"French use of Luftwaffe aircraft - Ju 88 in French service" Topic
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| Tango01 | 05 May 2020 10:13 p.m. PST |
"Seen on eBay offered by a seller with a huge ‘archive'. These images show a Junkers Ju 88 G-6 used for ramjet propulsion tests and appear to be images from Pierre Dumollard's « Junkers Ju 88 et 188 Français » as seen at the CEV (Centre d'Essais en Vol or Flight Test Centre) at Melun Villaroche during the early 1950s. Ju 88 G-6 s/n 3 made some 200 flights with the ARS 600 ram jets before being retired in 1955, including the 'accidental' flight no. 6 – following a fault with his oxygen supply the pilot put the aircraft into a dive and reached a speed of Mach 0.7 (around 840 km/h). During 1953 André Turcat – future Concorde test pilot – also flew this aircraft at Mach 0.7 at 10,000 mètres altitude; according to author Dumollard, « the limits of the Ju 88s performance had been reached » ! The type was replaced by a Gloster Meteor NF.11 which had the advantage of using the same fuel as the ramjet…."
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Armand
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| BattlerBritain | 06 May 2020 12:53 p.m. PST |
Cheers Armand, an interesting article. |
| Tango01 | 07 May 2020 12:31 p.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
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