Chinese but pretty

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  ;D ;D ;D ;D

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CV2 ugly but effctive

I thought the Canadians developed the Caribou Kurt?

@Mark, Roland Garros was certainly not one for being chased, b*lls the size of coconuts!! Even to sit behind a machine gun and deflector plates (sending rounds in random directions) let alone take it up against Albatrosses 

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2cv - cv2

both as ugly as each other !

Prettiest thing to be made in France was the Mirage, But where was the Mirage designed? 
Stupid government of the day halted this plane from going past design and test. The French grabbed it and made billions in export as many nations including Oz took it on.


 

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Spad XIII and Dewoitine D520 were pretty good and beautiful planes.

Can you tell more about this history of the Mirage (Mirage III) ?

In France we are told that the Mirage is french, developped by Dassault Aviation, and Dassault Aviation says that the Mirage is french.

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The kamikzi were only introduced in late 44. ...
 This technology obviously spawned the dream 50.
The Lightning had poor performance in its earlier forms for the very reason that the torpedoes did not work...
This technology obviously spawned the Harleys.

Liked this a lot. Informative and bloody funny

GC

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The French obviously copied or clandestinely used the design of this to develop the Mirage to the international success it became, from the Fairey stables

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Are you sure we are talking about the same jet fighter Mirage III ?

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And a new one : 125 Mash

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OOOPs Sorry wrong Fairey, I meant: 

This thing held the world speed record for nearly a year. The British govt, like so often, did not take up the design and opted on other types. When you look at Mirage1 and then 2 the upgrade is very obvious. The Fairey technology was also used in the Anglo French Concorde. Later British testbeds were used ton develop wing design for the delta of the Concord. The British and French did in fact develop and perfect the delta(Europe) but the British did not see the value in the delta.
 France made a lot of money.
Another excellent delta that went nowhere was the Avro Canada Arrow, which was also pulled out of service for no good reason.

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Very similar indeed.

Concorde ........................... what a bird ! So thin and beautiful.

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Was out at East Fortune earlier in the year admiring the Concorde there, a beautiful creation!

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At Le Bourget, near Paris, it is possible to see the prototype of the Concorde and an Air France model.

You can see too an original model of a Spad XIII of George Guynemer, famous french ace of WW1.

Very beautiful museum.

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125 Mash, a great name for a motorcycle, The engine looks like an SR clone.

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As Marcel Dassault, the founder of the company, said in the book Mirage, Warplane of the World, "If it were not for the clumsy way in which you tackle things in Britain, you could have made the Mirage yourselves".  


Never a truer word has been said  and still is the norm......

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I remember the day in Melbourne when the Concorde flew in a slow and lazy circle around the metro area twice. Magnificent.



Funny thing about the Concorde, Highly elegant, cutting edge technology, Superb aeronautics, but for some reason I don't really understand, it always reminded me of DeGaulle.