Where to See the Caravelle Airliner Today

The Sud Aviation Caravelle was a pioneering airliner of the 1950s.

It bridged the gap between the earliest jet airliners, like the de Havilland Comet, Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8, which were designed to fly longer distances, and the later breed of short- and medium-haul jets like the BAC 1-11, Douglas DC-9 and Boeing 737.

Over a period of around 20 years, many different Caravelle variants were developed to cater for different needs, and to try and capture more sales from the world’s airlines. The last ones were built in the late 1970s, and by the 1990s very few remained in service.

The final examples flew in Africa in the early 2000s, and now none are actively flying.

As aviation enthusiasts and plane spotters, catching up with the surviving examples of these old airliners can be a very enticing prospect. So here we have a list of the known Caravelle survivors around the world.

Belgium

OO-SRA (cn 64) Caravelle VI-N. Preserved at Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, Brussels.

Cuba

HI-499 (cn 154) Caravelle III. Fuselage preserved at Diversiones Expocuba Park, nr Havana Airport. Possibly scrapped recently.

Denmark

OY-KRD (cn 47) Caravelle III. Preserved at Danish Museum of Science & Technology, Helsingør.

OY-STD (cn 238) Caravelle 10B3. Cockpit survives on fire dump at Copenhagen Kastrup Airport.

Ecuador

HC-BDS (cn 146) Caravelle VI-N. Preserved at Hacienda Pastaví in San José de Quichinche, near Otavalo.

Finland

SE-DAA (cn 4) Caravelle III. Cockpit preserved at Finnish Aviation Museum, Helsinki. (see also Sweden)

SE-DAF (marked OH-LEA) (cn 112) Caravelle III. Being restored at Turku Aviation Museum.

France

The Aeroscopia Museum at Toulouse where Airbus tours depart.

F-BHHI (cn 2) Caravelle III. Cockpit preserved at Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace, Paris Le Bourget.

F-BHRT (cn 55) Caravelle III. Used as instructional airframe at Merville-Colonnes airport.

F-BHRU (cn 58) Caravelle III. Cockpit used as a simulator La Ferte Alais.

F-BHRY (cn 61) Caravelle III. Preserved at Musée de l’Epopée et de l’Aéronautique in Albert.

F-BJEN (cn 185) Caravelle 10R. Forward fuselage preserved at Aeroclub du Haut-Bugey, Corlier.

F-BOHA (cn 212) Caravelle III. Preserved at Avignon – Provence Airport.

F-BTOE (cn 280) Caravelle 12. Preserved at Aeroscopia Museum, Toulouse Airport.

F-BYCY (cn 233) Caravelle 12. Preserved at Moyenpal.

F-GCVJ (cn 275) Caravelle 12. Used as instructional airframe at Rennes St Jacques Airport.

Caravelle 12 F-GCVK, previously OY-SAG, at Merville. Photo (c) Erik Ritterbach

F-GCVK (cn 276) Caravelle 12. Preserved at Used as instructional airframe at Merville-Colonnes airport.

F-GCVL (cn 273) Caravelle 12. Preserved at Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace, Paris Le Bourget.

F-GCVM (cn 270) Caravelle 12. Used as fire trainer at Marseille Airport.

F-GHMU (cn 249) Caravelle 12. Preserved at Les Ailes Anciennes museum, Toulouse Airport.

F-ZACE (cn 116) Caravelle III. Preserved at Musée Européen de l’Aviation de Chasse, Montélimar.

F-ZACQ (cn 234) Caravelle VI-R. Stored at Bordeaux Merignac Airport.

Gabon

F-BVSF (cn 241) Caravelle VI-N. Used as instructional airframe at Franceville Airport.

Italy

I-DABM (cn 143) Caravelle VI-N. Preserved at private residence near Pordenone and Fontanafredda.

I-DABU (cn 77) Caravelle VI-N. Preserved outside Mobilificio Rufa furniture store, near Sant’Angelo in Villa-Giglio.

I-GISE (cn 208) Caravelle III. Preserved outside pizzeria at Sant’Egidio Alla Vibrata.

Mexico

10506 (cn 211) Caravelle 10R. Preserved at Parque Aviacuatico Los Manantiales, Jilotepec–Ixtlahuaca Highway.

10507 (cn 232) Caravelle 10R. Preserved at Parque Aviacuatico Los Manantiales, Jilotepec–Ixtlahuaca Highway.

Morocco

CN-CCX (cn 57) Caravelle III. Used as instructional airframe at Mohammedia School of Hospitality and Tourism, Mohammedia, nr Casablanca.

Netherlands

SE210 Caravelle F-BHRA

F-BHRA (cn 1) Caravelle III. Preserved at Piet Smeds Autobedrijf, Baarlo.

PH-TRO (cn 3) Caravelle III. Cockpit preserved at Aviodrome Museum, Lelystad.

Norway

LN-KLH (cn 3) Caravelle III. Preserved at Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, Oslo.

Serbia

YU-AHB (cn 135) Caravelle VI-N. Preserved at Museum of Yugoslav Aviation at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport.

Sweden

Photo (c) Steve Knight

SE-DAA (cn 4) Caravelle III. Used as instructional trainer, minus cockpit. (see also Finland)

SE-DAG/851 (cn 172) Caravelle III. Preserved at Swedish Air Force Museum, Linköping.

SE-DAI (cn 210) Caravelle III. Preserved by Le Caravelle Club at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Taxiable.

Syria

YK-ADF (cn 186) Caravelle 10B3. Used as ground trainer at police training centre, near Kherbet Al-Ward.

Turkey

Photo (c) Anna Zvereva

TC-ABA (cn 253) Caravelle 10B. Preserved at Istanbul Aviation Museum, nr Ataturk Airport, Istanbul.

Uganda

9Q-CRU (cn 71) Caravelle VI-N. Preserved as the “Aero Beach Craft” near Entebbe Airport.

United States of America

N1001U at Pima Air & Space Museum. Photo (c) Steve Knight

N1001U (cn 86) Caravelle VI-R. Preserved at Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucscon, AZ.

N901MW (cn 62) Caravelle VI-R. Used as fire training aid at John Glenn International Airport in Columbus, OH.

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