Breguet Taon

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type= Single-seat strike fighter
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The Breguet 1001 Taon was a 1950s French prototype jet strike fighter aircraft built by Breguet .

Design and development

In 1953 European aircraft manufacturers were invited by NATO to submit aircraft for evaluation for the "LWSF" ("Light Weight Strike Fighter") role. The Taon (en: Gadfly, but also an acronym for NATO) was designed to meet the requirement. The Taon was a small mid-wing monoplane with swept wings and tail surfaces and retractable tricycle undercarriage. The aircraft was powered by a Bristol Orpheus BOr.3 turbojet. The company was contracted to build three prototypes, the first aircraft flying on the 26 July 1957. The second aircraft incorporated improvements and had a slightly longer fuselage. Development was discontinued and only two aircraft were built.

Operational service

The Taon was evaluated without success, along with other designs which included the Aeritalia G.91, Northrop N-156, Dassault Étendard VI, Sud-Est Baroudeur and Aerfer Ariete. The NATO nations did not order a common aircraft and the French government preferred to pursue development of the Étendard.

The aircraft did set an international speed record for a 1000 km (621 mile) closed circuit, it achieved a speed of 1046.65 km/h (650.36 mph) at 25,000 ft (7620 m) on 25 April 1958. On the 23 July the record was broken again with a speed of 1075 km/h (667.98 mph).

Variants

;Br 1001:Prototype powered by a Bristol Orpheus BOr.3 engine, two built.

;Br 1002:Proposed missile-carrying interceptor, not built.

;Br 1004:Proposed production version powered by a Bristol Orpheus BOr.12 engine, not built.

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References

*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=

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*Dassault Étendard IV
*Aeritalia G.91
*Hawker Hunter

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