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TV Series (1978)

Starring:
Bruno Pradal (Édouard Dabert)
Jean-Claude Dauphin (Étienne Leroux)
Christine Laurent (Joséphine Lemieux, future Madam Leroux)
Gernot Endemann (Hans Meister)

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Various Aircraft[]

Ep. 1 (September 1909 - May 1911)

Blériot XI[]

Ep. 1 (September 1909 - May 1911)

A model :

Ep. 4 (Summer 1914 - Summer 1915)

Ep. 5 (1916 / 1917 ?)

Antoinette IV (Model)[]

Ep. 1 (September 1909 - May 1911)
Action set in September 1909 or first days of October.

Ep. 1 (September 1909 - May 1911)
A picture under the two Wright brother and (right) a model on some books.
The other picture with a pilot is depicting French Captain Ferdinand Ferber died on on 22 September 1909 (some days before as characters are speaking of this sad event).

Santos-Dumont No. 19 Demoiselle[]

Ep. 1 (September 1909 - May 1911)

Nieuport IV & Caudron G.3[]

Ep. 1 (September 1909 - May 1911)

Deperdussin Monocoque (replica)[]

Ep. 1 (September 1909 - May 1911)
Airframe is seen near a 9-cylinder rotary engine instead the Gnome Lambda Lambda air cooled 14-cylinder two-row rotary really powering this revolutionary airplane.

Ep. 2 (1911)
Deperdussin monocoque replica built in Germany under Roland Payen supervision. Fitted with a 160 hp Lycoming engine. First flight on 19 May 1977. Later (1980) registered as F-AZAR for airshows in France and elsewhere.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Ep. 3 (1912 : USA and second half set in Germany)
F-AZAR again ... and another one.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

LeTempsDesAs-3 0955 — ... and now 7 (continuity error).

LeTempsDesAs-3 1215 — ... but landing at the controls of #5.

Various Aircraft[]

Ep. 1 (September 1909 - May 1911)

Caudron G.3[]

Ep. 1 (September 1909 - May 1911)

Ep. 2 (1911)
Reg. F-WSYL Caudron G.3 own by Jean Salis/AJBS filmed at Aérodrome de La Ferté-Alais (LFFQ).

Named "A. Maïcon" the first civil owner of this authentic Caudron seen in other movies (check Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing) for a better footage).

Ep. 4 (Summer 1914 - Summer 1915)

Ep. 5 (1916 / 1917 ?)

Ep. 6 (1918-1919)
One of the first civil commercial flight, a private passenger hiring the pilot's services directly.

Blériot XI Taxi-Pingouin[]

Ep. 1 (September 1909 - May 1911)

Fictional Aircraft[]

Ep. 1 (September 1909 - May 1911)
Action set on 21 or 22 May 1911 (not 11 May 1911 as said by one of the pilot). The race had only three steps not four as detailed by the same pilot.
This aircraft was built from parts of several aircraft to represent a pre-1914 Nieuport-style aircraft. It was destroyed in an accident at La Ferté in May 1978.

Ep. 3 (1912 : USA and second half set in Germany)

Deperdussin A Monoplan[]

Ep. 2 (1911)

Zucker[]

Ep. 3 (1912 : USA and second half set in Germany)
Archive footage of the canard Voisin floatplane (?).
Production/writer/director... Who found funny to name it "Zucker" (sugar in German) ? This fictitious manufacturer is a joke as this aircraft is supposed to be a failure ... and every one knows that sugar dissolves in water.

Unidentified Floatplane[]

Ep. 3 (1912 : USA and second half set in Germany)
Archive footage (may be the Sanchez-Besa biplane).

Aviatik / Albatros B.II (modified De Havilland Tiger Moth II)[]

Ep. 3 (1912 : USA and second half set in Germany)
Seen first fitted with floats.

Ep. 4 (Summer 1914 - Summer 1915)
Aircraft "DH82 Albatross DII n°4 F-AZAX" built from a de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth II with "wings" of an Aviatik but tail is closest to this of an Albatros.
Crashed on 26 May 1996 killing Richard Broggio.