F-BVFA flies the first commercial passenger flight for Air France. Packed with dignitaries, Air France flight AF085 piloted by Captain Pierre Chanoine flew to Dakar then Rio.
1979 - Jan 12
Re-registered as N94FA to Air France/Braniff Airways.
1980 - Jun 1
Re-registered as F-BVFA to Air France.
1990 - Aug 1
Completion of a major overhaul that had taken a year and had entailed being stripped down to basic skeleton and rebuilt.
2003 - May 30
Final passenger flight; AF001 from New York JFK to Paris Charles de Gaulle.
2003 - Jun 12
Final flight; AF4386 from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Washington Dulles where it was put on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Final Resting Place
F-BVFA is on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Near Dulles International Airport, Washington DC. It is open for public viewing, for more information visit the museum web site at www.nasm.si.edu
