Caudron Luciole at Cerny-La Ferté Alais

Rochford, can you identify the website or, better still, provide a hyperlink to the advertisement, please?

There is a partially restored Luciole advertised FOR SALE every 6 months or so on french site. it seems to be in a large wooden barn with cars, carts & perhaps other aviation bits. Anybody know which one this is? I cannot identify it as one of those in the list above(thanks for posting list).

…..obviously he hadn’t flown a Beagle Airedale!

Thanks,thats good news.

Last I heard he was improving 🙂

Speaking of Richard Bach,does anybody know how he is progressing since his accident?

Wasn’t it Richard Bach who dubbed the Luciole the worst plane he’d ever flown?

Just a re-mention, Franck, of the question that I asked in my last post – over six months ago!

Franck, I don’t suppose that J P Touzeau has any information on the fate of Caudron C-276 Luciole nº 7207-26 which is said to have been destroyed in Ireland in 1965 during the filming of ‘The Blue Max’? It was G-ATI0 ex F-PHQM/F-AOFD. Back in 2009 its fate was much debated on this forum at http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=87364.

hi all, here the list (in french) of the Luciole survivors, gave by JP Touzeau the first world fan of this plane 😉

– Caudron C-270 Luciole F-AZVO n°6607-32 ex F-ALVO, Fr.AF, F-BBPT, G-BDFM. En vol La Ferté.
– Caudron C-272-5 Luciole F-AZAL n°7153-16 ex F-AOBS, F-PJKE. Modifié en C-275. En Restauration St Rambert
– Caudron C-272-5 Luciole F-AOFX n°7156-14 ex F-AOBV. Modifié en C-272-4 puis C-277R. Exposé Musée de L’Air Le Bourget
– Caudron C-272 Luciole F-AMAC n°6643-48 EL-007. Exposé Espagne
– Caudron C-272 Luciole F-PAPI n°6799-38 ex F-AMMI, F-PMMI. Modifié en C-272-5. En vol Lessay (Privé)
– Caudron C-275 Luciole ‘F-AEIZ’. Transformé en Potez 25 Statique La Ferté (Possible ex F-BBAZ C-275 n°7412-1 ex F-APBJ)
– Caudron C-275 Luciole F-AQFB n°7546. ex F-BNMB, G-ATIP, EI-ARF et maintenant N907AC. Stocké incomplet en Floride.
– Caudron C-275 Luciole F-AZCT n°7474 ex F-APLM, F-BBCF. Etat vol (à confirmer) La Baule.
– Caudron C-275 Luciole F-AZCU n°7411-3 ex F-APBI ou n°7693-06 ex F-AQPY. Ex Berthelot, puis Incerti. A restaurer. Maintenant à Pontoise avec le Simoun.
– Caudron C-275 Luciole F-BBHX n°7479 ex F-APLR, F-BBHX. Stocké La Ferté (Privé, famille Caillou)
– Caudron C-275 Luciole F-BBPU n°7961-6 ex F-ARMK. Modifié en C-277. En cours de restauration (Privé)
– Caudron C-275 Luciole F-PPHO n°7496-20 ex F-APHO. En cours de restauration (Privé)

According to the DGAC website, the registration of F-AZCU is current. It is registered to Denis Incenti at Tournus-Cuisery.

Thanks for that avion ancien.Good to know that she is current.

According to the DGAC website, the registration of F-AZCU is current. It is registered to Denis Incenti at Tournus-Cuisery.

Hi Franck66 and Avion Ancien,just dug out the gen on Michel Berthelot’s Luciole,the reg was F-AZCU and it was featured in “Aviation and Pilote Prive”,front cover October 1985 issue,if that helps.I would be interested to know where it is now,thanks.

thanks for the comments about the photos

Sorry Sopwith I don’t know this Luciole , I know we have few Luciole in flight condition in France (4 or 5) and one in FLorida but this one is the last with a Salmson engine

I have a photo somewhere,will try to find it .I know that he rebuilt it and it got damaged shortly afterwards and he put it up for sale.that was late 1980’s if I remember correctly.I know that he lived not to far away from La Ferte-Alais if that helps and he was an airline engineer.

I don’t know if it is one of your four airworthy Lucioles, Franck, but there is also F-PAPI which the DGAC lists as being based at Caen. It has an inline Renault engine. It has always struck me that with that engine, the Luciole has a stately presence, whereas with the Salmson radial it looks just a touch raffish!

As to Michel Berthelot’s Luciole, can you please identify that Sopwith. I can find references to it on the web but not an identity for it.

Yes of course is Baptiste like in the Strutter, is our test pilot with Edmond Salis too (My Pilot during the photo session)

Baptiste

Edmond

Jean-Pierre my friend world specialist of the Caudron Luciole said me that 4 Luciole are in flight condition in France

This one at La Ferté Alais with the Radial Salmson engine

3 others one with ‘in line’ engine at Lessay, La Baule and Saint Rambert (close to be in flight)

and for information there is no Velcro or glue under the berret, just a good fitting in addition with low speed 🙂

Yes of course is Baptiste like in the Strutter, is our test pilot with Edmond Salis too (My Pilot during the photo session)

Baptiste

Edmond

Jean-Pierre my friend world specialist of the Caudron Luciole said me that 4 Luciole are in flight condition in France

This one at La Ferté Alais with the Radial Salmson engine

3 others one with ‘in line’ engine at Lessay, La Baule and Saint Rambert (close to be in flight)

lovely! I think that is Baptiste Salis with the super glued berret

thanks for the comments about the photos

Sorry Sopwith I don’t know this Luciole , I know we have few Luciole in flight condition in France (4 or 5) and one in FLorida but this one is the last with a Salmson engine

Lovely photos 😉