Les chevaliers du ciel (2005)

Sky Fighters DVD cover.

Movie (2005)
English title: Sky Fighters

Starring:
Benoît Magimel (Capitaine Antoine "Walk'n" Marchelli)
Clovis Cornillac (Capitaine Sébastien "Fahrenheit" Vallois)
Géraldine Pailhas (Maelle Coste)
Alice Taglioni (Capitaine Estelle 'Pitbull' Kass)

Les Chevaliers du ciel is a 2005 French film directed by Gérard Pirès about two air force pilots preventing a terrorist attack on the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. This is the French "Top Gun" and the title would be better translated "The Knights of the Sky".

ATR 72-500 & Fairchild Dornier 328JET & Saab 2000

From left: ATR 72-500, Fairchild Dornier 328JET, Saab 2000.

Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma

French Armed Forces.

Agusta A129 Mangusta

Mangusta on LCD screen at Farnborough IAS 2004.

Agusta Westland AW101 Merlin

AW101-ASW, AH-64 in the background.

Airbus A320

Behind tanker.

Airbus A340-600

Airbus House Livery.

Airbus A340-211

Mirage 2000-5 underneath Qatar's A340.

Airbus A340-211 of Qatar Amiri Flight.

Mirage 2000-5 intercepted by pair of Mirage 2000C flying below Qatar A340.

Airbus A340-211 of Qatar Amiri Flight.

Bell 407

Boeing AH-64D Apache

Inverted Longbow at Farnborough.

Boeing E-3F Sentry

E-3F (707-203).

E-3F/203/36-CC (cn24117/1006).

Boeing C-135FR

735/93-CG (cn 18695) Aircraft from the "GRV 00.093 Bretagne" based at Istres - Le Tubé (LFMI). Tail fins of Breguet Atlantic Br.1150 and 2 C160 visible.

Feeding Mirage 2000D.

IR image of aerial refueling.

FLIR.

Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle

The 48th FW Operations Group Commander's aircraft F-15E Strike Eagle (01-2001 'LN') with multi-colour and '48 OG' tail markings from RAF Lakenheath, at Farnborough IAS 2004.

Boeing F/A-18 Hornet

Scale model.

Boeing-Stearman Model 75

Reg. F-AZJR.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

PT-13D (A75/N1).

F-AZJR.

British Aerospace Harrier GR Mk 7

Pilatus PC-9 in bottom right corner and Dassault Falcon 2000 in flight.

British Aerospace Harrier T4

Royal Navy Harrier T.4N.

BAE Systems Hawk T1A

Hawk T1A XX278 cn 103/312103.

RAFAT "Red Arrows".

Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet E

Aircraft from French Air Force Aerobatic Team "Patrouille de France".

FAFAT Patrouille de France.

FAFAT.

E124/312-RS Alpha jet FAF GI00.312.

Chased by Mirage 2000C.

Dassault Falcon 900

from left: Saab 2000, Gulfstream 500 and 550, Falcon 900EX/DX.

Model revealing interior.

900EX C/n 121, Fake reg. E-GSEF. Correct is F-GSEF.

900EX, C/n 50, Fake reg. E-GPNJ. Correct is F-GPNJ.

Dassault Falcon 2000

from left: Falcon 900EX, Falcon 2000EX, Mirage 2000-5.

Dassault Mirage 2000

2000C

Badge from Escadrille SPA26 "Cigogne".

EC 1/5 de Chasse "Vendee" based at Orange-Caritat (BA115).

Flight Simulator.

2000-5

Mirage 2000-5.

Fake 2000-10 designation.

Matra R550 Magic is being launched.

2000B

2000B interior.

2000D taken from 2000B WSO seat.

2000D

IR image.

2 different airframes are used in shooting same scene, 33-LH and 33-LF.

Ground attack 2000D escorted by 2000C fighters.

WSO ejected.

After ejection.

Dassault Mirage F1

Fixed refueling probe indicates CR or CT version.

Mirage F1CR-200 from ER 1/33 "Belfort" based at Reims - Champagne (BA112) on apron during Farnborough Air Show 2004. Mirage has on tail badge of 3. Esc. BR244 "Léopard." Tail of Dassault Breguet Atlantic Br.1150 visible in background.

Mirage 2000C in the center.

Pilatus PC-9

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Les chevaliers du ciel (2005)

ATR 72-500 & Fairchild Dornier 328JET & Saab 2000

Pilatus PC-9

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