Les années Caravelle - 60 ans d'histoire

Les années Caravelle - 60 ans d'histoire screen title.

Documentary (2019)
English title: The Caravelle Years - 60 years of history

Production:
DXCI Agence de Communication Audiovisuelle (Productor)

Also from this series:
Air France La saga series

Caravelle through the time with Air France and former Air Inter and UTA merged in the 1990s.

Intro

SNCASE SE 210 Caravelle (model)

Air France Caravelle promotional transparent model.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

1954

SNCASE SE 210 Caravelle I

Construction of the prototype at SNCASE plant in Toulouse.

Landing gear.

The original triangular portholes allow for a wider view in the lower part without significantly increasing their surface area.

Inside fuselage.

Rolls-Royce Avon RA.26 Mk.521.

Airframe 01.

Airframe 01.

1955

SNCASE SE 210 Caravelle I

First outing from the hangar for the prototype 01.

Registration F-WHHH SNCASE SE 210 Caravelle I with SNCASE, c/n 01.
First flight on May 27th 1955 colours. Registered F-BHHH and painted in SAS-Scandinavian Airlines System colours in May 1956, named Finn Viking, as demo aircraft. Re-painted with Air France colours. Final flight in April 1966, then displayed at Paris-Orly (ORY). Broken up in October 1986.

Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

First take-off on May 27th 1955.

1959

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I

Inauguration of the first commercial flight of a Caravelle by Air France on May 6th 1959, at Aéroport de Paris-Orly (ORY). See discussion tab (1).

Registration F-BHRA Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I Alsace of Air France, c/n 1.
First flight on May 18th 1958. Delivered new to Air France in April 1959, registered F-BHRA named Alsace. Converted to Caravelle III in 1961. Withdrawn from use in December 1975, preserved at Vilgenis, France.
First Caravelle I fitted with 2 RR Avon 522 turbojets.

Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

No name Alsace on this one, must be from another footage.

Error, it's another one:
Registration F-BHRB Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I Lorraine of Air France, c/n 2.
First flight in March 1959, registered F-WHRB, named Anjou. Delivered new to Air France in March 1959, named Lorraine. Converted to Caravelle III in 1961. Withdrawn from use in December 1977.

Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Error, this is prototype F-WHHH again.

1960

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I

At Aéroport de Nice-Côte d'Azur (NCE). See discussion tab (2).

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I of Air France.

The crew heads towards the plane.

ATC tower of NCE to the right.

Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

On the tarmac

Taking off from NCE.

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I (in flight)

At Aéroport de Nice-Côte d'Azur (NCE).

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I of Air France.

Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Interior.

Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Descending towards Nice.

Raised airbrakes.

Older footage with original tail fin with large band on metal finish.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Landing at NCE.

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III

Could be at London Heathrow Airport (LHR) given the previous images suggesting the 8,000,000th Air France Caravelle passenger. See discussion tab (3). Therefore it's certainly not footage of 1960, rather around 1968 (exact date not found).

Registration F-BHRU Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III Poitou of Air France, c/n 58.
First flight on November 3rd 1960. Delivered new to Air France in November 1960. Withdrawn from use in September 1980. Broken up at Orly (ORY) in 1983. The cockpit and the entire front section has been recovered by Centre en Route de la Navigation Aérienne Nord for training purposes. The Caravelle's limited usefulness for educational purposes meant that it was sold to the Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis, La Ferté Alais (LFFQ), then sold to Germany. Cockpit section restored into a flight simulator beginning Nov 2012 in Munich.

Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III

President C.de Gaulle boarding its plane at London Heathrow Airport (LHR.
Date of the event not found yet See discussion tab (4).

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Air France.

1962

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III

Taxiing along Terminal Sud at Aéroport de Paris-Orly (ORY. See discussion tab (5).

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Air France.

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I

At London Heathrow Airport (LHR). She wears old style AF livery, it's probably a promotional footage with the second prototype during the numerous test flights of the period.

Registration F-BHHI Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I in Air France livery (Prototype 02).

Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

To the right famous silhouette of ATC tower of London Airport Central, opened in 1955.

1970

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III

It is said, first flight of a Caravelle by Air Inter but this happened in 1966 not 1970, with F-BNKB leased from Air France, aiframe c/n 208. There's no certitude here about the date and what airframe seen at Aéroport de Marseille-Marignane (MRS

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Air Inter.

MRS terminal background.

1973

Sud Aviation SE 210 Super Caravelle 10B-1R

Used by UTA-Union de Transports Aériens for regional flights from French New Caledonia: Sydney, Auckland, Fidji, New Hébrides and Wallis.

Registration F-BNRA Sud Aviation SE 210 Super Caravelle 10B-1R of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens, c/n 201.
First flight on January 21st 1966, registered F-WNRA. Delivered to UTA-Union de Transports Aériens in January 1966. Leased to Air Afrique in October 1976, registered TU-TXQ. Sold to Armée de l'Air Escadrille 1/60 GLAM Commandement du Transport Aérien Militaire (République Française) in December 1977, registered F-RAFH. Sold to LAS-Lineas Aéreas Suramericanas in 1988, registered HK-3932X named Napoleon B. Written off on January 31st 2001 near Yopal Colombia EYP crashed landed 3 miles short of airport after attempting an emergency landing with gear retracted.

1974

Various Aircraft

At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) which opened on March 8th 1974.
1 - Boeing 727-228 of Air France.
2 - Boeing 707-328 of Air France.
3 - Boeing 707-328 of Air France.
4 - Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Air France.
5 - Unidentified Aircraft.
6 - Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Air France.
7 - Unidentified Aircraft.

Various Aircraft

At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG).
1 - Unidentified Aircraft.
2 - Unidentified Aircraft.
3 - Unidentified Aircraft.
4 - Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Air France.
5 - Boeing 727-228 of Air France.
6 - Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Air France.
7 - Boeing 747-128 of Air France.
8 - Unidentified Aircraft.
9 - Boeing 747 of unknown airline.

1980

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III

From inside of a Caravelle at Aéroport de Paris-Orly (ORY. Certainly not 1980 with such ESSO aircraft refueller of 1950s in the background, vehicle long since decommissioned at this time. See discussion tab (6).

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Air France.

Propeller aircraft in the background left, could she be a Lockheed Constellation from Air France?. Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Air France.

Another one to the left, with tail fin behind from an Unidentified Aircraft.

1981

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III

Last commercial flight of an AF's Caravelle on March 28th 1981, flight 917 from Amsterdam (AMS) arrived at 21h20 on the tarmac of Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG). See discussion tab (7).

Registration F-BHRY Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III Touraine of Air France, c/n 61.
First flight on November 29th 1960. Delivered to Air France in December 1960. Wfu in November 1981. Preserved in a private collection at Nancy, France.

Aérospatiale/Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle 12

Last commercial flight of an Air Inter's Caravelle on August 3rd 1991.

Registration F-GCVK Aérospatiale/Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 12 of Air Inter, c/n 276.
First flight on October 6th 1972 with Aérospatiale, registered F-WJAM. Delivered to Sterling Airways in June 1972, registered OY-SAG. Sold to Air Inter in January 1982. Wfu in September 1991. Preserved at Merville-Callone, France as instructional frame.

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See also

• Les années Caravelle - 60 ans d'histoire at YouTube (french)
• Les années Caravelle - 60 ans d'histoire at YouTube (english)