Tuesday, March 12, 2019

SE-210 SUD AVIATION Caravelle registration N1001U serial number 86


The SE-210 SUD AVIATION Caravelle registration N1001U serial number 86 wears the markings of Aero Service Corporation, Houston, Texas on the day it went into storage in 1990.  Air France needed a medium range airliner. The Caravelle set the standard as the first jet airliner to be designed with the engines mounted on the rear of the fuselage and the first jet airliner produced in Europe outside of England. This design made the cabin quieter and improved single-engine performance. Her clean wing spanned 112 ft 6 in.  Her 2 Rolls Royce Avon Mark 532R turbojets engines provided 12,600 lbs thrust each giving her max speed of 512 mph, a service ceiling of 39,370 ft and a range of 1,450 miles. 105 ft long and 29 ft 7 in high, her crew of 3 carried 80 passengers weighing 110,230 lbs loaded. The later versions introduced thrust reversers and spoilers to improve landing performance. She flew first in 1955 and in 1959 entered service.  Sud Aviation produced 282 planes from 1958–1972 at a per unit cost of $5.5M in 1972 prices.  The Caravelle had civilian and military buyers relying on Air France, Scandinavian Airlines, Swissair and Finnair.  She last flew in 2004. 

Sud Aviation delivered this plane to United in June 10, 1961. In May 19, 1973, she later flew for Aero Service Goodyear Aerospace as a radar testbed aircraft. Established in 1919, the Aero Service Corporation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania led the world in aerial photography, receiving both government and private contracts.  Aero Service Corporation doesn’t exist anymore.  Others bought her and she merged into her into Baker Hughes which GE later bought. This aircraft is the only Caravelle displayed in the United States and the second displayed in North America.  The second Caravelle is Parque Aviacuatico Los Manantiales outside of Mexico City.










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