L'épopée des pionniers de l'aviation dans les Caraïbes
TV Documentary (2011)
English title: The Epic of the Pioneers of Aviation in the Caribbean
Starring:
Pierre Brouwers (Director/narrator)
Caribbean Islands are at the crossroad of North and South America and their tropical climate makes this chain of small territories some kind of paradise.
But airplanes changed the way to come in and ferry from one to another as we can now count in hours instead of days. Nevertheless, their small size keep them from mass tourism especially for those with the most demanding airport, as like as Aéroport Saint-Jean–Gustave III-Saint-Barthélemy (SBH/TFFJ) where most of the taxiing scenes and landing/take-off were shot.
McDonnell Douglas MD-82/83
Landing at Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM/TNCM) on Sint Maarten.
Airbus A340-313
Seen at Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM/TNCM) on Sint Maarten.
Boeing 737
Embraer ERJ 190-100IGW 190AR
Unidentified Aircraft
What type of Cessna?
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander
De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
Registration PJ-WIM, c/n 840.
De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 baptised "Spirit of José Dormoy", one of the pioneer of aviation in the Caribbeans.
Look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Unidentified Cessna & Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six
A unidentified Cessna and a Piper PA-32 (registration N56994, c/n 32-7440038) are parked.
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan & Piper PA-23
In the foreground, a Cessna 208B on the left (most likely registration F-OHQN, c/n 208B-0715 of Air Caraïbes) and a PA-23 on the right.
In the background, Cessna 208B registration F-OIJO, c/n 208B0961 built in 2002. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Possibly registration N95EL, c/n 208B1169.
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Registration F-OSBH, c/n 208B2117. Built in 2009.
Britten-Norman BN-2B-20 Islander
Registration F-OIJS, serial 2294.
Piper PA-23-250 Aztec F
Desk model of registration F-OIJT, c/n 27-7854129; the real plane can be seen in Saint-Barthélemy, la Belle et l'avion. Look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
MD Helicopters MD 900
Registration N906AF, serial 83. Also see IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Franco-British Aviation FBA 17
Unidentified Aircraft
Curtiss H-16
Douglas DC-4E
Mail posted from the Dakar, Senegal in 1945 and ferried by the Latécoère 631. Stamp 5,50 Fr West French Africa of 1945 featuring a Douglas DC-4E. Look at the discussion tab.
Latécoère 631
Latécoère 631
Desk model of Latécoère 631 c/n 03 with F-BANU registration.
Latécoère 631
Reg. F-BDRE, c/n 08; lost in Cameroon in September 1955.
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
The newspaper explain how after a flight with the Latécoère 631, the last step was made with a Catalina in a journey of 32 hours between France and St Barthémemy.
SNCASE SE.200
Registration F-BAHE, c/n 01. Maiden flight in august 1943.
Douglas DC-4-1009
Registration F-BBDI, c/n 42941 built in 1946. Named Ciel de Provence. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Latécoère 631
Interiors.
Latécoère 631
France Hydro logo. This group operated c/n 02, 05, and 08, though this is most likely c/n 08 as the other two seem to have not seen much use.
Latécoère 631
Registration F-BDRC, c/n 06. Lost on 1 August 1948 while flying from Fort-de-France, Martinique, to Port-Étienne (now Nouadhibou), Mauritania.
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Registration F-BBCD, c/n 9791.
Consolidated OA-10A Catalina
Vought OS2U Kingfisher
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
No results for registration F-WIAD.
Registration F-WIAC doesn't come up with any results.
Grumman J2F-5 Duck
Cessna T-50 Bobcat
or H-18 Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Vultee BT-13 Valiant
Fairchild PT-19
Unidentified Aircraft
Bell P-39 or Bell P-63 ?
Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor
Desk model on the table.
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
Unidentified Aircraft
Free French Pilot Student in front of a trainer, probably a North American Harvard.
Unidentified Aircraft
In England (look at the flag in the upper right corner), free french in front of what are probably a Harvard and a Hurricane.
Unidentified Aircraft
José Dormoy at the controls of an unidentified aircraft.
Rearwin 7000 Sportster
Stinson U Airliner
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Unidentified Aircraft
Beechcraft C-45H Expeditor
Registrtion F-OGCA, c/n 51-1183.
