SNCASE Baroudeur

what is it?

The SNCASE S.E.5000 Baroudeur (French: Adventurer or French Foreign Legion slang for 'brawling soldier') was a single-engined lightweight fighter designed and produced by the French aircraft manufacturer SNCASE (Sud-Est). Development was initiated in response to difficulties encountered operating conventional jet fighters during the Korean War, which motivated the firm to work on the aircraft as a private venture. The Baroudeur differed from most fighters of the era by being designed to operate from austere grass airstrips and with minimised take-off and landing distances, as opposed to increasingly lengthy runways.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 10 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 1,140 km/htop speed
• size 6,920 kgmax take-off weight
• built 5made 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 73 years ago, in 1953.
• 🏎️Top speed is 8.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1953

number built

5

role

lightweight fighter

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

SNCASE

engines

1× SNECMA Atar 101D

crew

1

length

13.5 m

wingspan

10 m

height

3 m

max take-off weight

6,920 kg

top speed

1,140 km/h

range

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