L'épopée des pionniers 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)
Caribbean Islands are at the crossroad of North and South America and their tropical climate makes this chain of small territories some kind of paradise.
But airplanes changed the way to come in and ferry from one to another as we can now count in hours instead of days. Nevertheless, their small size keep them from mass tourism especially for those with the most demanding airport, as like as Aéroport Saint-Jean–Gustave III-Saint-Barthélemy (SBH/TFFJ) where most of the taxiing scenes and landing/take-off were shot.
McDonnell Douglas MD-82/83[]
Landing at Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM/TNCM) on Sint Maarten.
McDonnell Douglas MD-82/83 of Insel Air.
Airbus A340-313[]
Seen at Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM/TNCM) on Sint Maarten.
Airbus A340-313 of Air France.
Boeing 737[]
Boeing 737 of Delta Air Lines.
Embraer ERJ 190-100IGW 190AR[]
Embraer ERJ 190-100IGW 190AR of Air Caraïbes.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
What type of Cessna?
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander[]
De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter[]
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 Caribbeans.
Look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Reg. PJ-WIM De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter Spirit of José Dormoy of Winair - Windward Island Airways.
Reg. PJ-WIM De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter Spirit of José Dormoy of Winair - Windward Island Airways.
Unidentified Cessna & Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six[]
A unidentified Cessna and a Piper PA-32 (registration N56994, c/n 32-7440038) are parked.
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan & Piper PA-23[]
In the foreground, a Cessna 208B on the left (most likely registration F-OHQN, c/n 208B-0715 of Air Caraïbes) and a PA-23 on the right.
In the background, Cessna 208B registration F-OIJO, c/n 208B0961 built in 2002. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Reg. F-OIJO Cessna 208B Grand Caravan of Air Caraïbes.
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan[]
Possibly registration N95EL, c/n 208B1169.
Reg. N95EL Cessna 208B Grand Caravan.
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan[]
Registration F-OSBH, c/n 208B2117. Built in 2009.
Reg. F-OSBH Cessna 208B Grand Caravan of St Barth Commuter.
Reg. F-OSBH Cessna 208B Grand Caravan of St Barth Commuter.
Britten-Norman BN-2B-20 Islander[]
Registration F-OIJS, serial 2294.
Reg. F-OIJS Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2B-20 Islander (c/n 2294) of St Barth Commuter.
Reg. F-OIJS Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2B-20 Islander (c/n 2294) of St Barth Commuter.
Piper PA-23-250 Aztec F[]
Desk model of registration F-OIJT, c/n 27-7854129; the real plane can be seen in Saint-Barthélemy, la Belle et l'avion. Look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Reg. F-OIJT Piper PA-23-250 Aztec F of St Barth Commuter.
MD Helicopters MD 900[]
Registration N906AF, serial 83. Also see IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Franco-British Aviation FBA 17[]
Unidentified Aircraft[]
1922: first flight in this area.
Curtiss H-16[]
Fort de France, 1922
Douglas DC-4E[]
Mail posted from the Dakar, Senegal in 1945 and ferried by the Latécoère 631. Stamp 5,50 Fr West French Africa of 1945 featuring a Douglas DC-4E. Look at the discussion tab.
Latécoère 631[]
Latécoère 631[]
Desk model of Latécoère 631 c/n 03 with F-BANU registration.
Reg. F-BANU Latécoère 631 of SEMAF-Société d'exploitation du matériel aérien français.
Latécoère 631[]
Reg. F-BDRE, c/n 08; lost in Cameroon in September 1955.
Reg. F-BDRE SNCASO Latécoère 631 of the SGACC-Secrétariat Général de l'Aviation Civile et Commerciale.
Reg. F-BDRE SNCASO Latécoère 631 of the SGACC-Secrétariat Général de l'Aviation Civile et Commerciale.
Reg. F-BDRE SNCASO Latécoère 631 of the SGACC-Secrétariat Général de l'Aviation Civile et Commerciale.
Reg. F-BDRE SNCASO Latécoère 631 of the SGACC-Secrétariat Général de l'Aviation Civile et Commerciale.