At Aéroport de Pointe-à-Pitre – Le Raizet(PTP/TFFR).
Piper J-5A Cub Cruiser
Republic RC-3 Seabee
In the background, on the left.
Miles Martinet
Stinson L-13A
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft. L-13 or its civil conversion (Acme Centaur 101/102 or Caribbean Traders Husky). Possibly registration N65883.
Remy de Haenen making the first landing on Saba.
Stinson 108 and Cessna T-50 Bobcat
Same aircrafts in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Unidentified Aircraft
Cessna 120
Stampe SV4
Douglas C-47A-90-DL Skytrain
Registration F-BAXR, c/n 20100 built in 1944.
Single engine aircrafts are not identified but this in the forefront is perhaps a North American L-17A Navion.
Vought OS2U Kingfisher
Remy de Haenen surveying the island of Saba.
De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
Registration PJ-WIH, c/n 766 built in 1981.
Later seen with updated livery.
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De Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 Twin Otter
Registration PJ-WIA, c/n 22 built in 1966.
Beechcraft D50C Twin Bonanza
Aircraft registered N660Q, a Beech D50B Twin Bonanza.
De Havilland DH-89 Dragon Rapide
Beechcraft Model 18
De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
Registration PJ-WIL, c/n 358 built in 1973. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Britten-Norman BN-2B-20 Islander
Registration PJ-WEB, c/n 2208 built in 1989.
Cessna 172 Skyhawk
Registration N9...
Reims FR172J Reims Rocket
Registration F-OGXH, c/n 0408.
Lockheed Constellation
Lockheed L-1049C-55-81 Constellation & Douglas DC3C-S1C3G
Registration F-BGND Lockheed 1049C-55-81 c/n 4513 in front of F-OART Douglas DC3C-S1C3G c/n 4479.
Same aircraft (F-BGND) in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Registration F-BAZB, c/n 2073 built in 1946.
Boeing 707-121
Boeing 707-328
Boeing 747-128
Registration F-BPVB, c/n 19750/22 built in 1970. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
First landing of a Jumbo Jet of Air France at Pointe à Pitre, Martinique.
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McDonnell Douglas MD-83 & Douglas DC-8 & Boeing 747-283B
From first to last row:
McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Tail of a Douglas DC-8-73
Douglas DC-8-53
Tail of the single Boeing 747 used by Minerve, a 747-283B reg. F-GHBM, c/n 20120/114.
Boeing 707
Douglas C-47B-35-DK Skytrain
Registration F-OGDZ, c/n 16534 built in 1944.
Unidentified Aircraft
Unidentified Aircraft
Maybe a Zenith CH 601 XL or higher model?
Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six
Registration N7638F, c/n 32-7740014 built in 1976.
Douglas C-47A-65-DL Skytrain (DC-3A-S1C3G)
Registration N841MB, c/n 18961.
Dornier Do 228-201
Registration F-ODZF, c/n 8107 built in 1987.
Some database give it as a Dornier 228-201, c/n 8107; others says a Do 228-202K, c/n 8123.
On the left, tail of registration F-OGUD, Cessna 208 Caravan c/n 20800210.
Britten-Norman BN-2A-7 Islander
Registration F-BTGO, c/n 200.
Britten-Norman BN-2A-20 Islander
Registration F-OGNV, c/n 352 built in 1973. Another company Islander following.
Short 360-300
Zenith STOL CH 701 / 750
Ultralight here in amphibian configuration.
Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer
Cessna 152
DC-3 N841MB listed above at center, these two Cessna 152s behind.
On the left, registration N24542, c/n 15280321 built in 1977. On the right, registration N24780, c/n 15280374.
Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six
Registration F-OGFI, c/n 32-7940125. Seen under the wing of DC-3 N841MB listed above.
Aero Commander S-2D-600
Registration F-OGDC, c/n 1409D.
Aero Commander S-2C-600
Registration F-OGCC, c/n 1291C.
Aero Commander S-2D-600
Registration F-OGCD, c/n 1236C.
Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six
Registration N33133, c/n 32-7540089 built in 1975.
Cessna 172N Skyhawk II
Registration N552W, c/n 17268492 built in 1977.
Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six
Registration N225TF,c/n 32-7940004 built in 1978.
