1914-2014 Le Bourget terre d'envol
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Documentary (2015)
Starring:
Frédéric Beniada (Narrator)
Denis Parenteau (Honorary President of Air France Museum)
Catherine Maunoury (Director of Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace)
Nathalie Roseau (Architect/Urbanist)
Augustin de Romanet (Chief Executive Officer of Aéroports de Paris)
François Charritat (Director of Aéroport Paris Le Bourget)
History of one of the oldest airport in the world.
Le Bourget, berceau de l'aviation commerciale
Caudron G.6
In the background.
Farman F.40
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Farman MF.11.Bis
Breguet XIV
Reg. F-VARB Breguet 14 of Compagnie Générale Transaérienne.
Farman F.60 Goliath
Registration F-ADDS, c/n 6933. Later modified to F.63.
Farman F.60 Goliath
Registration F-ADDT, c/n 6935. Later modified to F.63.
Farman F.60 Goliath
Registration F-GEAO, c/n 32.
Unknown registration.
Farman F.60 Goliath
Registration F-xxxA. Unknown airline.
Farman F.61 Goliath
Registration F-AEFC, c/n 6943.7.
Farman F.60 Goliath
Demo aircraft.
Another one at Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget in the early 20s.
Farman F.60 Goliath
Registration F-ADCA, c/n 33. Later modified to F.63.
Farman F.60 Goliath
Registration F-HMFU, c/n 3. Delivered to CGEA on May 1920, then under Air Union after merge with several companies in 1924. Fuselage is preserved at Musée de l’Air et de L’Espace -Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget .
Blériot-SPAD S.33
Registration F-ACxx. Belongs to CMA-Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes .
Registration F-FREI, c/n 25 Blériot-SPAD S.33 of CFRNA-Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne.
Blériot-SPAD S.33Bis Berline
Blériot-SPAD S.33Bis Berline of CFRNA-Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne.
Caudron C.74 &Unidentified Aircraft
Registration F-ESAB, c/n 1 prototype of Caudron C.74, the plane crashed in November 1922.
An unknown small biplane in the background.
Breguet 20 Léviathan &Unidentified Aircraft
Registration F-ESBH, c/n 1 prototype of Breguet 20 Léviathan seen background on the right.
An unknown small biplane in front of it.
Breguet 14 T.2
Breguet 14 T.2 of CMA-Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes.
Wibault 280T.12 & Farman F.303 & Latécoère 28.0
Official presentation of the new company Air France fleet in 1933. From left to right:
Registration F-AMHM, c/n 7 Wibault 280T.12 L'intrépide, F-AJVT, c/n 7218.5 Farman F.303 Anémone, F-AJPC, c/n 927 Latécoère 28.0 Sirocco.
Wibault 280T.12 & Latécoère 28.0
From right to left.
Registration F-AMHM Wibault 280T.12 of Air France, F-AJPC Latécoère 28.0 Sirocco of Air France, Unidentified Aircraft on the background.
Wibault 283T.3
Registration F-AMYF, c/n 13 Le vengeur of Air France.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Records et exploits
Farman F.65 Sport
Registration F-AEAT, c/n 6931.10.
On the left Potez VIII A.
Potez VIII A
Registration F-AEDA, c/n 142.3
Douglas World Cruiser Chicago
No.2 Chicago was one of the 4 DWCs who achieved first aerial circumnavigation of the world in 1924. Considering the uniforms seen on these pictures, it might have been taken on some British or US airfield, but not in Paris.
World Cruiser registration 25-1230, c/n 146.
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Breguet 19 B2 & Potez 25 A2
Potez 25 with a Lorraine 12 Eb engine. The three others seems Breguet 19 with various engines.
Breguet 19 GR
Unidentified Aircraft
Must be one of the firsts flights between Japan and Paris. Not the sameplane (note the window for the navigator).
Dewoitine D.1 Bis
Breguet XIV
François Coli. Same footage seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Levasseur PL 8-01 L'Oiseau Blanc
Levasseur PL.8 biplane that disappeared in 1927, during an attempt to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight between Paris and New York.
An unofficial French team, directed by M.Bernard Decré, is focusing on theories that the aircraft crashed off when trying a splashdown near French island Saint-Pierre & Miquelon on 1927 May 9th Recherche de l'Oiseau Blanc.
Same footage seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Charles Nungesser is saluting the crowd with François Coli at his right.
Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis
First flight New-York-Paris in 1927 May 20th/21th.
Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Departure from Roosevelt Field, Mineola-Long Island, NYC.
Breguet 19 GR Super Bidon n°3 Point d'interrogation
First flight Paris-New-York in 1930 September 1st/3rd (GMT).
Preparation for flight at Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget.
Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Taking off from Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget.
Preserved at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace - Paris Le Bourget. Miss Catherine Maunoury, former World Aerobatic Champion (1988 and 2000) actually chief executive of the Paris Le Bourget Air Museum.
