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*1914-2014 Le Bourget terre d'envol* screen title.

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

(background) Caudron G.6 of the Aéronautique Militaire.

Farman F.40

Farman F.40 of the Aéronautique Militaire.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Farman MF.11.Bis

Farman F.11.Bis of the Aéronautique Militaire.

Breguet XIV

Reg. F-VARB Breguet 14 of Compagnie Générale Transaérienne.

Farman F.60 Goliath

Reg. F-ADDS Farman F.60 Goliath c/n 6933 of CGEA / Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens. Later modified to F.63.

Farman F.60 Goliath

Reg. F-ADDT Farman F.60 Goliath c/n 6935 of CGEA / Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens. Later modified to F.63.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Farman F.60 Goliath

Reg. F-GEAO Farman F.60 Goliath c/n 32 of CGEA / Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Unknown registration of this Farman F.60 Goliath of CGEA / Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens.

Farman F.60 Goliath

Registration F-xxxA. Unknown airline.

Farman F.61 Goliath

Reg. F-AEFC Farman F.61 Goliath c/n 6943 (seventh airframe) of CMA-Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes.
A better remastered shot is on the discussion tab with registration evidence. Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

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 Farman F.60 Goliath Ile de France 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-Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes .

Registration F-FREI, c/n 25 Blériot-SPAD S.33 of CFRNA-Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne .

Reg.F-FREI Blériot-SPAD S.33 of CFRNA-Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne.

Blériot-SPAD S.33Bis Berline

Blériot-SPAD S.33Bis Berline of CFRNA-Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne.

Caudron C.74 & Unidentified Aircraft

Registration F-ESAB, c/n 1 prototype of Caudron C.74, the plane crashed in November 1922.
An unknown small biplane in the background.

F-ESAB Caudron C.74 of Société des Avions Caudron.

Breguet 20 Léviathan & Unidentified Aircraft

Registration F-ESBH, c/n 1 prototype of Breguet 20 Léviathan seen background on the right.
An unknown small biplane in front of it.

F-ESBH Breguet 20 Léviathan of the Société des Ateliers d'Aviation Louis Breguet .

Breguet 14 T.2

Breguet 14 T.2 of CMA-Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes.

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 Wibault 280T.12 L'intrépide, F-AJVT, c/n 7218.5 Farman F.303 Anémone, F-AJPC, c/n 927 Latécoère 28.0 Sirocco.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg.F-AMHM Wibault 280T.12 *L'intrépide* of Air France, F-AJVT Farman F.303 *Anémone* of Air France, F-AJPC Latécoère 28.0 *Sirocco* of Air France .

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

Reg.F-AMHM Wibault 280T.12 *L'intrépide* of Air France.

Wibault 280T.12 & Latécoère 28.0

From right to left.
Registration F-AMHM Wibault 280T.12 of Air France, F-AJPC Latécoère 28.0 Sirocco of Air France, Unidentified Aircraft on the background.

Reg.F-AMHM Wibault 280T.12 of Air France, F-AJPC Latécoère 28.0 *Sirocco* of Air France.

Wibault 283T.3

Registration F-AMYF, c/n 13 Le vengeur of Air France.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Records et exploits

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 2 DWCs (over 4) 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.
Registration 25-1230, c/n 146.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Reg.25-1230 Douglas World Cruiser No.2 *Chicago* of the US Army Air Service.

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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 B2 of the Aéronautique Militaire.

Breguet 19 GR

Unidentified Aircraft

Must be one of the firsts flights between Japan and Paris. Not the same plane (note the window for the navigator).

Dewoitine D.1 Bis

Breguet XIV

François Coli. Same footage seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Breguet 14 of the Aéronautique Militaire.

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 (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Charles Nungesser is saluting the crowd with François Coli at his right.

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 (Civil Fixed-Wing).

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 (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Breguet 19 TR Super Bidon n°3 *Point d'interrogation*

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) at that time chief executive of the Paris Le Bourget Air Museum (2010-2017).

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 in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg.F-ALCC Bleriot 110 *Joseph Le Brix* of the SA Bleriot Aéronautique.

Couzinet 70 Arc en ciel III

Registration F-AMBV Couzinet 70 Arc en ciel III c/n 01.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

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 Douglas DC-2-115 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 MB.220 of Air France. 2- Two Wibault 280T.12 of Air France. 3- Potez 62 of Air France.

Several Air France airplanes on Aéroport-Paris Le Bourget.

Wibault 280T and Potez 62 of Air France.

Potez 62 and Wibault 280T12 of Air France on Aéroport-Paris Le Bourget.

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 of Imperial Airways and 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 & Caudron C.635 Simoun

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).
A Caudron C.635 Simoun on the left.

Reg.F-AMHN Wibault 280T.12 of Air France.

