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French Lick Municipal Airport covers an area of 422 acres (171 ha) at an elevation of 792 feet (241 m) above mean sea level.It has one asphalt paved runway designated 8/26 which measures 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m).
Aircraft of the French Air Force and Naval Aviation during the Phoney War and the Battle of France, and aircraft of the Free French Air Force (FAFL). The list is not complete and includes obsolete aircraft used for training as well as prototype and pre-production aircraft. List is in alphabetical order by manufacturer or designer.
The first prototype of the SE.100 flew on 29 March 1939 at Argenteuil, and a number of necessary changes were identified during the tests. It was destroyed in a crash on 5 April 1940. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The aircraft proved to be around 100 km/h faster than the Potez 631 , the French Air Force 's current twin-engined fighter, and production was authorised.
40 on order [3] Airbus H215 Super Puma: France VIP transport 3 [3] Aérospatiale SA330 Puma: France Utility 21 [3] Eurocopter AS555 Fennec: Europe Utility 40 [3] Trainer; Dassault Mirage 2000: France Conversion trainer: 6 [3] Pilatus PC-21: Switzerland: Advanced trainer: 26 [3] Embraer EMB 121 Xingu: Brazil: Trainer 17 [3] Beechcraft Super King ...
On 22 May 1934, flying the C.450, Raymond Delmotte set a world record for light aircraft over 100 km of 431.65 km/h (268.21 mph). [4] In August that year, Hélène Boucher set an airspeed record for aircraft in its class with the C.450, of 455 km/h (284 mph) and on Christmas Day 1934 Delmotte set a new airspeed record for light aircraft over a ...
The French Army applied type numbers to aircraft types in service. Initially these were used in a similar fashion to individual serial numbers, later used to denote similar aircraft types. Army Type 42 F.40 Army Type 43 F.40 Army Type 44 F.41bis with 110 hp (82 kW) Lorraine 6AM engine. Army Type 51 F.41. Army Type 51 E2 F.1,41 with wings of ...
[38] [39] In order to keep to Egypt's deadlines, France offered to send Normandie, originally intended for the French Navy. [40] The SYLVER A70 VLS and NETTUNO-4100 jamming equipment were removed due to export limitations for such sensitive equipment. [41] The crew will be around 126 sailors compared to 108 in the French Navy. [42]
Compared to the Hellcat, the Bearcat was 20% lighter, had a 30% better rate of climb, and was 50 mph (80 km/h) faster. [6] Another weight-saving concept the designers found was detachable wingtips. The wings were designed to fold at a point about 2 ⁄ 3 out along the span, reducing the space taken up on the carrier. Normally, the hinge system ...