French Military Aircraft 1950-1959 - French Anti-Submarine Aircraft 1950-1959, French Attack Aircraft 1950-1959 (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: French Anti-Submarine Aircraft 1950-1959, French Attack Aircraft 1950-1959, French Bomber Aircraft 1950-1959, French Fighter Aircraft 1950-1959, French Military Utility Aircraft 1950-1959, Dassault Mirage Iii, Arospatiale Alouette Iii, Dassault Mirage 5, List of Dassault Mirage Iii Operators, Sud Aviation Vautour, Breguet Aliz, Dassault Mystre, Dassault Mystre Iv, Max Holste Broussard, Dassault Super Mystre, Sud-Ouest Djinn, Dassault tendard Iv, Potez 75, Breguet Taon, Morane-Saulnier Epervier, Sncase Baroudeur, Leduc 0.22, Nord 3400, Dassault tendard Vi, Dassault tendard Ii, Breguet Vultur, Sncase Se-212 Durandal. Excerpt: Breguet Br.1050 Aliz The Breguet Br.1050 Aliz (French: "Tradewind") was a French carrier-based anti-submarine warfare aircraft. It was developed in the 1950s, based loosely on the prototype Breguet Vultur attack aircraft.Description The Aliz was a low-wing monoplane of conventional configuration. It had a CSF radar system with a retractable antenna dome in its belly. The cockpit accommodated a crew of three, including pilot, radar operator, and sensor operator. The pilot was seated in front on the right, the radar operator in front on the left, and the sensor operator sat sideways behind them. The landing gear was of tricycle configuration, with the main gear retracting backwards into nacelles in the wings. The main gear had dual wheels, and the front part of the nacelles accommodated sonobuoys . The Aliz had a yoke-style arresting hook .The internal weapons bay could accommodate a homing torpedo or depth charges, and underwing stores pylons could carry bombs, depth charges, rockets, or missiles. Typical underwing stores included 68 mm (2.68 in) rocket pods or AS.12 wire-guided antiship missiles.Operational history A total of 89 examples of th...