70 Years Paris Johannesburg screen title.

Documentary (2023)

Production:
Air France Production

Also from this series:
Air France Legend series

From a Douglas DC4 flight with 4 stopovers in 1953 to a direct Boeing 777 flight equipped with new cabins in 2023, AirFrance is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Paris - Johannesburg line! The story is rooted in that of the UAT and TAI companies grouped into UTA which was integrated into Air France.

1953

Aéroport du Bourget.

Various Aircraft

At Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget (LBG). [ See discussion tab (1)]
1 - Unidentified Aircraft.
2 - Fairchild C-82 Packet.
3 - Convair 240.
4 - Vickers Viscount.
5 - Douglas DC-4/C-54.
6 - Douglas DC-3/C-47.

1 - Unidentified Aircraft.
2 - Douglas DC-4/C-54.
3 - Convair 240.
4 - Douglas DC-6 of UAT-Union Aéromaritime de Transport.
5 - Vickers Viscount.
6 - Douglas DC-3/C-47.

1 - Douglas DC-4/C-54.
2 - Douglas DC-6 of UAT-Union Aéromaritime de Transport.
3 - Unidentified Aircraft.
4 - Vickers Viscount.
5 - Douglas DC-3/C-47.

Vickers 802 Viscount

Picture at least from 1957 or later since series 800 entered BEA's fleet in 1957.

Vickers 802 Viscount of British European Airways.

Douglas DC-6A

View from control tower of LBG. Vickers Viscount to the left background.
Registration F-BGSK, c/n 44063/403. Delivered new to Canadian Pacific Air Lines in September 1953, registered CF-CUS. Sold to Aigle Azur as F-BGSK in June 1954, then to UAT-Union Aéromaritime de Transport. Leased to Olympic Airways in 1957. Returned to UAT-Union Aéromaritime de Transport in 1958. Transferred to UTA-Union de Transports Aériens after merge in October 1963. Leased to Air Afrique in November 1963, registered TU-TCI. Returned to UTA-Union de Transports Aériens as F-BGSK in November 1965. Leased again to Air Afrique in February 1966, re-registered TU-TXH. Back again to UTA-Union de Transports Aériens in April 1966. Bought by Armée de l'Air as F-YEFA, then Aéronavale in March 1974, registered 44063. Scrapped at Paris-Le Bourget in May 1984.

Reg.F-BGSK Douglas DC-6A of UAT-Union Aéromaritime de Transport.

Vickers VC1 Viking 1A

At Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget (LBG).

Vickers VC1 Viking 1A of Independant Air Transport.

Douglas C-54A Skymaster

Douglas C-54A Skymaster of TAI-Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux.

Douglas DC-6

The picture is subtitled Douglas DC-4 but it's a Douglas DC-6. Another one in the background right.

Douglas DC-6 of TAI-Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux.

Douglas DC-6B

Registration F-BHEE, c/n 44696/575. Delivered new to TAI-Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux in April 1955. Transferred to UTA-Union de Transports Aériens after merge in October 1963. Sold to Iran Air in November 1965, registered EP-AEX. Sold to Bird & Sons Inc. Oakland CA in December 1974, registered N56CA. Broken up in May 1981.

Reg.F-BHEE Douglas DC-6B of TAI-Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux.

Supposed to be at Johannesburg Jan Smuts International Airport (O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB/FAOR) nowadays) but there is no real evidence to support this.

Reg.F-BHEE Douglas DC-6B of TAI-Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux.

1964

UTA's era.

Lockheed L-188 Electra

At Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget (LBG).
Unidentified tail fin in front of it.

Lockheed L-188 Electra of KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines.

Douglas DC-8-33

At Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget (LBG).
Registration F-BJLB, c/n 45568/83. Delivered new to UAT-Union Aéromaritime de Transport in August 1960. Transferred to UTA-Union de Transports Aériens after merge in 1963. Converted to DC-8-53 in May 1965. Leased to TAE-Trabajos Aereos y Enlaces between March and November 1975, registered EC-EMT. Leased to Air Afrique in February 1979, registered TU-TCP. Stored and used as fire trainer at Zurich Airport in May 1985. Broken up in September 2014.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg.F-BJLB Douglas DC-8-33 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.

