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• First flight: 15.71960 as F-WJAO 
• Reregistered as F-BJAO on 16.7.1960
• Reregistered as F-WJAM on 18.7.1960
• Handed over to General Electric on 18.7.1960, named "Santa Maria"
• Reregistered as N420GE on 19.7.1960
• Delivered on 25.7.1960 and arrived at Cincinati on August 1960 after a demonstration tour
• First flight as Prototype Series 7 on 29.12.1960
• Returned to Sud Aviation on 14.2.1961
• Reregistered as F-BJSO on 5.4.1962
• Far eastern trip 12.4.1962 until 21.5.1962
• Reregistered as F-BLKF on 26.7.1963
• Delivered to AIR FRANCE on 30.7.1963 and named "Angoumois"
• Leased to LUFTHANSA in 1964
• Returned to AIR FRANCE in 1964
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• Later to Republique Centraficaine

Caravelle III (c/n 042) F-BLKF AIR FRANCE at ORY Photo by Alain Picollet

Caravelle III (c/n 42) F-BLKF  (Photo by Peter Frei)

Caravelle III images