Le pilote d'essais Auguste Morel installé sur un siège rudimentaire monté sur le prototype Atar volant, le SNECMA C400 P.2. Il réalisa le premier vol libre le 14 mai 1957. Il fallait
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Trev Clark's Obscure Aviation History 🚁 on X: "One of the 'more radical' attempts at achieving a vertical take off and landing interceptor, the French SNECMA Atar Volant! This prototype 'proof of
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yves morier on X: "French Tail Sitters Atar Volant and Coléoptère. Part 1 I found in the proceedings of the 2nd European Aeronautical Congress in 1956 as collected by Dr JH Greidanus
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