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[todayshorse]

Alors! Found this beauty here on Sim V. Shes quite a corker, beautifully painted, and really 'my type' of aircraft that i really enjoy.

The Sud Aviation SE210 Caravelle....

From memory, she had the nose section of the ill fated comet, although that may be incorrect, and note the windows in the fuselage, highly unusual, but avoided the stress inducing corners on the comet........fascinating aircraft, and the first passenger jet with the engines tail mounted iirc...and confounded experts who said the pure jet was totally uneconomic for anything other than long-haul flights.

further reading....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sud_Aviation_Caravelle

I knocked these up at TNCM (or whatever its called!) pretty quick just now -

[C]

A half beautiful aeroplane. Never been a fan of the fin or the windows!

[todayshorse]

LOL yes i take your point. But for the 1950's when it was designed, it must have been state of the art......guess the 707 came along and made everything look a little dated!

[gtirob01]

Great shots tho man. I like the 3rd one alot. Simple, yet effective. And I like the smoke trail.

[PerrierBaroudeur]

The first and the last are my favorites.

Is there a VC in that thing?

[garryrussell]

There is no VC

[todayshorse]

Sadly not, but there are quite a lot of panels and so forth in the 2d. Its not bad at all. Maybe recomend the english panels rather than the french, as i cant understand what it says under all the buttons and so on!!!!

[Double_Farvel]

She's beautiful!