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Markings have been deleted in photoshop to make it not too easy.

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The new lightweight version of the Fouga Magister? 8)

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The new lightweight version of the Fouga Magister? 8)

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Fouga Cyclone

(The ground crew 'looked' French!)

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Don't know about that jet engine on top, but looks like a version of the Schreder?

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Fouga Cyclone

(The ground crew 'looked' French!)

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Tricolor paint on the tail were a tipoff as well. Ship #2 of 2, F-WFOJ(F-BFOJ) ???

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FOuga Sylphe (cyclone). Glider used as turbine engine testbed.

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Well...I couldn't have IDd it but I was going to name it "Slim".

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That's an attractive looking airplane. During what time period was it flown, and does it still exist? Did it use a Magister tail group, or just a similar design? Did the wingtips use some kind of detachable "pogo" units like the U-2, or did those ground crewmen have to run alongside and hold the wing tips up during takeoff and landing? :lol: :wink:

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That's an attractive looking airplane. During what time period was it flown, and does it still exist? Did it use a Magister tail group, or just a similar design? Did the wingtips use some kind of detachable "pogo" units like the U-2, or did those ground crewmen have to run alongside and hold the wing tips up during takeoff and landing? :lol: :wink:

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Well, you guys are good. Vlado gets the prize for being first to name the type, and airnutz correctly ID'd it as F-WFOJ, the second of two Fouga Cyclone Is. For those of you who did not bother following the link supplied by bipe215, these were jet engine test beds based on earlier gliders made by Fouga. Some of their design features later found their way into the Magister. These pics were taken at Orly in June 1950.

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Dick also photographed a later development of the Fouga minijets, F-WFKM. This was at the 1951 Paris airshow at Le Bourget, displayed among interesting other types including an M.S.500 (French-built Fi 156 Storch) and USAF C-82.

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I have more, hopefully tougher, quizzes, which I will try to post soon. While I felt okay about posting this one in the Hangar because of the Cyclone's connection to the Magister, most of my other quizzes involve strictly civil aircraft so I will be posting them in the Vintage section.

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