Unidentified Aircraft
New-York Curtiss Field on 1930 September 3rd(GMT) at arrival of Costes and Bellonte Breguet Point d'interrogation 37 hours raid from Paris.
On the left, Bellanca? Waco?
Blériot 110 Joseph Le Brix
Designed for long distance travel by Italian engineer Filippo Zappata, built by Bleriot in 1930. It broke several time close-circuit record of distance and straight line distance between New-York to Rayak,Syria in 1933 (9104 km).
Registration F-ALCC, c/n 4447.1. The plane was christened Joseph Le Brix in 1932, in honour of the French aviator who had perished in USSR in a an attempt of straight flight from Paris to Tokyo.
Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Couzinet 70 Arc en ciel III
Registration F-AMBV, c/n 01.Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Unidentified Aircraft
Unidentified aircraft behind. The woman is Maryse Hilsz, a famous aviator, who performed several records in the 30's such as distance and speed record on Paris-Tokyo-Paris in 1934.
Naissance d'une aérogare
De Havilland DH86A Express
Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget, designed by architect Georges Labro, following a tender procedure launched in 1935 by the French Ministry of Aviation.
The new building under construction, probably around 1936/37, is seen behind this DH86. Difficult to tell from which company, this one belongs to.
Seems to be another one, far in the sunspot of late afternoon.
Douglas DC-2-115 & Wibault 283T12
On the left DC-2 from KLM-Royal Dutch Air Lines. On the right, registration F-AMYD, c/n 11 Wibault 283T12 from Air France.
Bloch MB.220 & Wibault 280T12 & Potez 62
Aerial view of the new airport in 1937.
1- Two Bloch MB.220 of Air France.
2- Two Wibault 280T.12 of Air France.
3- Potez 62 of Air France.
Wibault 280T and Potez 62 of Air France.
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.154 Argosy & Farman F.60 Goliath
Flash back in the 1920's era. Armstrong Whitworth A.W.154 Argosy of Imperial Airways, behind on the left is a Farman F.60 Goliath.
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.154 Argosy with several unidentified airplanes on the right.
Farman F.60 Goliath
Several Farman F.60 Goliath in the 1920's.
Wibault 280T.12 & Caudron C.635 Simoun
Inauguration of the new airport on 1937,November 12th. A row of Wibault 280T followed by some Bloch MB.220, all under Air France colours.
The first Wibault is an ex. Air Union 280T12, registered F-AMHN, c/n 3 Le Vaillant in Air France livery (already listed above).
A Caudron C.635 Simoun on the left.
Lioré et Olivier LeO H.242/1
Registration F-APKJ, c/n 13 Ville de Casablanca of Air France.
Potez 62
Paris-Amsterdam route on Potez 62 of Air France.
Various Aircraft
1- Four Wibault 280T.12 of Air France. F-AMHN again in 2nd position in the row.
2- Douglas DC-2 of KLM-Royal Dutch Air Lines.
3- Unidentified parasol single-engine airplane (Farman F-190 ?).
4- Junkers Ju 52/3m of Deutsche Luft Hansa.
5- Caudron C.440 Goéland.
6- Potez 62 of Air France.
Handley Page H.P.45
Registration G-AAXC, c/n 42/5, Heracles of Imperial Airways. Same aircraft in other films at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Bloch MB.220
Registration F-AOHC, c/n 3 Guyenne of Air France.
Registration F-AQNM, c/n 13, Provence of Air France. Went to Deutsche Luft Hansa fleet as D-AXWC in 1943.
Le Bourget, terrain d'aviation, terre d'histoire
Morane-Saulnier MoS.30 AI &Unidentified Aircraft
Registration F-ABAD, c/n 1667. Maybe not at Le Bourget as this MoS.30 AI was based at Villacoublay airfield.
Unidentified biplane behind (maybe a Nieuport-Delage NiD.32?).
Douglas World Cruiser
Three of the four DWCs who achieved first aerial circumnavigation of the world in 1924. No.4 is the background was named New Orleans .
Morane-Saulnier MS.225
Five Morane-Saulnier MS.225 of the French Air Force aerobatics team Patrouille d'Etampes.Entered service in 1935, as replacement of MS.230.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Dewoitine D.500
Douglas DC-2
Potez 62
Potez 62 of Air France.
Caudron C.690 & Caudron C.713 & Bloch MB.151
Foreground bottom right a Caudron C.690 followed by Caudron C.713 (or prototype of C.714); behind them MB.152 n°01 in front of forerunner MB.151 hidding a Morane-Saulnier MS.430 (this unique prototype was a derivative trainer of the M.S. 405/406 family powered by a Salmson 9Ag radial with its exhaust in front of the cowling). In the background a fighter that seems to be a Morane-Saulnier MS.405 (read the discussion tab).
