Renaissance de l'aviation française

Renaissance de l’aviation française screen title.

Documentary (1951)

Starring:
Service Cinématographique des Armées (Narrator)

Recovery of French aviation 6 years after the 2nd World War.

Lockheed C-60A Lodestar

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Lockheed C-60A Lodestar of the Armée de l’Air.

Dassault MD.312 Flamant

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Dassault MD.312 Flamant.

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Dassault MD.312 Flamant.

Registration F-WAYN, c/n 01.
Competitor with Breguet 891R Mars and Nord 2500 Noratlas as transport aircraft for the Armée de l’Air. The aircraft will have a civil purpose development as SO.30P Provence. First flight on January 1950.

Reg. F-WAYN SNCASO SO.30C.

SNCASO SO.30C & Caudron C.445/3 Goéland

On the left, a Caudron C.445/3.

Reg. F-WAYN SNCASO SO.30C and Caudron C.445/3 on the left.

Amiot AAC 1 Toucan

In the background on the left, French built Ju 52 named Amiot AAC1 Toucan.

Amiot AAC 1 Toucan of the Armée de l’Air.

Hurel-Dubois HD.10

Single prototype first flew on August 1948.
Registration F-WFAN, c/n 01.

Reg.F-WFAN Hurel-Dubois HD.10.

Heinkel He 274 / A.A.S. 01A

First of the two He 274 built in France and achieved post war by the Ateliers Aéronautiques de Suresnes (ex Farman Aviation Works). Maiden flight in December 1945. The aircraft was used as SNCASO SO-M1 ½ scale model carrier.

Heinkel He 274 / A.A.S. 01A of the Armée de l’Air.

SNCASO SO.M1

Registration F-WFDJ, c/n 01.
Half scale model prototype for the SO.4000 bomber project. Unpowered version flying test from the He 274 / A.A.S. 01.

Reg. F-WFDJ SNCASO SO.M1 on the Heinkel 274 AAS 01.

SNCASO SO.M2

Registration F-WFDK, c/n 01.
Development of SO.M1 powered with Rolls-Royce Derwent V jet engine. First flight on April 1949.

Reg. F-WFDK SNCASO SO.M2.

SNCASO SO.6020-02 Espadon

Registration F-WFDV, one of the two prototypes built seen here after a huge work to replace the ventral air intake by two lateral scoops.

Reg. F-WFVD SNCASO SO.6020-02 Espadon.

Douglas Dakota IV

Registration KJ994.

Reg. KJ994 Douglas Dakota IV of the RAF.

Fouga CM.100 & Breguet 892S Mercure

Powered conversion of Fouga CM.10 glider. Only one prototype built.
Registration F-WFAV, c/n 01.
In the background, prototype of the Breguet 892S Mercure, 4 engine variant of the 890. Only one built.
Registration F-WFDD.

Reg.F-WFAV Fouga CM.100 and reg. F-WFDD Breguet 892S Mercure.

Morane-Saulnier MS.475 Vanneau & SNCAN Nord 1222 Norélan

SNCAN Nord 1222, with MS.475 Vanneau on the left. The aircraft in far background is the SNCASO SO-30 listed above.

SNCAN Nord 1222 Norélan and Morane-Saulnier MS.475 Vanneau on the left.

Breguet 891R Mars

Prototype made as military variant of the civil Breguet 890H, only one aircraft produced for evaluation by the Armée de l’Air which finally validated the competitor Nord 2501 Noratlas.

Breguet 891R Mars.

Nord 2500 Noratlas

Registration F-WFKL, c/n 01. Prototype, first flight on September 1949.

Reg. F-WFKL Nord 2500 Noratlas.

Reg. F-WFKL Nord 2500 Noratlas showing the three blade during a single engine demo flypast. It was the only one fitted with Gnome et Rhône 14R 1600-hp engines.

SNCASO SO.6020 Espadon

Registration F-WFDI, c/n 01.
First flight on November 1948.

Reg. F-WFDI SNCASO SO.6020 Espadon.

SNCAN Nord 2200

Registration F-WFRD, c/n 01.
Prototype of a fighter intended for the Aéronautique Navale (French Fleet Air Arm). First flight on December 1949.

Reg. F-WFRD SNCAN Nord 2200 of the Aéronautique Navale.

Morane-Saulnier MS-500 Criquet

Morane Saulnier MS-500 Criquet of the Armée de l’Air.

SNCASE SE.3000

Registration F-WFDR, c/n 01.
Development of the German Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache. First flight on October 1948. Only three aircrafts built.

Reg. F-WFDR SNCASE SE.3000.

SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc

Registration F-BATF, c/n 6.
Carrying Leduc 0.10 for test flights.
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Reg. F-BATF SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc.

Leduc 0.10

Research aircraft powered by a ramjet. Three prototypes built, first flight on October 1947 from a SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc.
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