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Caravelle III images

Sud Est SE.210-3 Caravelle c/n 001
Historical data / Données historiques:
  • Roll Out on 6th April 1958 (F.WHRA)
  • First flight as Caravelle I: 18.5.1958
  • WFU for inspections and modifications  on 5.8.1958
  • In service again on 29.12.1958
  • End of initial testing on 26.1.1959 (WFU)
  • Transferred to CEV for Evaluation on 27.1.1959
  • Returned to Sud Aviation on 2.2.1959
  • Intensive Airline-type utilisation from 7.2.1959 until 11.2.1959
  • Certification programme from 26.2.1959 until 18.3.1959
  • Handed over to AIR FRANCE on 2.4.1959 as F-BHRA
  • Named "Alasace" on 13.4.1959
  • Damaged at Orly on 29.4.1959
  • In service again on 5.5.1959
  • Converted to Caravelle III in 1960
  • Withdrawn from use at Orly on 19.12.1975
  • Trucked to Vilgénis for use as instructional airframe on 5.2.1976
  • Will be soon be exposed at the Musée de l'Air at Bourget

Caravelle III (c/n 001) F-BHRA "Alsace" of AIR FRANCE seen at Orly  Photo by Alain Picollet

Caravelle III images