Nord 1500 Griffon
Picture has been licensed under a GFDL license.
Original source: Own work (Bourget museum, in France)
Author: Deep silence (Mikaël Restoux)

The Nord 1500 Griffon was an experimental ramjet-powered fighter aircraft designed and built in the mid-1950s by French state-owned aircraft manufacturer Nord Aviation. It was part of a series of competing programs to fill a French air force specification for a Mach 2 fighter.

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The Nord 1500 Griffon was an experimental ramjet-powered fighter aircraft designed and built in the mid-1950s by French state-owned aircraft manufacturer Nord Aviation.2
The Nord 1500 Griffon was the prototype of a dual turbojet-ramjet powered fighter designed and built by 3

Made by Nord Aviation.

The Nord 1500 Griffon, does, in my humble opinion, bear more than a passing resemblance to Eurofighter Typhoon.4
with the Nord 1500 Griffon which was described in the April issue of Air Pictorial. They are complementary to one another, being designed to perfect the "one-shot" bomber interception theme.5
Griffon (bateau) • Nord 1500 Griffon II • Order of the Griffon • Petit basset griffon Vendéen • Rolls-Royce Griffon • Vélo griffon analogical dictionary = 6
Height Main
5.00 m
Height Alt
500.38
Engine(jet)
ATAR 101E-3
Length Alt
47
Thrust Main
34.3
Jet Or Prop
both
Loaded Weight Main
6745.0
Max Speed Alt
2330.0
Type Of Prop
Ramjet
Max Speed Main
Mach 2.19
Number Built
1
Crew
1
Thrust Alt
7710.0
Span Main
8.10 m
Area Main
32 m²
Span Alt
810.26
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
15290.0
Engine(prop)
Nord Stato-Réacteur
Manufacturer
Nord Aviation
First Flight
20
Number Of Jets
1
National Origin
France
Loaded Weight Alt
14839.0
Power Main
68.0
Number Of Props
1
Has Armament
yes
Type of jet
turbojet
Climb Rate Alt
6000
Length Main
14.54 m
Area Alt
344.5
Similar Aircraft
*Hawker P.1121*Saunders-Roe SR.53*Saunders-Roe SR.177*SNCASO Trident*XF-91 Thunderceptor
Related
*Nord Gerfaut
Category
French experimental aircraft 1950-1959
Low wing aircraft
Nord aircraft
Ramjet-powered aircraft
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