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.
SNCASE SE.200[]
Registration F-BAHE, c/n 01. Maiden flight in august 1943.
Reg. F-BAHE SNCASE SE 200.
Douglas DC-4-1009[]
Registration F-BBDI, c/n 42941/47 built in 1946.
Reg. F-BBDI Douglas DC-4-1009 of Air France.
Latécoère 631[]
Interiors.
Cockpit of the Latécoère 631.
Flight engineer and navigator station on a Latécoère 631.
Latécoère 631[]
France Hydro logo. This group operated c/n 02, 05, and 08, though this is most likely c/n 08 as the other two seem to have not seen much use.
Latécoère 631 of Société France Hydro.
Latécoère 631[]
Registration F-BDRC, c/n 06. Lost on 1 August 1948 while flying from Fort-de-France, Martinique, to Port-Étienne (now Nouadhibou), Mauritania.
Reg. F-BDRC Latécoère 631 of Air France.
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina[]
Registration F-BBCD, c/n 9791.
Reg. F-BBCD Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina of Air France.
Reg. F-BBCD Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina of Air France.
Reg. F-BBCD Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina of Air France.
Reg. F-BBCD Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina of Air France.
Reg. F-BBCD Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina of Air France.
Consolidated OA-10A Catalina[]
Consolidated OA-10A of the US Coast Guard.
Consolidated OA-10A of the US Coast Guard.
Consolidated OA-10A of the US Coast Guard.
Vought OS2U Kingfisher[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
No results for registration F-WIAD.
Registration F-WIAC doesn't come up with any results.
Grumman J2F-5 Duck[]
Cessna T-50 Bobcat[]
or H-18 Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Vultee BT-13 Valiant[]
Fairchild PT-19[]
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor[]
Desk model on the table.
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk[]
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Free French Pilot Student in front of a trainer, probably a North American Harvard.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
In England (look at the flag in the upper right corner), free french in front of what are probably a Harvard and a Hurricane.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
José Dormoy at the controls of an unidentified aircraft.
Rearwin 7000 Sportster[]
Registration F-WIAA (no related data found).
Stinson U Airliner[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Beechcraft C-45H Expeditor[]
Registrtion F-OGCA, c/n 51-1183.
Reg. F-OGCA Beechcraft C-45H Expeditor (c/n 51-1183).
At Aéroport de Pointe-à-Pitre – Le Raizet(PTP/TFFR).
Piper J-5A Cub Cruiser[]
Republic RC-3 Seabee[]
In the background, on the left.
Miles Martinet[]
Stinson L-13A[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft. L-13 or its civil conversion (Acme Centaur 101/102 or Caribbean Traders Husky). Possibly registration N65883.
Remy de Haenen making the first landing on Saba.
Stinson 108 and Cessna T-50 Bobcat[]
Same aircrafts in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Cessna 120[]
Stampe SV4[]
Douglas C-47A-90-DL Skytrain[]
Registration F-BAXR, c/n 20100 built in 1944.
Single engine aircrafts are not identified but this in the forefront is perhaps a North American L-17A Navion.
Vought OS2U Kingfisher[]
Remy de Haenen surveying the island of Saba.
De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter[]
Registration PJ-WIH, c/n 766 built in 1981.
Reg. PJ-WIH De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter of Winair.
Reg. PJ-WIH De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter of Winair.
Reg. PJ-WIH De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter of Winair.
Later seen with updated livery.
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Reg. PJ-WIH De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter of Winair.
De Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 Twin Otter[]
Registration PJ-WIA, c/n 22 built in 1966.
Reg. PJ-WIA De Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 Twin Otter of Windward Islands Airways.
Reg. PJ-WIA De Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 Twin Otter of Windward Islands Airways.
Beechcraft D50C Twin Bonanza[]
Aircraft registered N660Q, a Beech D50B Twin Bonanza.
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De Havilland DH-89 Dragon Rapide[]
Beechcraft Model 18[]
De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter[]
Registration PJ-WIL, c/n 358 built in 1973.
