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Les chevaliers du ciel 1987 (Season One) title screen.

TV Series (1987-1989)

Starring:
Christian Vadim (Tanguy (1987))
Marc Maury (Tanguy (1989))
Thierry Redler (Laverdure (1987-1989))

Twenty years after the first series, the concept is the same : the story of two young pilots, this time as soon as they learn to fly.

This is a template with all the aircraft seen ; screenshot needed as the copies are so poor at times we had trouble identifying the planes!

Season One

Ep 1 : Picasso Bleu
Dassault Breguet / Dornier Alpha Jet (French Air Force)
Airbus A300 Airbus A300 (Air Inter)

Ep 2 : Escadrille de la comédie
MS 505 BB UJ
Piper Cub F-BAOC (false)
SEPECAT Jaguar E (French Air Force)
SEPECAT Jaguar A (French Air Force)
Airbus A300 (Air Inter)
Max Holste MH-1521 Broussard (French Air Force)
SOCATA Rallye & Robin DR253 Régent
F-BUQB Robin HR-200/120B
Robin DR-300 F-BTBF
Robin DR-200 ?
Hurel-Dubois HD.31 (reflet)
Dassault Rafale (desk model)
Dassault SM B2
Latécoère Laté 17 (false registration F-BMIA)
Stampe et Vertongen SV-4 F-BDCQ c/n 546
C160 Transal (French Air Force)

Ep 3 : Syracuse Rouge
Airbus A300 (Air Inter)
Aérospatiale Alouette III (French)
Dassault Mirage F1C (French Air Force)
Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris (French Air Force)
C160 Transal (French Air Force)

Ep 4 : Vista Diaboli
Northrop F-5E Tiger II (Swiss Air Force)
Northrop F-5F Tiger II (Swiss Air Force)
Pilatus P-3 ? (Swiss Air Force)
Hawker Hunter (Swiss Air Force)
Dassault Mirage IIIS, including a JATO take off (Swiss Air Force)
De Havilland DH.115 Vampire Trainer (Swiss Air Force on pole and another one acting as a spy plane)
Pilatus PC-6 Porter (Air Glaciers)
Pilatus PC-7 (Swiss Air Force)
Aérospatiale Alouette III (Swiss Air Force)

Ep. 5 : Le mystère de l'ALSP
Dassault Mirage 2000N (French Air Force)
Schempp-Hirth Janus CM

Jodel D-140 Mousquetaire

Ep. 5 : Le mystère de l'ALSP
Jodel D-140 Mousquetaire of Armée de l'Air (French Air Force). A late variant of the two-seat side-by-side Jodel D11, the D-140 Mousquetaire (Musketeer) was the four-seat variant here ordered by the Air Force.

Dassault Mirage 2000C (French Air Force)
Dassault Breguet / Dornier Alpha Jet (French Air Force)
Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma

Embraer EMB 121 Xingu

Ep. 5 : Le mystère de l'ALSP
Embraer EMB-121 Xingu of the French Air Force.

Dassault Mirage 2000 C & Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon

Ep. 6 : 36 heures
Dassault Mirage 2000 C of Armée de l'Air during a DACT (dissimilar air combat training) with a pair of ...

... General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon of the Belgian Air Force.

Hangar de l'Aérodrome de La Ferté-Alais / La Ferté-Alais Airfield (LFFQ)

Ep. 6 : 36 heures
Inside the hangar ...

Morane-Saulnier MS-185 F-AZAZ & Morane-Saulnier MS.138-Ep2

Reg. F-AZAZ yellow-tail Morane-Saulnier MS-185 and reg. F-AZAJ Morane-Saulnier MS-138EP-2, a Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Vought F4U Corsair

Modified North American T-6 Texan (as stand-ins for a Zero)

(picture needed)

Jurca MJ-5 G2 Sirocco

Reg. F-PYPH Jurca MJ-5 G2 Sirocco c/n 30 built in 1983. Based at LFFQ between January and October 1987. On June 1989, overthrown the runway on a hard landing to stop in a field. Seen in 1994 on a retailer for spare parts.

Dassault Mystère 20 SNA & Dassault Mirage 2000 C

Ep. 6 : 36 heures
Dassault Mystère 20 s/n 115 339-WL Boule de cristal, CITac 339, Armée de l'Air (French Air Force). Fitted with Mirage IIIE radar for crew training but here acting as a British VIP plane.

Season Two

Aérospatiale Alouette III (French Air Force)
Aérospatiale AS332 Super Puma (ALAT, French Air Force)
Dassault Mirage F1C (French Air Force)
Breguet Br 1150 Atlantic
Piper PA-34 Seneca

Dassault Mirage F1C (French Air Force)
Piper Cub
F-117 (model)
cessna 170 XB-MET
cessna 172 XB-(ICM ?)

In Which Episode ?

Aérospatiale Alouette II (French Air Force)
Douglas DC-8 (French Air Force)

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