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| Keywords: SNCASE Armagnac F-BAVD in flight c1953.jpg A French SNCASE S E 2010 Armagnac F-BAVD in flight F-BAVD was the first production series aircraft and flew on 30 December 1950 It went into service with Transports Aeriens Intercontinentaux TAI on 8 December 1952 A total of four S E 2010s were delivered to TAI in December 1952 who used them for eight months and then discarded them as unprofitable The aircraft passed to SAGETA the Société Auxiliaire de Gérance et d'Exploitation de Transport Aériens in 1953 who operated seven Armagnacs to ferry cargo mail and troops from Toulouse France to Saigon in French Indochina They were highly regarded in this role but French rule in the area was almost over and they were surplus by mid-1954 Most Armagnacs were broken up in 1955 U S Navy Naval Aviation News September 1956 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1956/Sep56 pdf p 21 ca 1953 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy First Indochina War SE-2010 Armagnac | ||||
