Fouga CM.175 Zéphyr

what is it?

The Fouga Zéphyr (company designation CM.175) was a 1950s French two-seat carrier-capable jet trainer for the French Navy. It was developed from the land-based CM.170 Magister. The Zéphyr was retired in 1994.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 12.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 715 km/htop speed
• range 925 kmwithout refuelling
• size 3,200 kgmax take-off weight
• built 32made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 70 years ago, in 1956.
• 🏎️Top speed is 5.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.2× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1956

introduced

1959

retired

1994

status

retired

number built

32

role

carrier-capable jet trainer

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Fouga - Aviation

engines

2× Turbomeca Marboré IIA

crew

2

length

10.1 m

wingspan

12.2 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

3,200 kg

top speed

715 km/h

range

925 km

ceiling

11,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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