Well, for reasons I can't quite understand, the Trident didn't set some people's world on fire, so let's have a look at another even more ~ah~ pilot-favouring unusual jet-power type. The Leduc 022. Just stay ahead of the engine, kids, it's a ramjet - with a bonus Atar turbojet for that 'self launched' feeling...
Rough mechanical translation from the French page for those that think I might've made it up:
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The Leduc 022, achieved last type is autonomous because it is equipped (in the center of the nozzle) of a turbojet Atar D3 101 of 2800 kp thrust that enables it to take off. Its theoretical maximum speed is Mach 2. The first model 022-01 made its first flight on 26 December 1956. It will make a total of 141 to 21 December 1957 , with lighting of the nozzle from 1 June. It is damaged by fire nozzle during a ground test on 23 December 1957. Some original features, some used for the first time, be noted: wings cut into the ground, air inlet ring with a porous wall, located in the cockpit nose cone [2] , ring-shaped to optimize the shape of the air intake. It is on display at the Museum of Air and Space Show. The manufacture of a second model 022-02, which is 80% complete, is determined by the State October 20, 1957.
http://translate.google.com.au/translat ... avion%2529
Interestingly the British Miles supersonic contender had a lot of similarities in layout and configuration with this one.
From here again:
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/sh ... ost4873942
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