The Fleet Past and Present

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The Fleet Past and Present screen title.

Documentary (2011)
French title: Une flotte de légende
Alternative English title: A legendary fleet

Production:
Air France - Direction de la Communication (Production)
Service Communication Historique et Culturelle (Réalisation)

Also from this series:
Air France La saga series

An overview of the Air France fleet (though not exhaustive) from its origins to the present day.
N.B: Instead of a very jumbled narrative of this film, we have chosen a chronological presentation.

Lioré et Olivier LeO H.242

Registration F-AMUL Lioré et Olivier LeO H.242 Ville d'Alger of Air France c/n 02.
Ordered by Air Union as 14 of them but delivered new to Air France in December 1933 after merge of several companies into the new company. Based in Marseille-Etang de Berre. Wfu in June 1941.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Footage reused from Mirages (1938).

Wibault 283T

Registration F-AKEL Wibault 283T Le Rapide of Air France c/n 02.
Built in 1931 as Wibault 281T, converted to Wibault 282T and finally to Wibault 283T. Delivered to République Française - Etat français in July 1932. Loaned to CIDNA, named Le Rapide. Delivered to Air France after merge in October 1933. Based at Paris-Le Bourget, then at Marseille in September 1938. Wfu in June 1942.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Wibault 283T12

Registration F-AMYF Wibault 283T12 Le Vengeur c/n 13.
Delivered new to Air France in June 1934.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Unidentified Aircraft

Could it be the cockpit of the seaplane above?

Unidentified Aircraft

Bloch MB.220

Bloch MB.220 of Air France.

Bloch MB.220

Registration F-AOHD Bloch MB.220 Auvergne of Air France c/n 4.
Delivered new to Air France in October 1937. Re-engined in 1946, replacing the 2x engines Gnome & Rhone N 14-N by 2x Wright Cyclone. Wfu in August 1947. Sold to SANA-Société Auxiliaire de Navigation Aérienne in March 1948, named Ker Guern. Stored at Marseille in April 1948.

Bloch MB.220

Registration F-AOHJ Bloch MB.220 Poitou of Air France c/n 10.
Delivered new to Air France in April 1938. Flew French Prime Minister Edouard Dalladier to Munich for the "Munich agreement" signed with Germany (Adolf Hitler) Italy (Benito Mussolini) and UK (Neville Chamberlain) on September 28th 1938. Transferred to Deutsche Luft Hansa in March 1943, registered D-AXWF. Re-registered D-AKGE in October 1943, based in Berlin. From October 1943? used on Vienna-Belgrade service. Written off in August 1944 in Belgrade.

Douglas C-54A-DO Skymaster

Registration F-BELJ Douglas C-54A-DO Skymaster of Air France c/n DO50/3108.
Delivered new to the USAAF in October 1943, registered 41-37317. Bought by American Airlines in 1946, registered N90413, named 413 Flagship Cleveland. Sold to Air France in June 1949, registered F-BELJ. Sold to Air Vietnam in 1969, re-registered XV-NUN in March 1974. Scrapped.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Douglas DC-4-1009

Douglas DC-4-1009 of Air France.

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

Douglas DC-4-1009

Registration F-BBDE Douglas DC-4-1009 Ciel de Picardie of Air France c/n 42937.
Delivered new to Air France in May 1946. Written off on June 12th 1950 crashed on approach to Bahrain at night.
Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation

Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation of Air France.

Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation

Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation Super G of Air France.

Breguet Br.361S

Registration F-WASK Breguet Br.361S with Air France colours c/n 1.
Pre-series aircraft, firts flight in 1951 with Breguet Aviation. Registered later F-BASK. Sold to Armée de l'Air - G.T. 2/64 Maine, registered F-RAPA, named 64-PA. Written off in April 1961 at Reggane, Algeria. Aircraft veered-off runway on landing during a sandstorm. Broke his undercarriage. Not repaired. Dismantled.

Boeing 707-328

Boeing 707-328 of Air France.

