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IAI Tzukit
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The Fouga Magister was a 1950s French two-seat jet trainer, and the world's first purpose-built two-seat turbojet-powered trainer aircraft.
In 1948, Fouga designed a jet-powered primary trainer called CM.130 for the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air, AdA) to replace piston-engined Morane-Saulnier MS.475 aircraft. When AdA found the aircraft lacking in power from the two Turbomeca Palas turbojets, Fouga enlarged the basic design and used the more powerful Turbomeca Marboré engine. The distinctive V-tail of the new CM.170 Magister originated on the CM.8 glider Fouga was using to experiment with jet engines. In December 1950, AdA ordered three prototypes, with the first aircraft flying on 23 July 1952. A pre-production batch of ten were ordered in June 1953 followed by the first production order for 95 aircraft on 13 January 1954. Fouga built a new assembly plant at Toulouse-Blagnac to produce the aircraft. The aircraft entered service with AdA in 1956.
The Israeli Air Force operated a licence manufactured version, the IAI Tzukit. This aircraft participated in the 1967 Six Day War against Jordanian armoured forces, albeit with heavy casualties..
Due to different industrial mergers, the aircraft can be defined as the "Fouga CM.170 Magister", "Potez (Fouga) CM.170 Magister", Sud (Fouga) CM.170 Magister" or "Aérospatiale (Fouga) CM.170 Magister" depending on where and when they were built.
The French Aeronavale adopted a derivative of the Magister as a basic trainer in carrier operations. The aircraft was designated the CM.175 Zephyr and was equipped with an arrester hook and a modified undercarriage strengthened for carrier operations. Thirty-two aircraft were delivered.
An improved version of the Magister designated the CM.170-2 Super Magister was produced from 1960. It used a more powerful Turbomeca Marboré IV engine. Production of the Magister stopped in France in 1962 but continued to be built in Finland up to 1967.
The development of the aircraft came to an end when the French Air Force selected the Alpha Jet as their new jet trainer. |
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Hello Assi
This truly is a very distinctive photo, the plane in itself is a great sight for me as a plane enthusiast, but with the excellent background- and light setting this photo is getting that little taint of magit to it that really makes it look fantastic.
POV is very good as I feel the engineering beauty is preserved this way.
Excellent overall focus and very smooth image.
Thank you for sharing.
Odd Jarle
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