Lioré et Olivier LeO H.242/1

Registration F-APKJ Lioré et Olivier LeO H.242/1 c/n 13 Ville de Casablanca of Air France.

Potez 62

Paris-Amsterdam route on Potez 62 of Air France.

Various Aircraft

1- Four Wibault 280T.12 of Air France. F-AMHN again in 2nd position in the row.
2- Douglas DC-2 of KLM-Royal Dutch Air Lines.
3- Unidentified parasol single-engine airplane (Farman F-190 ?).
4- Junkers Ju 52/3m of Deutsche Luft Hansa.
5- Caudron C.440 Goéland.
6- Potez 62 of Air France.

Handley Page H.P.45

Registration G-AAXC, c/n 42/5, Heracles of Imperial Airways. Same aircraft in other films at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Bloch MB.220

Registration F-AOHC, c/n 3 Guyenne of Air France.

Registration F-AQNM, c/n 13, Provence of Air France. Went to Deutsche Luft Hansa fleet as D-AXWC in 1943.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Le Bourget, terrain d'aviation, terre d'histoire

Morane-Saulnier MoS.30 AI & Unidentified Aircraft

Registration F-ABAD, c/n 1667. Maybe not at Le Bourget as this MoS.30 AI was based at Villacoublay airfield.
Unidentified biplane behind (maybe a Nieuport-Delage NiD.32?).

Douglas World Cruiser

Three of the four DWCs in their attempt on first aerial circumnavigation of the world in 1924, during their stopover at Paris-Le Bourget.
No.4 New Orleans in the background, the two others in the foreground are No.3 Boston and No.2 Chicago.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Morane-Saulnier MS.225

Five Morane-Saulnier MS.225 of the French Air Force aerobatics team Patrouille d'Etampes.Entered service in 1935, as replacement of MS.230.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Dewoitine D.500

Dewoitine D.500 of the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force).

Douglas DC-2

Potez 62

Potez 62 of Air France.

Caudron C.690 & Caudron C.713 & Bloch MB.151

Foreground bottom right a Caudron C.690 followed by Caudron C.713 (or prototype of C.714); behind them MB.152 n°01 in front of forerunner MB.151 hidding a Morane-Saulnier MS.430 (this unique prototype was a derivative trainer of the M.S. 405/406 family powered by a Salmson 9Ag radial with its exhaust in front of the cowling). In the background a fighter that seems to be a Morane-Saulnier MS.405 (read the discussion tab).

Caudron C.690, Caudron C.713 and Bloch MB.152 and 151, Morane-Saulnier MS. 430 and MS.405.

Morane-Saulnier MS.405

One of the 15 M.S. 405 built, forerunner of the M.S. 406 (note the windmilling ahead the propeller).

Potez 630 & Lioré et Olivier LeO C.30 & Potez 637

In the foreground, a Potez 630. Autogyro Lioré et Olivier LeO C.30 (Cierva Licence) in the background with a Potez 637 on the right edge (note the gondola under the fuselage).

Potez 630, 637 and Lioré et Olivier LeO C.30.

Bloch MB.151 & Bloch MB.174

Demonstration flight of Bloch MB.151 at Villacoublay. On the left, a Bloch MB.174. [[Image: Vlcsnap-2015-12-24-15h29m48s97.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]

Bloch MB.151

Arsenal VG 30

First flight on October 1938. Will be followed by the VG 33 version in April 1939, actually ordered as series production for spring 1940 but only 19 aircraft could have been built before the Armistice with the Third Reich in June 1940. Here is the first public show at Le Bourget in October 1938.

Bloch MB.220

Arrival on 1938 September 30th of the French Council Minister Edouard Daladier, after signature of Munich Agreements.
Registration F-AOHJ Bloch MB.220 Poitou c/n 10 of Air France.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Douglas C-47 Skytrain of the USAAF.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Yakovlev Yak-3

Yakovlev Yak-3s of Normandie Niemen regiment at their arrival at Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget on 20 June 1945.

Douglas Dakota II

Many Douglas C-47 and Dakota with prefix G-AJxx, all registered after 1947. This one has not BEA's livery.

Vickers VC1 Viking 1B

Registration G-AJBM Vickers VC1 Viking 1B c/n 239 of BEA-British European Airways.

Douglas DC-3

Nations Unies/United Nations livery.

From BEA-British European Airways.

Douglas DC-3 of BEA-British European Airways.

Tupolev Tu-104

Visit of Youri Gagarin in France, September 1963.
Registration CCCP-42398 Tupolev Tu-104 c/n 9350903 of Aeroflot.

Sous le signe du Phenix

Junkers Ju 52/3m & Beechcraft 18

Post WWII view of Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget from the control tower, several aircraft in the background. Ju-52 and Beech 18 on the tarmac

Junkers Ju 52/3m.

SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc

SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc of Air France.

Registration F-BCUS SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc c/n 49 of Air France.