Boeing 707-441

A casting mistake...this is not an Air France airplane but a VARIG's one.
She has the livery of first delivered aircraft to the company with these 4x white covered Rolls-Royce Conway 508. Therefore:

Registration PP-VJA Boeing 707-441 of VARIG c/n 17905/114.
First flight on April 2nd 1960, registered N5090K as The Boeing Company. Delivered to VARIG in June 1960. Leased and return to BOAC-British Overseas Airways Corporation. Sold to RDC Marine in April 1979, registered N59RD. Sold to BCF Aviation (Blue Air) in July 1989. Broken up in July 1990 at Hobby, Houston USA (KHOU/HOU).

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III

Registration F-BHRP Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III Languedoc of Air France c/n 45.
First flight on August 4th 1960 as Sud-Aviation, registered F-WHRP. Delivered to Air France in August 1960, registered F-BHRP. Leased to SABENA from April 1963 to March 1964. Returned to Air France. Wfu in November 1979. Broken up in July 1980.

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III with unidentified livery, not sure it is Air France.

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle III of Air France.

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I

Registration F-WHRA Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I of Air France c/n 1.
First flight in May 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).

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I

One of the first Air France liveries of the prototypes 01 (F-BHHH) and 02 (F-BHHI).
Here is Prototype 02 in one test flight at Aéroport de Nice-Côte d'Azur (NCE).

Registration F-BHHI Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle I of Air France c/n 02.
First flight in May 1956, registered F-WHHI. Re-registered F-BHHI in March 1957. Withdrawn from use in 1968, stored at Vilgenis. Broken up in January 1976. Nose section delivered to Musee de l'Air Paris Le Bourget.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Boeing 747-128

Boeing 747-128 of Air France.

Boeing 747-228BM

Boeing 747-228BM of Air France.

Boeing 747-428M

Registered F-GISC Boeing 747-428M of Air France c/n 25599/899.
First flight on January 23rd 1992 as The Boeing Company. Delivered to Air France in February 1992. Wfu in January 2012. Scrapped in March 2012 at (KGWO/GWO) Leflore County, Greenwood USA.

Boeing 747-428M

Boeing 747-428M of Air France.

Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101

Registration F-BTSC Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101 of Air France c/n 203.
First flight on January 31st 1975. Delivered in to Air France in January 1976. Painted for the movie "Airport 1979". Written off on July 25th 2000 7/25/00. Hit debris on runway during takeoff from CDG causing tyre explosion and subsequent fuel tank rupture, lost control and crashed into hotel in Gonesse, 109(109) + 4 on ground.

Airbus A320-111

Airbus A320-111 of Air France.

Airbus A319-111

Airbus A319-111 of Air France.

Airbus A340

Airbus A340 of Air France. Unknown version.

Boeing 777-228ER

At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG/LFPG).

Registration F-GSPM Boeing 777-228ER of Air France c/n 30456/307.
First flight on February 2nd 2000 as The Boeing Company, registered N50281. Delivered to Air France in November 2000. Still in service in November 2025.

Boeing 777-228ER

Boeing 777-228ER of Air France.

Boeing 777-328ER

Boeing 777-328ER of Air France.

Airbus A330-203

Registration F-GZCL Airbus A330-203 Chenonceaux of Air France c/n 519.
First flight on February 17th 2003 as Airbus Industrie (Toulouse). Delivered to Air France (financial lease Castlelake LP) in March 2003. Wind blew high loader into aircraft at Hassan Djamous International, N'Djamena Chad (FTTJ/NDJ). Withdrawn from use. Broken up.

Airbus A330-203

Airbus A330-203 of Air France.
Airbus A320 family of Air France in the far background.

Airbus A318-111

Airbus A318-111 of Air France.

Airbus A380-861

Airbus A380-861 of Air France.

Airbus A380-861

Registration F-HPJI Airbus A380-861 of Air France c/n 115.
First flight on March 8th 2013 as Airbus Industrie (Toulouse), registered F-WWSL. Delivered to Air France in September 2013. Painted in "80th anniversary" special colours from Oct 2013 to Oct 2014. Ferried to Pyrénées, Tarbes/Lourdes, France (LFBT/LDE) in May 2020. Withdrawn from use.

Boeing 777-328ER

Registration F-GZNF Boeing 777-328ER Dunkerque of Air France c/n 37433/792.
First flight on June 2nd 2009 as The Boeing Company, registered N50281. Delivered to Air France (financial lease BOC Aviation) in June 2009, registered F-GZNF. Still in service in November 2025.

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