Reg. PJ-WIL De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter of Winair.
Britten-Norman BN-2B-20 Islander[]
Registration PJ-WEB, c/n 2208 built in 1989.
Reg. PJ-WEB Britten-Norman BN-2B-20 Islander of Windward Express Airways.
Cessna 172 Skyhawk[]
Registration N9...
Reims FR172J Reims Rocket[]
Registration F-OGXH, c/n 0408.
Lockheed Constellation[]
Lockheed Constellation of Air France.
Lockheed Constellation of Air France.
Lockheed Constellation of Air France.
Lockheed L-1049C-55-81 Constellation & Douglas DC3C-S1C3G[]
Registration F-BGND Lockheed 1049C-55-81 c/n 4513 in front of F-OART Douglas DC3C-S1C3G c/n 4479.
Reg. FBGND Lockheed 1049C-55-81 Constellation and Reg.F-OART Douglas DC3C-S1C3G of Air France.
Lockheed L-049 Constellation[]
Registration F-BAZB, c/n 2073 built in 1946.
Reg. F-BAZB Lockheed L-049 Constellation of Air France.
Boeing 707-121[]
Boeing 707-121 of Pan Am-Pan American World Airways.
Boeing 707-328[]
Boeing 707-328 of Air France.
Boeing 747-128[]
Registration F-BPVB, c/n 19750/22 built in 1970. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
First landing of a Jumbo Jet of Air France at Pointe à Pitre, Martinique.
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Reg. F-BPVB Boeing 747-128 of Air France.
Reg. F-BPVB Boeing 747-128 of Air France.
Reg. F-BPVB Boeing 747-128 of Air France.
Reg. F-BPVB Boeing 747-128 of Air France.
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 & Douglas DC-8 & Boeing 747-283B[]
From first to last row:
McDonnell Douglas MD-83
Tail of a Douglas DC-8-73
Douglas DC-8-53
Tail of the single Boeing 747 used by Minerve, a 747-283B reg. F-GHBM, c/n 20120/114.
Boeing 707[]
Douglas C-47B-35-DK Skytrain[]
Registration F-OGDZ, c/n 16534 built in 1944.
F-OGDZ Douglas C-47B-35-DK Skytrain of Air Antilles.
F-OGDZ Douglas C-47B-35-DK Skytrain of Air Antilles.
F-OGDZ Douglas C-47B-35-DK Skytrain of Air Antilles.
F-OGDZ Douglas C-47B-35-DK Skytrain of Air Antilles.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Maybe a Zenith CH 601 XL or higher model?
Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six[]
Registration N7638F, c/n 32-7740014 built in 1976.
Douglas C-47A-65-DL Skytrain (DC-3A-S1C3G)[]
Registration N841MB, c/n 18961.
Dornier Do 228-201[]
Registration F-ODZF, c/n 8107 built in 1987.
Some database give it as a Dornier 228-201, c/n 8107; others says a Do 228-202K, c/n 8123.
On the left, tail of registration F-OGUD, Cessna 208 Caravan c/n 20800210.
Reg. F-ODZF Dornier Do 228-201 of Air Caraïbes.
Britten-Norman BN-2A-7 Islander[]
Registration F-BTGO, c/n 200.
Reg. F-BTGO Britten-Norman BN-2A-7 Islander of Air Caraïbes.
Reg. F-BTGO Britten-Norman BN-2A-7 Islander of Air Caraïbes.
Reg. F-BTGO Britten-Norman BN-2A-7 Islander of Air Caraïbes.
Reg. F-BTGO Britten-Norman BN-2A-7 Islander of Air Caraïbes.
Reg. F-BTGO Britten-Norman BN-2A-7 Islander of Air Caraïbes.
Britten-Norman BN-2A-20 Islander[]
Registration F-OGNV, c/n 352 built in 1973. Another company Islander following.
Reg. F-OGNV Britten-Norman BN-2A-20 Islander of Air Caraïbes.
Short 360-300[]
F-OHQF, a Short 360-300 (c/n SH.3743) of Air Calypso.