Good view of the Pratt & Whitney JT4A-11 turbojets specific to the Series 33.

Reg.F-BJLB Douglas DC-8-33 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.

Douglas DC-8 (interior)

Douglas DC-8 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.

Douglas DC-8-62

Douglas DC-8-62 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.

At Johannesburg Jan Smuts International Airport (JNB) (O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB/FAOR) nowadays).

Douglas DC-8-62 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.

Unidentified Aircraft

Blurry tail fin the far background: Lufthansa's 707?? Tupolev Tu-104.

1974

Aéroport Roissy CDG 1.

Various Aircraft

At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG). [ See discussion tab (2)]
1 - Unidentified Aircraft.
2 - Unidentified Aircraft.
3 - Boeing 747.
4 - Boeing 707.
5 - Boeing 707 of Trans World Airlines.
6 - Boeing 747-131 of Trans World Airlines.
7 - Boeing 707 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.
8 - Boeing 747-121 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.
9 - Boeing 747-133 of PAN AM-Pan American World Airways.

Various Aircraft

At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG).
1 - Douglas DC-8 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.
2 - Douglas DC-8-62 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.
3 - McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

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

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.

Boeing 747-2B3F of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens in the background to the left.

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.

Boeing 727-228 of Air France in the foreground to the right.

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 (interior)

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.

1983

Aéroport Roissy CDG 1.

Various Aircraft

At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG).
1 - Douglas DC-8 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.
2 - Unidentified Aircraft.
3 - Boeing 727-228 of Air France.
4 - Boeing 707-328 of Air France.
5 - Boeing 707-328 of Air France.
6 - Boeing 747.

Boeing 747-2B3BM

Registration F-BTDG, c/n 22514/518. Delivered new to UTA-Union de Transports Aériens in April 1981. Converted to SUD (Stretched Upper Deck) in March 1986. Transferred to Air France when merge of the company in January 1992. Written off from use at Aéroport de Paris-Vatry, Châlons/Marne (LFOK/XCR) in June 2006.

Reg.F-BTDG Boeing 747-2B3BM of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens.

1993

Aéroport Roissy CDG 2A.

Various Aircraft

At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG). [ See discussion tab (4)]
1 - Boeing 747-228 of Air France.
2 - Airbus A300 of Air France.
3 - Airbus A300 of Air France.

Boeing 747-228

Boeing 747-228 of Air France.

2002

Aéroport Roissy CDG 2E.

Boeing 747-428

At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG). [ See discussion tab (5)]

Boeing 747-428 of Air France.

2007

Aéroport Roissy CDG 2E.

Various Aircraft

On the right background at Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG).
1 - Boeing 767-36N/ER of Kenya Airways.
2 - Boeing 737-200 or Airbus A320 family.

Boeing 777-328ER

Registration F-GSQE, c/n 32851/492. First flight in September 2004. Delivered to Air France in October 2004.

Reg.F-GSQE Boeing 747-328ER of Air France.

Boeing 777-328ER (interior)

Boeing 747-328ER of Air France.

2009

Aéroport Roissy CDG 2E S4.

Boeing 777-328ER

F-GSQE again.

Reg.F-GSQE Boeing 777-328ER of Air France.

Boeing 747

Not an Airbus A380 though what is titled. Either 747-228 or 747-428.

Boeing 747 of Air France.

Airbus A380-861

At Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG). [ See discussion tab (6)]
Registration F-HPJA, c/n 33. First flight in February 2009, registrated F-WWSB. Delivered to Air France in October 2009 as F-HPJA. Stored at Tarbes/Lourdes, Pyrénées (LFBT/LDE) in August 2020.