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By: 19th May 2016 at 21:07 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-FYI, there is an excellent serie of 3 articles about the Iraki Super Etendard in the February, March and April issues of "Le Fana de l'aviation" (with a beautifull cover as well :) )
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By: 19th May 2016 at 21:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-After the mirage F1, another legend is going away...End of classic old school fighter jet (no FBW) within the French armed forces. Last public apperance at a meeting on may 22 at Biscaross.http://www.bruxelles2.eu/2016/05/18/ladieu-de-la-marine-au-super-etendard-avant-le-tout-rafale/
Not so long ago (2005), there were jaguar, mirage IV, mirage F1, Super Etendard...Logical evolution but getting less and less diverse and more boring.
Mirage 200 & Rafale only now.
As a farewell & tribute thread (for a change), let's post favorite & rare Super Etendard pics :very_drunk:
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Cool plane, sad to see it go.
Impressive combat record as well.
By: 19th May 2016 at 23:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Sob, SuE is one of my favourites. Faithfully flying on decade after decade, bombing Le Tricolore's enemies to bits. It is amazing how much mileage they got out of 1950's airframe mated with 1940's engine. All end-users used them in combat and to my knowledge, none were ever lost due to enemy action.
By: 19th May 2016 at 23:21 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-#65 - Iraqi pilots training
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By: 20th May 2016 at 01:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Last of the bridal-launched jets. Sad to see it go.
By: 20th May 2016 at 09:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Last of the bridal-launched jets. Sad to see it go.
It was probably retired because they had shot all the cables into sea :dev2:
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Brazilian Skyhawks are still launched by this method.
By: 20th May 2016 at 20:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Watch a good movie from the ECPAD of the Super Etendard when it was the new shiny toy of the French Navy:
By: 20th May 2016 at 20:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Ewellent video TomacatViP. Loved the vintage feel !
Last catapult launch from the CdG aircraft carrier :
By: 20th May 2016 at 21:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Wow! impressive fly past at the end (6 Rafale, 7 SEM and one E2C) .
Any hints of what they are going to do with the surviving airframes?
Glad you like the vid.
By: 20th May 2016 at 21:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Watch a good movie from the ECPAD of the Super Etendard when it was the new shiny toy of the French Navy:
beautiful video!
By: 20th May 2016 at 21:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-is there any good article that gives the history of the Super Etendard in the various navies it served? The one I'd read a long time ago was this one, which is fairly detailed
It seems like a good, simple aircraft, and being uncomplicated meant it served the role it was designed for, well enough. Not being handicapped like the Sea Harrier, to take off unassisted, and being able to land using arresting cables meant that the payload range deficiencies may not have been as great on this airplane.
By: 25th May 2016 at 03:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Super Etendard #1, the first production jet, still going strong this weekend... 38 years after its first flight!
Markings under the cockpit show that it dropped 7 GBUs in combat over its lifetime. The other SEM this weekend dropped 15 GBUs.
Note the special commemorative paint...
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https://m.facebook.com/Flying-Spirit-940114662725422/
By: 25th May 2016 at 04:11 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Watch a good movie from the ECPAD of the Super Etendard when it was the new shiny toy of the French Navy:
cool vid
oh, and lastly don't forget the arrestor hook!
priceless :)
By: 25th May 2016 at 07:05 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-This just leaves A-4 and Q-5 as the last survivors of the classic attack jet era.
By: 25th May 2016 at 20:55 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Pic of the Super Etendard's last Exocet live fire shoot a few months ago. Still deadly 33 years after that attack against HMS Sheffield...
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By: 28th February 2017 at 22:22 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Pilot view of a Super Etendard landing on the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier (Rapid Power changes are here to control the sink rate):
By: 1st March 2017 at 00:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-is there any good article that gives the history of the Super Etendard in the various navies it served? The one I'd read a long time ago was this one, which is fairly detailedIt seems like a good, simple aircraft, and being uncomplicated meant it served the role it was designed for, well enough. Not being handicapped like the Sea Harrier, to take off unassisted, and being able to land using arresting cables meant that the payload range deficiencies may not have been as great on this airplane.
Do you read french? http://air-defense.net/journal/book/la-saga-du-super-etendard
By: 1st March 2017 at 09:55 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The French certainly got the most out of what they had.
By: 19th May 2018 at 10:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-And no, the little pirate is not dead for now: news comes from Argentina that 5 of them with enough engines are on their way back to service there.
The surplus French Marine Nationale aircraft (serials 1, 31, 41, 44 and 57) will be purchased including eight spare engines and a flight simulator.
Source (Via Tango III):
https://www.facebook.com/Scramblemagazine/photos/a.216124641747411.66937.145237522169457/2211033558923166/
By: 19th May 2018 at 17:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-one thing that's really crazy about it is how small the cockpit is... I once had the opportunity to climb in it, with my 1m88, I had the feeling that I strapped the aircraft on my back
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By: eagle1 - 19th May 2016 at 20:51 - Edited 2nd October 2019 at 11:40
After the mirage F1, another legend is going away...End of classic old school fighter jet (no FBW) within the French armed forces. Last public apperance at a meeting on may 22 at Biscaross.
http://www.bruxelles2.eu/2016/05/18/ladieu-de-la-marine-au-super-etendard-avant-le-tout-rafale/
Not so long ago (2005), there were jaguar, mirage IV, mirage F1, Super Etendard...Logical evolution but getting less and less diverse and more boring.
Mirage 200 & Rafale only now.
As a farewell & tribute thread (for a change), let's post favorite & rare Super Etendard pics :very_drunk:
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http://sss.airliners.net/photo/France---Navy/Dassault-Super-Etendard/2232148/L/&sid=f15e9c9ca36cc783fc0b6e3cbdc6c7fc