Zenith STOL CH 701 / 750[]
Ultralight here in amphibian configuration.
Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer[]
Cessna 152[]
DC-3 N841MB listed above at center, these two Cessna 152s behind.
On the left, registration N24542, c/n 15280321 built in 1977. On the right, registration N24780, c/n 15280374.
Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six[]
Registration F-OGFI, c/n 32-7940125. Seen under the wing of DC-3 N841MB listed above.
Aero Commander S-2D-600[]
Registration F-OGDC, c/n 1409D.
Aero Commander S-2C-600[]
Registration F-OGCG, c/n 1291C.
Aero Commander S-2D-600[]
Registration F-OGCD, c/n 1236C.
Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six[]
Registration N33133, c/n 32-7540089 built in 1975.
Reg. N33133 Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six.
Reg. N33133 Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six.
Cessna 172N Skyhawk II[]
Registration N552W, c/n 17268492 built in 1977.
Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six[]
Registration N225TF,c/n 32-7940004 built in 1978.
Reg. N225TF Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six.
Piper PA-42-720 Cheyenne III[]
Registration F-GXES, c/n 42-8001043 built in 1981.
Piper PA-31T Cheyenne[]
Registration F-BXSK, c/n 31T-7620020.
Socata MS.893E Rallye 180[]
Registration N291RJ, c/n 12230 built in 1973.
In the background of this first shot, Piper PA-31-310 Navajo C registration C-FDCY, c/n 31-7912007.
ATR 42-500[]
Registration F-OIXD, c/n 695 built in 2008.
Reg. F-OIXD ATR-42-500 of Air Antilles Express.
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-102 Dash 8[]
Registration V2-LDU, c/n 270.
An American Eagle ATR in the background.
Reg. V2-LDU De Havilland Canada DHC-8-102 Dash 8 of LIAT-Leeward Islands Air Transport.
Gulfstream V[]
Landing at Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM/TNCM).
Gulfstream IV(SP) & Airbus A320[]
Reg. N465QS Gulfstream IV(SP) of NetJets and Airbus A320 of JetBlue.
IAI 1125 Astra & Airbus A320[]
Reg. N790FH IAI 1125 Astra and Airbus A320 of JetBlue.
Cessna 550B Citation Bravo & IAI 1125 Astra & Gulfstream IV(SP)[]
Closest to furthest:
Cessna 550B Citation Bravo registration N876BB, c/n 550-1087 built in 2004.
IAI 1125 Astra registration N790FH, c/n 056 built in 1991.
Gulfstream IV(SP) registration N465QS, c/n 1463 built in 2002. Operated by NetJets.
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter[]
Piper PA-28-151 Cherokee Warrior[]
Registration N32164, c/n 28-7515083 built in 1974.
Piper PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrow[]
Registration N343S, c/n 28R-31118 built in 1969.
Britten-Norman Islander[]
Piper PA-23-250 Aztec E[]
Registration N21WW, c/n 27-7554066. This incident occurred on 27 May 2009, when the aircraft overran the runway at Gustaf III Airport (SBH/TFFJ) in Saint Barthélemy.
Unidentified Cessna[]
Registration begins with N6...
De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter[]
Registration PJ-WIF, c/n 543 built in 1977.
Reg. PJ-WIF De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter of Winair - Windward Island Airways.
Beechcraft 99A Airliner[]
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan[]
Registration F-OIXZ, c/n 208B0685 built in 1998. Crashed on 5 September 2010 with no fatalities, was later repaired and returned to service.
Reg. F-OIXZ Cessna 208B Grand Caravan.
Douglas DC-3[]
Cessna 172M Skyhawk[]
Registration N9347H, c/n 17266105 built in 1975.
Dornier Do 28A-1[]
Just seen as a desk model.
St Maarten History Board[]
Several aircraft seen on this museum display, the most prominent being the Boeing 747 of KLM at center-left.
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Unidentified Aircraft[]
Low-wing, so not the Cessna 170 mentioned in the caption. Maybe a Ryan navion or a Beechcraft Bonanza / Debonair ?
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