L'épopée des pionniers de l'aviation dans les Caraïbes

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L'épopée des pionners de l'aviation dans les Caraïbes DVD cover.

TV documentary (2011)
English title: The Epic of the pioneers of aviation in the Caribbean

Starring:
Pierre Brouwers (Director/narrator)

Carrebean Islands are in the crossroad of north and south america and their tropical climate makes this chain of small territories some kind of paradise. But airplanes change the way to come in and ferry from one to another as we can count now hours instead of days. Neverless, their small size keep them from mass tourism especially for those with the most demanding airport.

McDonnell Douglas MD-81

Airbus A340

Seen at St Maartins Airport.

Embraer ERJ 190AR

Embraer ERJ 190-100AR of Air Caraïbes.

Unidentified Aircraft

What type of Cessna ?

Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander

Britten-Norman BN-2B-20 Islander

Reg.F-OIJS Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2B-20 Islander (c/n 2294)of St Barth Commuter.

Britten-Norman BN-2A-7 Islander

Reg.F-BTGO Britten-Norman BN-2A-7 Islander (c/n 200) of Air Caraïbes.

De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter

Reg.PJ-WIF De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter of WinAir-Windward Island Airways.

Registration PJ-WIM,c/n 840.
De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 baptised "Spirit of José Dormoy", one of the pioneer of aviation in the Caribeans. Look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg.PJ-WIM De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter Spirit of José Dormoy of WinAir.

Unidentified Aircraft

A cessna and a unidentified single engine are parked.

Unidentified Aircraft

In the foreground, a twin engine unknown aircraft (note the properler with only two blades).

Cessna 208B Grand Caravan

In the background, F-OIJO, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, built in 2002 (c/n 208B0961). Look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg.F-OIJO Cessna 208B Grand Caravan.

Another Cessna 208 with its underbelly pack.

Registration F-OSBH, c/n 208B2117. Built in 2009.

Reg.F-OSBH Cessna 208B Grand Caravan of St Barth Commuter.

Cessna 208 Caravan with the registration ending by XZ.

Piper PA-23-250 Aztec

Desk model; the real plane can be seen in Saint-Barthélemy, la Belle et l'avion. Look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Desk model wearing the colors of St Barth Commuters.

Eurocopter EC135

Look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

FBA 17

Unidentified Aircraft

1922 : first flight in this aerea.

Curtiss H-16

Fort de France, 1922

Unidentified Aircraft

On the blue stamp, an undentified plane with four engines and three fins. Not a Constellation -or it is really blady drawn-.

SNCASE SE 200

Registration F-BAHE, c/n 01. Maiden flight in august 1943.

Reg.F-BAHE SNCASE SE 200.

Latécoère 631

Ingeneered by Latécoère before the WW2 but built after the war by S.N.C.A.S.O. First, seen on a stamp put by Air France on airmail towards the Carribean islands.

Desk model of LATECOERE 631 c/n 03 with F-BANU registration.

SNCASO Latécoère 631

F-BDRE SNCASO Latécoère 631 (c/n 08).

Cockpit of the Latécoère 631.

Flight engeneer and navigator station on a Latécoère 631.

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina

The newspaper explain how after a flight with the Latécoère 631, the last step was made with a Catalina in a journey of 32 hours between France and St Barthémemy.