Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 11/06/2014 at 10:11 • Filed to: planelopnik

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The Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle was the world's first short/medium-range jet airliner, produced by the French Sud Aviation firm. Its maiden flight occurred in 1955, and the Caravelle was one of the most successful European first-generation jetliners, selling throughout Europe and even penetrating the United States market, with an order for 20 from United Airlines. The Caravelle established the aft-mounted engine, clean-wing design that has since been used on a wide variety of aircraft. ( !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! )

The Caravelle is one of my favorite aircraft from the early days of jet aviation. The design is so '50s, yet so modern at the same time, and the liveries are classic. It also interests me how much the nose of the Caravelle resembles the modern Boeing 787.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > ttyymmnn 11/06/2014 at 10:13

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What's this yellow thing?

Cé hé sin > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 11/06/2014 at 10:20

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Inside of the landing gear doors.

ttyymmnn > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 11/06/2014 at 10:21

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What Ce he sin said.

FJ80WaitinForaLSV8 > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 11/06/2014 at 10:21

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landing gear doors

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > ttyymmnn 11/06/2014 at 10:24

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That's a beautiful aircraft no matter how you cut it. Each of those liveries works well on it.

ttyymmnn > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 11/06/2014 at 10:32

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Some of these old liveries are making appearances again.

Rock Bottom > ttyymmnn 11/06/2014 at 13:26

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I love how the windows were soooooo round ! It's like they saw what happened to the Comet and were like "Shhhh Pierre, did you see that??? All those British planes in the drink??! Let's just make one little design change... and round windows it is! Ta daa! Safety!"

Rock Bottom > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 11/06/2014 at 13:27

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Hex Chrome! That's some good stuff!

ttyymmnn > Rock Bottom 11/06/2014 at 13:45

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They're actually teardrop shaped. Even better.