The second of three Comets for UAT, F-BGSB had already been delivered in February 1953. The third, F-BGSC, skidded off the runway at Dakar and was damaged beyond repair on 25 June, one day before the opening of the Paris Air Show, so F-BGSB's presence at the Salon may have been brief. Other Comet crashes caused F-BGSA and BGSB to be withdrawn in April 1954. On the right is a Mystère II, 010. In the background below the Comet's rearmost cabin window is the Potez 75 attack aircraft F-ZWSA. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland