Had a way to go. Air Toulouse bought its Caravelles (which were several P&W-powered 10B3s) in 1991-2, then slowly ran them down until the last one was withdrawn at the start of 1997. Of course, they would often be no longer used in service well before the official withdrawl date and hand-in of certificate.

As ever in France, one of their fleet (originally new to Sterling) is still around, preserved at what was both the airline's home base and the aircraft's manufacturing plant.


https://www.planespotters.net/photo/...-210-caravelle

The Caravelle does have a dedicated FE position, right ? I've looked at a few YouTube videos with cockpit footage and "think" I see a 3rd crewmember and some sort of instrumentation where you'd expect to see a FE station. But, there's no mention of that position.

I have a vague recollection of an acquaintance going to work for UAL in the late '60s...and starting as a Caravelle FE. Am I imagining that ?

The guy who built the simulator from an old cockpit section had a real project on his hands:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y08ZGnx0uQA