Bréguet Br.765 Sahara “Double Pont”: French double-deck transport aircraft The Bréguet 761/763/765 are a family of 1940s and 1950s French double-deck transport aircraft produced by Bréguet Aviation. The aircraft were normally called the Deux-Ponts (Double…

De Havilland Vampire T.11 (XE950): British jet fighter The Vampire T.11 was the first advanced jet fighter trainer to use side-by-side seating. It was argued that having the instructor beside him gave the trainee a higher level of confidence, enabled each…

Republic F-84G Thunderjet (FS-437) 110437: American turbojet fighter-bomber The Republic F-84 Thunderjet was an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) proposal for a “day fighter”, the F-84 first…

Chagnes Microstar Variviggen “Duck” (F-PYFP): hand-made light aircraft Made in France by Léo Chagnes First flight: 1979 Engine: two MicroTurbo TRS18 jet engines Speed: 400 km/h (256 knots) Range: 400 km (245 nautical miles) Ceiling: 8 km (26,200 ft) Aer…

ATR 42-320 On 4 November 1981, a formal co-operation agreement was signed by Aeritalia chairman Renato Bonifacio and Aerospatiale chairman Jacques Mitterrand in Paris. This agreement signaled not only the merger of their efforts, but also of their separate…

MH 1521 Broussard The Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard is a 1950s French six-seat utility monoplane designed by Max Holste to meet a French Army requirement. Following the end of the Second World War, Avions Max Holste designed and built a new two-seat trainer…

The Sagem Crecerelle (“Kestrel”) is a reconnaissance UAV developed in France in the 1990s, based on the Meggitt Banshee target drone. Its configuration is much like that of the Banshee, with a pusher prop, a clipped delta wing, and a single tailfin, though…

Dassault Mirage IVP: French penetration aircraft In July 1984, a contract was formally issued for the upgrade of a total of 18 Mirage IVA to carry the ASMP missile in the place of traditional bombs; these aircraft were redesignated Mirage IVP (Penetration).…

Ant-2. A Soviet experimental airliner from 1924 equipped with Bristol-Lucifer piston engine. The ANT-2 was the first all-metal aircraft designed by the Tupolev design bureau. A small passenger plane, it could carry two passengers in a cabin behind the pilot.…

Air glider Wassmer 300. Made in 1964 (France). The WA-30 Bijave is two-seat development of the Wassmer WA-21 Javelot II and the first Bijave flew on 17 December 1958 from Issoire Aerodrome. The Bijave is a cantilever shoulder-wing monoplane with a welded…

Cessna 337 Super Skymaster: American air taxi aircraft The Cessna Skymaster is an American twin-engine civil utility aircraft built in a push-pull configuration. Its engines are mounted in the nose and rear of its pod-style fuselage. Twin booms extend aft…

The Fouga Zéphyr (company designation CM.175) was a 1950s French two-seat carrier-capable jet trainer for the French Navy. It was developed from the land-based CM.170 Magister. The Zéphyr was retired in 1994. The French Navy’s Aéronavale adopted a derivative…

The Stampe et Vertongen SV.4 (also known incorrectly as the Stampe SV.4 or just Stampe) is a Belgian two-seat trainer/tourer biplane designed and built by Stampe et Vertongen. The aircraft was also built under licence in France and French Algeria. General…

The Dassault Étendard IV is a transonic carrier-borne strike fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aerospace company Dassault Aviation. It has the distinction of being the first indigenously designed carrier-capable jet aircraft to be produced…