Piper PA-42-720 Cheyenne III
Registration F-GXES, c/n 42-8001043 built in 1981.
Piper PA-31T Cheyenne
Registration F-BXSK, c/n 31T-7620020.
Socata MS.893E Rallye 180
Registration N291RJ, c/n 12230 built in 1973.
In the background of this first shot, Piper PA-31-310 Navajo C registration C-FDCY, c/n 31-7912007.
ATR 42-500
Registration F-OIXD, c/n 695 built in 2008.
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-102 Dash 8
Registration V2-LDU, c/n 270.
An American Eagle ATR in the background.
Gulfstream V
Landing at Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM/TNCM).
Gulfstream IV(SP) & Airbus A320
IAI 1125 Astra & Airbus A320
Cessna 550B Citation Bravo & IAI 1125 Astra & Gulfstream IV(SP)
Closest to furthest:
Cessna 550B Citation Bravo registration N876BB, c/n 550-1087 built in 2004.
IAI 1125 Astra registration N790FH, c/n 056 built in 1991.
Gulfstream IV(SP) registration N465QS, c/n 1463 built in 2002. Operated by NetJets.
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
Piper PA-28-151 Cherokee Warrior
Registration N32164, c/n 28-7515083 built in 1974.
Piper PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrow
Registration N343S, c/n 28R-31118 built in 1969.
Britten-Norman Islander
Piper PA-23-250 Aztec E
Registration N21WW, c/n 27-7554066. This incident occurred on 27 May 2009, when the aircraft overran the runway at Gustaf III Airport (SBH/TFFJ) in Saint Barthélemy.
Unidentified Cessna
Registration begins with N6...
De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
Registration PJ-WIF, c/n 543 built in 1977.
Beechcraft 99A Airliner
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Registration F-OIXZ, c/n 208B0685 built in 1998. Crashed on 5 September 2010 with no fatalities, was later repaired and returned to service.
Douglas DC-3
Cessna 172M Skyhawk
Registration N9347H, c/n 17266105 built in 1975.
Dornier Do 28A-1
Just seen as a desk model.
St Maarten History Board
Several aircraft seen on this museum display, the most prominent being the Boeing 747 of KLM at center-left.
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Unidentified Aircraft
Low-wing, so not the Cessna 170 mentioned in the caption. Maybe a Ryan navion or a Beechcraft Bonanza / Debonair ?
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- Unidentified Aircraft
- Airbus A320 family
- Airbus A340
- ATR 42
- Ayres Thrush
- Boeing 707
- Boeing 737
- Boeing 747
- Bell P-39 Airacobra
- Beechcraft 99 Airliner
- Beechcraft Model 18
- Beechcraft Twin Bonanza
- Britten-Norman Islander
- Cessna 120/140
- Cessna 150/152
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk
- Cessna 208 Caravan
- Cessna 550 Citation II
- Cessna Bobcat
- Consolidated PBY Catalina
- Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
- De Havilland DH89 Dragon Rapide
- De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
- De Havilland Canada DHC-8
- Dornier Do 28
- Dornier Do 228
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-4E
- Douglas DC-8
- Embraer ERJ 190/195
- Fairchild PT-19
- Ford Trimotor
- Franco-British Aviation FBA 17
- Gulfstream IV
- Gulfstream V
- Grumman J2F Duck
- IAI Astra
- Lake LA-4 Buccaneer
- Latécoère 631
- Lockheed Constellation
- McDonnell Douglas MD-80
- MD Helicopters MD 900/MD 902
- Piper J-5 Cub Cruiser
- Piper PA-23
- Piper PA-28
- Piper PA-31
- Piper PA-31T
- Piper PA-32
- Piper PA-42 Cheyenne
- Republic RC-3 Seabee
- Short 360
- SNCASE SE.200
- Socata Rallye
- Stampe SV4
- Stinson 108
- Stinson Airliner
- Stinson L-13
- Vought OS2U Kingfisher
- Vultee BT-13 Valiant
- Zenith STOL CH 701
- Air Antilles Express
- Air Caraïbes
- Air France
- Delta Air Lines
- JetBlue
- Leeward Islands Air Transport
- Pan American World Airways
- St Barth Commuter
- Winair