Roland Garros : l'embrasseur de nuages

Roland Garros : l'embrasseur de nuages title screen.

Documentary (2013)

Starring (look the discussion tab) :
Catherine Maunoury (Herself)
Baptiste Salis (Himself)
Jean-Pierre Lafille (Himself)
Pierre Farman (Himself)

A century after the first non-stop flight across the Mediterranean Sea, a team of young aviation engineers, skilled airshows pilots and enthusiasts try to do the same from nothing : building a replica, testing it and flying to Bizerte. This is the way to remember this pioneer and his tremendous life.

Unidentified Aircraft

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Seen too in The Story of Aviation.

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Voisin Farman I

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Voisin Delagrange I

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Unidentified Aircraft

Antoinette VII

Unidentified Aircraft

Blériot XI

Paris (Le Bourget) Air & Space Museum

Jean-Marie Le Bris Albatros & Lilienthal Glider & Chanute Glider

Paris (Le Bourget) Air & Space Museum. The Octave Chanute glider was built in 1896.

Astra Wright type BB "Baby"

Built in 1910. Paris (Le Bourget) Air & Space Museum.

Nieuport II.N

Paris (Le Bourget) Air & Space Museum. Replica built in 1919 by the Nieuport company.

Nieuport II.N

Nieuport II.N

Deperdussin B

Paris (Le Bourget) Air & Space Museum.

La Ferté Alais Airshow 2013

Morane-Saulnier MS.315

Morane-Saulnier MS.315 registered F-BCNL.

Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5

Registration F-AZCY.

Morane-Saulnier MS.317

Morane-Saulnier MS.317 registered F-BGUV.

Stampe SV4 & Léopoldoff L-3

Hawker Sea Fury FB.11

Reg. F-AZXJ.

Beechcraft 18S

Reg. F-AZEJ.

Junkers Ju-52/3m

Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann

Yakovlev Yak-11

Unidentified Aircraft

SPAD S.XIII

Reg. F-AZFP. Spad XIII N° 4377 of french society Memorial Flight (built in Februay 1918, restored to flight condition at the begining of the new millenium). Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Scheibe SF 28A

Reg. F-CCJY Scheibe SF 28A n° 5763 baptised Irene (red and white airframe hidden by the engine of the Yak 11).

Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet E

Fokker D.VII

Reg. F-AZLM.

Morane-Saulnier MS.230

Reg. F-AZAK.

North American T-6G Texan

Reg. F-AZBQ

Reg. F-AZBE

Reg. F-AZEF

Stinson SR-10 Reliant

Reg. F-GPJS.

Antonov An-2

Reg. D-FKME blue and yellow Antonov An2 in the background.
Antonov An-2 c/n 1G17805 built in 1957.

Extra 330 SC

Reg. HB-MTR.

Facing us, one of the machine used by the French Air Force Aerobatics team.

Max Holste MH.1521M Broussard

Reg. F-GDPX.
He takes off in combo config with Colomban MC-15 Cri Cri reg. F-PZTU.
In the distance, we guess the Lockheed P-38 Lightning N25Y with its Red and White stripes on its tail.

Blériot XI-2

Reg. F-AZPG.

Morane-Saulnier H

Reg. F-AZMS, a replica built during the 80's.

Reg. F-WMSG, the replica built for the century.

The same one some month before.

Paris (Le Bourget) Air & Space Museum. Aircraft 156 in the type.

Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil

Among the machines on the ground, at least an Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil is visible.

Musée de l’Aviation de Melun Villaroche (Melun Villaroche Air Museum)

Max Holste MH.1521M Broussard & Dassault Mirage IIIB

Castel C.25S Biarritz

Reg. F-CRHD.

Al Gomhuria

Al Gomhuria is a licensed built version of the German Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann aircraft.

Elytroplan & Fairey Firefly

L’Elytroplan by Charles DE ROUGE and Marcel BOUVET is a derivative of Mignet's production, the first aircraft in France with a T tail. Look there for more information : http://pouguide.org/hm14-elytroplan
In the background, please note the yellow Fairey Firefly adorn with the Ethiopian roundel.

Polikarpov Po-2

Archive Footages

Unidentified Aircraft

Morane-Borel Monoplan

Usually refered as Morane-Saulnier Type A. Landing of Védrines on the shore of San Sebastian, Paris-Madrid air race (1911).

Unidentified Aircraft

Unidentified Wind Model tested in the Eiffel wind tunnel.

Paulhan Curtiss E

Seen in 1912 at Monaco.

Albessard Aérobus

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Maurice Farman MF.3 Hydro

Curtiss D

Farman MF.7 Longhorn

Pescara 2R

Now displayed at Paris (Le Bourget) Air & Space Museum. World record during the 1920's.

Blériot XI Taxi-Pingouin

Same archive footage seen in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Farman MF.11

Maurice Farman MF.11 c/n 1314.

Caudron C.23

Sopwith 1½ Strutter

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Sopwith 1 1/2 "Strutter" 1 A2 n°556 of the Paris (Le Bourget) Air & Space Museum.

Nieuport 10

Voisin LAS B-2

Voisin LAS B-2 c/n 955 built in 1915 (Paris (Le Bourget) Air & Space Museum).

Archive footage.

Nieuport 11

Pfalz D-XII

Pfalz D-XII c/n 2690-18 & De Havilland DH-9 code F-1258

Bristol 142 Blenheim Mk.IV

Junkers Ju-52/3m

Heavy work on a Junkers 52 (or AAC-1 ?), behind the red Castel.

Salmson 2 A2

Junkers D.I

At right, Junkers J-9 (D-1) c/n 5929-18 (Paris (Le Bourget) Air & Space Museum).

Nieuport

Breguet 14 A2

In the bottom right corner. Breguet XIV A2 n°2016.

Airco DH.9

Coded F-1258, Paris (Le Bourget) Air & Space Museum.

Caudron R.11

Hurel-Dubois HD.34

Reg. F-AZNH, former F-BHOO, Musée de l’Aviation de Melun Villaroche (Melun Villaroche Air Museum).

Morane-Saulnier AI

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

Piper L-18C Super Cub

Registration LN-LJJ,c/n 18-3088. Built in 1953.

Reg.LN-LJJ Piper L-18C Super Cub.

Boeing 777-328ER

Air France flight landing at Roland Garros airport, St Denis de la Réunion (IATA: RUN, ICAO: FMEE).

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