Horizons sans fin

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Movie (1953)
Russian title : Бесконечные горизонты
German title : Hélène Boucher: Ein Fliegerleben
English title : Endless Horizons

Starring:
Giselle Pascal (Hélène Boucher)
Jean Chevrier (André Danet)
Paul Frankeur (Soupape)
Marie-France Planeze (Geneviève Gaudin)

(Synopsis needed)

de Havilland DH100 Vampire Mk 5

NL-F was carried by two airframes :

a British-built one, VZ211 of EC 1/2 (Escadron de Chasse 1/2 Cigognes / Fighter Squadron 1/2 Cigognes -british : Stork-) from October 1951 to March 1953;
less likely but not impossible, it could be (SNCASE-built) de Havilland DH100 Vampire Mk 5 c/n 10109 of EC 3/2 (between April and August 1952 (!) and later on July and August 1953 ... but then too late for the movie as the release date was on April 1953).

Douglas C-54A-DC Skymaster

Reg. F-BELD Douglas C-54A-DC Skymaster c/n 10372 of Air France.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Douglas DC-6

Reg. N6519C Douglas DC-6 Liberty Bell of PAA-Pan American World Airways.

Various Douglas Four-engined Airplane

Due to unreadable registration, several unidentified Douglas (DC-4 or C-54), all of Air France.
Screenshots of this section have already been seen in Au grand balcon.

Boeing 377-10-26S Super Stratocruiser

Boeing 377-10-26S Super Stratocruiser of PAA-Pan American World Airways.

Reg. F-WAVA the prototype SNCASE SE.2010 Armagnac lost on take-off of its 103rd flight (30 June 1950). Seen here on Spring 1950 with Air France colors (company's name is not applied as ARMAGNAC is still painted on the fuselage).
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

De Havilland DH106 Comet 1A

Airliner of BOAC-British Overseas Airways Corporation.

Gloster GA.5 F/4.48 (Javelin prototype)

Reg. WD808 Gloster GA.5 F/4.48, prototype of the Javelin which crashed on 11 June 1953. The pilot, Peter Lawrence, delayed his ejection too long in order to ensure that the aircraft would avoid crashing onto the school cricket pitches and killing lots of boys. Sadly his parachute was unable to open in time.
Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Avro 698

Reg. VX770, the ill-fated prototype of the Avro Vulcan (on 20 September 1958, VX770 crashed at RAF Syerston, killing the entire aircrew and three people on the ground).
Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Vickers Valiant

Dassault Mystère IV

Supermarine 528 Swift

One second footage of the Supermarine Swift making snap roll.

Dassault MD 450-30 L (11th Ouragan prototype)

1952-1956 : single-seat MD 450-30 L intended for night fighting but quickly abandonned for the two-seat MD 453 Mystère III N, which itself never entered production. This is the unique Ouragan with air intakes on the sides of the fuselage quickly relegated to servitude tasks.