Graceful Airplanes - Arsenal VB-10 b.jpg (1/1)

anymore on these , looks a bit spittie

apparently

Evolved by Ingenieur-General Vernisse and M Badie, the VB 10 was an
all-metal single-seat fighter powered by engines mounted in tandem fore and
aft of the pilot's cockpit and driving contra-rotating co-axial propellers.
Thirty VG 10s were ordered off the drawing board in May 1940, and work
continued under the Vichy government. The first prototype with two 860hp
Hispano- Suiza 12Y31 12-cylinder liquid-cooled engines was flown on 7 July
1945. The second prototype with 1150hp HS 12Z12/13 engines and an armament
of four 20mm Hispano-Suiza cannon and six 12.7mm Browning machine guns flew
on 21 September 1946. A contract for 200 aircraft had been placed on 22
December 1945 (this later being cut back to 50 aircraft), and the first
production VB 10 flew on 3 November 1947 with 1150hp HS 12Z Ars 15/16
engines and an armament of four 20mm cannon. Production was cancelled on 21
September 1948 after completion and testing of four series aircraft.



looks a carve up from a spit



keep the pics coming I enjoyed the Victor batch
cheers

Mike

"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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Mitchell Holman schrieb:

Nooo!
Ugly.
No propotions, no guts!
And the pouch lets me look for the baby.