Les chevaliers du ciel

(DVD/VHS english cover or poster title)

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

From left: ATR72-500, Dornier 328 Jet, 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

Mirage 2000-5 underneath Qatar Airlines A346

Mirage 2000-5 intercepted by pair of Mirage 2000C flying below Qatar A346

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 Stratotanker

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

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 T.4

Royal Navy Harrier T.4N

British Aerospace Hawk

Hawk T1A XX278 cn 103/312103

RAFAT "Red Arrows"

Dassault Alpha Jet

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

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2000-5

Mirage 2000-5

Fake 2000-10 designation

Matra R550 Magic is being launched.

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2000B

2000B interior

2000D taken from 2000B WSO seat

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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

Dassault Mirage IV

In formation with 4 Mirage F1CT

Dassault Rafale

2 scale models of Rafale visible

Dornier 328 Jet

From left: Dornier 328 Jet, Saab 2000

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Aircraft from 442 TCG/303 TCS based at Fulbock, England. Attached to 52nd Wing for the D-Day airlift.

General Dynamics Gulfstream V

from left: Gulfstream G500 and G550, Dassault Falcon

Lavochkin La7

Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon

Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel

UAV

Panavia Tornado IDS

Italian IDS MLU

Mid Life Updated Italian IDS in flight

Pilatus PC-6 Porter

Pilatus PC-9

Saab JAS-39 Gripen

Saab 2000

from left: Saab 2000 at Farnborough Air Show 2004

SAGEM Sperwer

UAV

SEPECAT Jaguar

Sikorsky UH-60L Blackhawk

Equipped with External Stores Support System (ESSS)

Transall C-160

Fake UN markings

Vought F-4U Corsair

Very nice airframe

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See also

• Les chevaliers du ciel at IMDb
• Les chevaliers du ciel at Wikipedia
• Les chevaliers du ciel at IMCDb