Morane-Saulnier MS.405
One of the 15 M.S. 405 built, forerunner of the M.S. 406 (note the windmilling ahead the propeller).
Potez 630 & Lioré et Olivier LeO C.30 & Potez 637
In the foreground, a Potez 630. Autogyro Lioré et Olivier LeO C.30 (Cierva Licence) in the background with a Potez 637 on the right edge (note the gondola under the fuselage).
Bloch MB.151 & Bloch MB.174
Demonstration flight of Bloch MB.151 at Villacoublay. On the left, a Bloch MB.174.
Bloch MB.151
Arsenal VG-30
First flight on October 1938. Will be followed by the VG-33 version, as series production in May 1939, but only 19 aircraft could have been built before the Armistice with the Third Reich in June 1940.
Bloch MB.220
Arrival on 1938 September 30th of the French Council Minister Edouard Daladier, after signature of Munich Agreements.
Registration F-AOHJ, c/n 10 Poitou of Air France.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Yakovlev Yak-3
Yakovlev Yak-3s of Normandie Niemen regiment at their arrival at Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget on 20 June 1945.
Douglas Dakota II
Many Douglas C-47 and Dakota with prefix G-AJxx, all registered after 1947. This one has not BEA's livery.
Vickers VC1 Viking 1B
Registration G-AJBM, c/n 239 of BEA-British European Airways.
Douglas DC-3
Nations Unies/United Nations livery.
From BEA-British European Airways.
Tupolev Tu-104
Visit of Youri Gagarine in France, September 1963.
Registration CCCP-42398, c/n 9350903 of Aeroflot.
Sous le signe du Phenix
Junkers Ju 52/3m & Beechcraft 18
Post WWII view of Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget from the control tower, several aircraft in the background. Ju-52 and Beech 18 on the tarmac
Junkers Ju 52/3m.
SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc
SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc of Air France.
Registration F-BCUS, c/n 49 of Air France.
Various Aircraft
1- Douglas DC-3.
2- SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc of Air France.
3- Vickers Viking 1.
4- Douglas DC-3.
5- Unidentified.
6- Douglas DC-3 of Air France.
7- Douglas DC-3.
Vickers 806 Viscount
Vickers 806 Viscount of BEA-British European Airways in the early 1960's at Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget.
Douglas DC-8-33
DC-8-33 of UTA-Union de Transports Aériens. Mid 60's/70-s era.
Gulfstream IV
Dassault Falcon 900 EX
Dassault Falcon 2000
Dassault Falcon 7X
Various Aircraft
1- Cessna Citation (unidentified model).
2- Cessna 510 Citation Mustang.
3- Unidentified.
4- Unidentified.
5- Beechcraft B200 Super King Air.
6- Boeing 737.
7- Cessna Citation (unidentified model).
8- Unidentified.
9- Beechcraft 65-A90 King Air.
10-Unidentified
Boeing 737-79T BBJ
Unidentified Aircraft
On the right.
Various Aircraft
1- Cessna 650 Citation III.
2- Cessna Citation (unidentified model).
3- Unidentified.
4- Cessna 510 Citation Mustang.
5- Cessna 525C CitationJet CJ4.
Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1
Beechcraft Premier I
Beechcraft E90 King Air
Unidentified Aircraft
Dassault Mystère II
SNCASE SE 535 Mistral
(to be continued by colors shooting)
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See also
- Unidentified Aircraft
- Armstrong Whitworth A.W.154 Argosy
- Beechcraft Model 18
- Beechcraft King Air
- Beechcraft Super King Air
- Beechcraft Premier I
- Blériot 110
- Bloch MB.150
- Bloch MB.174
- Bloch MB.220
- Boeing 737
- Breguet 14
- Breguet 19
- Caudron Goéland
- Cessna 510 Citation Mustang
- Cessna 525 CitationJet
- Couzinet 70
- Dassault Falcon 7X
- Dassault Falcon 900
- Dassault Falcon 2000
- Dassault Mystère II
- De Havilland DH86 Express
- Dewoitine D.1
- Dewoitine D.500
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain
- Douglas DC-2
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-8
- Douglas World Cruiser
- Farman F.40
- Farman F.60 Goliath
- Farman MF.11
- Gulfstream IV
- Handley Page H.P.42/45
- Junkers Ju 52
- Levasseur PL 8
- Lioré et Olivier LeO H.242
- Morane-Saulnier MS.225
- Morane-Saulnier MS.406
- Potez 25
- Potez 630
- Ryan NYP
- SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc
- Tupolev Tu-104
- Vickers Viking
- Vickers Viscount
- Wibault 280T
- Yakovlev Yak-3
- Aeroflot
- Air France
- Air Union
- British European Airways
- Deutsche Luft Hansa
- Imperial Airways
- KLM
- Union de Transports Aériens