Various Aircraft

1- Douglas DC-3.
2- SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc of Air France.
3- Vickers Viking 1.
4- Douglas DC-3.
5- Unidentified.
6- Douglas DC-3 of Air France.
7- Douglas DC-3.

Vickers 806 Viscount

Vickers 806 Viscount of BEA-British European Airways in the early 1960's at Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget.

Douglas DC-8-33

DC-8-33 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens. Mid 60's/70-s era. [[Image:Vlcsnap-2015-12-24-15h37m37s164.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Douglas DC-8-33 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.]]

Gulfstream IV

Dassault Falcon 900 EX

Dassault Falcon 2000

Dassault Falcon 7X

Various Aircraft

1- Cessna Citation (unidentified model).
2- Cessna 510 Citation Mustang.
3- Unidentified.
4- Unidentified.
5- Beechcraft B200 Super King Air.
6- Boeing 737.
7- Cessna Citation (unidentified model).
8- Unidentified.
9- Beechcraft 65-A90 King Air.
10- Unidentified

Boeing 737-79T BBJ

Reg. VP-BWR Boeing 737-79T BBJ.

Unidentified Aircraft

On the right.

Various Aircraft

1- Cessna 650 Citation III.
2- Cessna Citation (unidentified model).
3- Unidentified.
4- Cessna 510 Citation Mustang.
5- Cessna 525C CitationJet CJ4.

Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1

Beechcraft Premier I

Beechcraft E90 King Air

Gulfstream G450

Long undercarriage, T tail, six windows, winglet: Gulfstream G450 matches quite well.

Dassault Mystère II

SNCASE SE 535 Mistral

SNCASE SE 535 Mistral of the Armée de l’Air.

Various Aircraft

1- Lockheed Constellation.
2- Breguet Br.763 Provence of Air France.
3- Douglas DC-3 of Air France.

22ème Salon International de l'Aéronautique - 1957.

Various Aircraft

26th Paris Air Show (1965) (B-58 was part of the Show only in 1961 and 1965).
1- Unidentified.
2- McDonnell RF-101C-70-MC and McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
3- Lockheed P-3 Orion.
4- Convair B-58 Hustler s/ 12069.
5- North American A-5 Vigilante.
6- Another McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
Behind 5 & 6, we guess Grumman A-6 Intruder and Douglas A-4 Skyhawk.
7- Vought F-8 Crusader.
Between 2, 4, 5, 7 : Republic F-105F Thunderchief.
8- Lockheed HC-130 Hercules.
9- Lockheed C-141 Starlifter.
10- Beechcraft U-8 Seminole.
11- Aermacchi MB-326 ? [[:Category:]].
12- Unidentified.
13- Unidentified.
14- Ilyushin Il-62.
15- Antonov An-24.
16- Tupolev Tu-134.
17- Unidentified.
18- Caravelle ? [[:Category:]].
19- Ilyushin Il-18.
20- Avro Vulcan.
21- CH-46 ? [[:Category:]].
22- Transall C-160.

26ème Salon International de l'Aéronautique - 1965.

Douglas A-4 Skyhawk

Douglas A-4 Skyhawk of the US Navy.

Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 001

Registration F-WTSS, c/n 001.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Socata TBM-700

Registration F-HBGB Socata TBM-700 c/n 185.

Various Aircraft

1- Dassault Falcon 2000.
2- Dassault Falcon 7X.
3- Several unidentified commercial airliners.
4- Boeing 747-128 of Air France.
5- EADS Ariane 5 (model scale 1/1).
6- Aerospatiale Ariane 1 (model scale 1/1).

Airbus A320-212

Registration F-HGNT Airbus A320-212 of SNECMA c/n 234.

Boeing 747-436

Boeing 747-436 of British Airways.

Boeing 747-128

Reg. F-BPVJ Boeing 747-128 c/n 20541/200 ex Air France, now part of the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace-Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

SPAD S.VII

Reg. S254 SPAD S.VII of Aéronautique Militaire.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Reg. S254 SPAD S.VII and reg. 556 Sopwith 1A2 of the Aéronautique Militaire in the background right.
Produced by French factories Amiot, Bessoneau, Darraq, Lioré & Olivier, Hanriot, Sarazin, SFA and REP at 4200 samples from 1916 and 1918.

Breguet 14 A.2

Reg. 2016 Breguet 14 A.2 of the Aéronautique Militaire.
On top in the background, partial view of reg. F1258 Airco DH.9 of the Royal Flying Corps.

Various Aircraft

1- Trajan Vuia at the controls of his VU-1A (1905);
2- Barque Ailée (Winged Boat) of Jean-Marie Le Bris (replica);
3- Chanute glider (1896);
4- Unidentified;
5- Otto Lilienthal Segelflugzeug N°13 (replica).