels beside the engines. Maybe F-WJAP too?
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 6R
Registration N1001U, c /n 86.
The 1st Caravelle delivered to UAL on January 1961.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 6R
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 6R
Unidentified Series 6R.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VII
Registration N420GE, c/n 42.
Modified Series III bought by General Electric, fitted with 2 GE CJ805 engines and named Series VII, but will never being produced. Finally will be restored as Series III for Air France (F-BLKF).
Various Caravelles
From left to right, background to foreground : Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I of Air France, Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I of Sud Aviation, Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 6R of United Air Lines, Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane and Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-N of SABENA-Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 6R
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 10B3 Super B
Registration OY-STB, c/n 186.
Stretched version with Pratt&Whitney JT8-D7 engines launched in 1964.
Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 10B3 Super B
Douglas DC-8-33
Behind the Caravelle already listed above, a DC-8 of Pan Am. In the far background, seems to be a Vickers Viscount.
Boeing 720-022
Caravelle’s competitor for short/medium range airplane on request of United Airlines. Launched by Boeing in 1959 on the new 707 base.
Registration N7201U, c/n 17907/85 built in 1959. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Boeing 707-328
Air France 707 in the background.
Tupolev Tu-104B
Registration CCCP-42430, c/n 920702.
Unidentified Aircraft
Angle’s view is difficult… MD80? DC-9? Boeing 727…?
Dassault Mystère 20
Registration F-WLKB, c/n 01.
Prototype launched in 1963.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Boeing 727-100
Registration N7001U, c/n 18293/1.
Prototype launched in 1963 and entered service with United Air Lines in 1964. A serious competitor to the Caravelle was born.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Boeing 727-200
Boeing 737-200
Registration N7560V.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
McDonnell Douglas MD-87
Launched in 1985, the MD-87 was one of the MD-80 Series refinements based upon the earlier McDonnell Douglas DC-9 born in 1965, the most serious competitor of the Caravelle.
McDonnell Douglas MD-87
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 102
Airbus A300B2-1C
ATR 42
Final assembly In ATR’s hall production in Toulouse Blagnac.Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac (TLS/LFBO).
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See also
- Unidentified Aircraft
- Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
- Airbus A300
- ATR 42
- Avro Vulcan
- Boeing 367-80
- Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
- Boeing 707
- Boeing 720
- Boeing 727
- Boeing 737
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress
- Boeing B-47 Stratojet
- Breguet Provence
- Bristol 175 Britannia
- Canadair North Star
- Convair 240/340/440
- Dassault Falcon 20
- Dassault Falcon 900
- Dassault Mystère II
- De Havilland DH106 Comet
- De Havilland DH114 Heron
- Dewoitine D.27
- Douglas A-26 Invader
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-4
- Douglas DC-6
- Douglas DC-8
- Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil/AStar
- Handley Page Dart Herald
- Handley Page Victor
- Latécoère 300
- Lockheed Constellation
- Lockheed L-188 Electra
- Martin XB-51
- McDonnell Douglas MD-80
- North American T-28 Trojan
- Republic F-84 Thunderjet
- SEPECAT Jaguar
- SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc
- SNCASE SE.2010 Armagnac
- SNCASO SO.30 Bretagne
- Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle
- Tupolev Tu-104
- Vickers Valiant
- Vickers Viscount
- Aeroflot
- Air Algérie
- Air France
- Air Inter
- Alitalia
- Ansett-ANA
- British Airways
- British European Airways
- British Overseas Airways Corporation
- CGTA-Air Algérie
- Eastern Air Lines
- Iberia
- Pan American World Airways
- SABENA
- Scandinavian Airlines System
- Sterling Airways
- Trans Australia Airlines
- Trans-Canada Air Lines
- Trans World Airlines
- United Air Lines
- VARIG