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David Goudey
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Did you know that two active Air France planes bear the names of two municipalities in Yvelines? Among the approximately 230 devices currently operated by the company and its subsidiary Air France Cargo are located Two Boeing 777 (B777) called Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Rambouillet. The inaugural flight of the first date of January 2001, the second joined the fleet in January 2005.
Where are they at a time when you read these lines and what are their privileged destinations? It is possible, thanks to their registration (F-GPSO for Saint-Germain-en-Laye; F-GSQI for Rambouillet) and sites like flightradar24.com or fr.Airnavradar.com, to follow the least of their trip andhistorical of their flights.
Welcome aboard the B777 Rambouillet and Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Rambouillet thus ensures Transatlantic links Between France and the United States (back and forth of course), exclusively to New York and Los Angeles, from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, as evidenced by its recent activity (July 24 and 31).
The Saint-Germain-en-Laye sees more countries, From Africa to South America. Over the same period, he went to Lagos (Nigeria), Lima (Peru), Cancún (Mexico) and Antananarivo (Madagascar).
Failed takeoff for the Boeing Château de Versailles
Air France used to give a name to the devices entering its fleet from the late 1930s. It was even a tradition. It was a question of doing the Promotion of national heritage Around the world. For example, the company chose the castles for its Boeing (B707).
The first of them was the Palace of Versailles. His life was brief. Delivered in October 1959it was removed from the fleet in November 1961 following a takeoff accident at Hamburg-Fuhlsbütel (Germany) airport in July 1961.
The second castle of Versailles stole almost fifteen years
A second B707 Château de Versailles will fly for the French company from 1962. Sold in Royal Air Maroc in 1975, it will be bought by Air France only a year later.
The plane was removed from the fleet in 1977, then sold to the American Charlotte Aircraft, a company specializing in the dismantling and the resale of spare parts.
Dampierre castle has gone to posterity
There was also the Château de Rambouilletactive from March 20, 1960. It will later be sold to an Israeli company. The last B707 to bear the name of a Yvelin castle is the Château de Dampierre. A plane passed to posterity.
Delivered in 1966, he was the first Boeing to ensure a Paris-La Réunion link. It was in 1967. Withdrawn in 1983, it is now stored at Le Bourget airport.
Since 2019, Air France has returned to tradition. Yvelines are still waiting for a Airbus pay tribute to the territory.
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