Built in 1961, in the Breguet factory at Biarritz Parme it was delivered
to the French Navy in July 1962. During its career it was used in flotil‐
las 4F, 6F and 9F and the squadrons 2S, 3S and 10S . In 1982 the air‐
craft was refurbished to ALM standard (Alizé Modernised) and in 1997
became the first ALH (Alizé high level standard) delivered to the Navy.
On 9 March 2000 it made its last flight in flotilla 6F and was put in stor‐
age. In September 2000 flotilla 6F was dissolved and Alizé officially de‐
commissioned. It was stored with six other similar Alizé in a shed for
sale to a potential South American country, after upgrading by Thales.
In 2003, the contract failed to be completed and the seven aircraft un‐
fortunately were left outside where they suffered the ravages of time
and souvenir hunters for several years.
In 2006 the Association ‘Alizé Marine’ was formed by Patrick Hilbert
(former Navy pilot and currently flight instructor at Eurocopter) to ac‐
quire and restore a Br.1050. With about fifteen members, all former
navy personal. In the same year, after intensive negotiations with the
French Naval authorities. the Alizé Marine Association obtained from
the Heritage Commission two Alizés, numbers 56