Name this plane
Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:26 pm
Markings have been deleted in photoshop to make it not too easy.
August
Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:40 pm
The new lightweight version of the Fouga Magister? 
SN
SN
Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:50 pm
Steve Nelson wrote:The new lightweight version of the Fouga Magister?
SN
Is it any quieter?
Rich
Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:00 pm
Standard Austria?
Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:46 pm
Fouga Cyclone
(The ground crew 'looked' French!)
VL
(The ground crew 'looked' French!)
VL
Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:45 am
Don't know about that jet engine on top, but looks like a version of the Schreder?
Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:59 am
vlado wrote:Fouga Cyclone
(The ground crew 'looked' French!)
VL
Tricolor paint on the tail were a tipoff as well. Ship #2 of 2, F-WFOJ(F-BFOJ) ???
Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:28 am
FOuga Sylphe (cyclone). Glider used as turbine engine testbed.
Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:17 am
Well...I couldn't have IDd it but I was going to name it "Slim".
Mudge the tricky
Mudge the tricky
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Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:01 pm
Name this plane
Ramone
Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:08 pm
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? 
Dean the curious (and sometimes silly)
Dean the curious (and sometimes silly)
Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:39 pm
k5dh wrote: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?
Dean the curious (and sometimes silly)
First flight July, 1949, according to this:
http://minijets.org/pim_cyclone.php
Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:10 pm
Sorry August, but I don't wanna be part of this name calling...
T J
T J
Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:01 pm
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.
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.
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.
August
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.
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.
August