Aérodrome de Cerny-la Ferté-Alais
Looking Back (to my pre-digital camera days)
France
1975 to 1998
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A brief photo-report using my scanned slides and film from a favourite airfield south of Paris and the home of the famous Jean-Baptiste Salis.
August 1998 |
The SNCAC/Nord NC.702 Martinet (331 'PN') was operated by the CEV at Bretigny from 1950 to 1969. It arrived at La Ferté-Alais in 1985 following time at holiday camp in Avernes and I believe storage at Etampes. In 1998 it was transferred to Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin and following restoration was put on display in 2006.
The Martinet was a German-designed (Siebel 204) but built in France by SNCAC (the Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Centre) as twin-engine military trainer and light transport aircraft for the Armee de l'Air and Aéronavale. 350 were constructed but only three remain preserved. La Ferté-Alais - August 1998. |
La Ferté-Alais - August 1998
Left to right: Morane-Saulnier MS.317 (F-BCNL).
North American NA-68 Texan ('79413' '11F2' registered F-AZHD).
Antonov An-2T (17311 registered F-AZHM) in December 1999 it was blown over by storm and damaged beyond repair.
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Left to right: Morane-Saulnier MS.317 (F-BGUV).
Morane-Saulnier MS.185 (F-AZAZ).
Casa 1131 Jungmann (F-AZSE? cancelled in 1999) reported destroyed in 1999. It has a 1936 Berlin Olympics colour scheme. |
Left to right: Vought F4U-5NL Corsair (124724 'NP-22' registered F-AZEG),
Bücker Bü-133D-1 Jungmeister (F-PBRI),
Max Holste MH-1521M Broussard (F-BXCS),
Nord 3202 (F-AZIY c/n 15). |
Left to right: Dassault MD.312 Flamant (282 '316-KY' registered F-AZFX),
Dassault MD.311 Flamant (291 registered F-AZCB). |
| North American T-6G Texans. |
Left to right: North American T-6G Texans including; (51-14740 c/s F-UJTG) ex Escadron 3/1 Toulouse-Blagnac, 51-14707 'KN' ex EALA 2/2, 53-4572 'KA', 53-4592 'RA', 51-14839 'KQ/YJ', 51-14374 'DD' ex EALA 19/72, 51-15017 'RD' and 51-14700 'WQ' c/s F-UJTE) ex Escadron 3/1). Note: 53-4572 became F-AZSR.
Percival P-28 Proctor series 1 (R7524 registered G-AIWA) which had crashed on landing at La Ferté-Alais on June 9, 1984. |
Left to right: North American T-6G Texan ('F-L').
North American T-6G Texan (51-14367 'BK' registered F-AZBK). |
Left to right: SNCAC/Nord NC.702 Martinet (331 'PN') was operated by the CEV at Bretigny from 1950 to 1969. It arrived at La Ferté-Alais in 1985 following time at holiday camp in Avernes and I believe storage at Etampes.
Marcel Dassault MD-312 Flamant (291 registered F-AZCB).
Beech E18S (C-45) (F-AZEJ painted as '436904' later as '22425/V'). |
Left to right: Nord N.1203 Norecrin II (F-BIFU).
Nord 1203 Norecrin II (F-BMHZ c/n 194). |
Left to right: Dornier Bü-131B Jungmann (F-AZBU).
Bücker Bü-131 Jungmann (?)
Bücker Bü-131 Jungmann (E3B-549 '14' registered F-AZBZ). |
Left to right: Morane-Saulnier MS.230 (F-AZAK c/n 403 ex F-BEJO) of AJBS its dates back to 1929.
Morane-Saulnier MS.733 Alcyon (F-BLXP c/n 95) now repainted (see below). Designed as a basic trainer for the French military, the prototype MS.730 first flew on 11 August 1949. The production version, designated MS.733, included five pre-production aircraft and 200 production models, delivered to the French Navy (40), French Air Force (145), and Cambodian Air Force (15). Several civilian flying schools, including Air France (5), also used the Alcyon as a single-engine trainer. |
| Latecoere Late 17P (F-AZBD) replica. |
Left to right: Latecoere Late 17P (F-AZBD) replica, constructed by Amicale Jean Baptiste Salis using parts from a Noorduyn Norseman.
Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman (F-AZBN). As photographed in 2022 at Lelystad. |
Left to right: Douglas C-47A Skytrain (13142 'F-SEBD' registered F-BLOZ) operated with CNET since 1964 before transfer to Amicale Jean Baptiste Salis.
Nord 1203 Norecrin II (F-BMHZ c/n 194).
North American T-6G with what looks like a Bücker Bü181 Bestmann, in the undergrowth. |
Left to right: Morane-Saulnier MS.317 (F-BCBI c/n 329).
Morane-Saulnier MS.733 Alcyon (F-BLXP c/n 95).
North American T-6G Texan (51-15049 composite with 51-14696 registered F-AZAS later EC-HYY). |
Left to right: North American T-6 Harvard II ('41-F-4' registered F-AZBE).
Stinson SR-10C Reliant (F-BBCS). The Stinson Reliant is a high-wing, single-engine monoplane designed to seat four to five people, built by the Stinson Aircraft in Wayne, Michigan. Between 1933 and 1941, a total of 1,327 Reliants were produced across various models ranging from the SR-1 to the SR-10. The final commercial version, the SR-10, was launched in 1938. Production of the Reliant can be divided into two main categories: the straight-wing models (SR-1 through SR-6) and the gull-wing models (SR-7 through SR-10).
Morane-Saulnier MS.185 (F-AZAZ). |
| The line-up of North American T-6G Texans headed by; (53-4592 'RA') ex Escadrille d'Aviation Légère d'Appui (EALA) 2/2, AdlA, followed by; (53-4572 'KA' ex EALA 2/2, 51-14979 'Q' ex EALA 2/2, 51-14718 'DC' ex EALA 19/72, 51-14811 '13' ex EALA 17/72 and 51-15017 'RD' ex EALA 8/72). Note: 53-4592 became G-BTKI, N5925 and N12V. |
Left to right: North American T-6G Texan (51-14839 'KQ/YJ' ex EALA 2/2 and EALA 15/72 it is with 49-2901 'WQ' ex Escadrille des Réserves d'Aviation Légère d'Appui (ERALA) 1/37). On this day there were 19 Texans stored in this area. My memory tells me they were former French Air Force (Armee de l'Air) recovered from open storage area at Toulouse-Blagnac before they were transferred here shortly before this visit.
Nord N1101 Noralpha (134 'DZ') ex Centre dEssais en Vol (CEV), Bretigny-sur-Orge.
Bréguet 763 Deux Ponts (F-BASO) in a landfill area. It was complete here earlier that year. |
Left to right: North American T-6G Texan (51-15113 '71' registered F-AZAU).
Morane-Saulnier MS.500 Criquet ('XJ-FE' registered F-BJQA). |
Left to right: Morane-Saulnier MS.733 Alcyon (190 registered F-AZAF) ex AdlA. Currently stored at Caen-Carpiquet.
Salmson D.7 T2 CriCri Major (F-AZAB) a French light aircraft of the 1930s.
Boisavia 603 Mercurey R.11 (F-BIRK c/n 55) a four-seat light aircraft developed in France shortly after World War Two. |
