Avions Marcel Dassault MD-320 Hirondelle turboprop transport prototype......

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls, here is an extensive article in French about the lovely Avions Marcel Dassault MD-320 Hirondelle turboprop light transport prototype......

The article comes from the 1st October 1968 issue of Aviation Magazine International......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls, the rest of the article in French from the 1st October 1968 issue of Aviation Magazine International......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[toura]

Hi Caravellarella.
Two form of engine, one higher than the other.
First exaust bihind the wing
Second exaust in line of wing.
Look the two photo you could see the difference.

 

[Caravellarella]

Hi Caravellarella.
Two form of engine, one higher than the other.
First exaust bihind the wing
Second exaust in line of wing.
Look the two photo you could see the difference.

Perfect and thank you Toura. Do you know when the change was made to the second type of engine nacelle/exhaust? The earliest picture I can find of the second version is from May 1969......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[toura]

Hi Caravellarella.
I don't know exactly it was show, modified at Le Bourget air show 1969 !
Your date is good.
Only one exemple, it was destruct by fire at Le Bourget " Musée de l'air"
on the 17 of may 1990. !
At Dassault factory its name was "La rondelle" Ha Ha Ha...!!!
Bye
Ps : the first exaust

 

[toura]

From an old "Air et Cosmos

 

[Stargazer]

Only one exemple, it was destruct by fire at Le Bourget " Musée de l'air"
on the 17 of may 1990. !

Allow me to be precise on this one, Paul. It's not the Musée in Le Bourget that took fire, as you well know, but the storage facility at Dugny, opposite the airport on the other side of the tarmac.

 

[Caravellarella]

Only one exemple, it was destruct by fire at Le Bourget " Musée de l'air"
on the 17 of may 1990. !

Allow me to be precise on this one, Paul. It's not the Musée in Le Bourget that took fire, as you well know, but the storage facility at Dugny, opposite the airport on the other side of the tarmac.

Minidocavia tells me "a été condamnée en Juin 1970". Does it still exist? Here is an article announcing the development of the Avions Marcel Dassault MD-320 Hirondelle turboprop light transport prototype......

The article comes from the 1st January 1968 issue of Aviation Magazine International......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[toura]

Hi Stephane.
YES THIS IS TRUE.
I don't explain very well. Sorry
Bye

 

[toura]

HI Caravellarella
????
one proto F.WPXB Two form of engines place
two Astazou XIV
destruct on 05.17.1990
Serie considered with Astazou XVI but canceled !
No more

 

[toura]

Just out of factory before painting Juillet 1968

 

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls, here is an advertisement in French announcing that the Avions Marcel Dassault MD-320 Hirondelle turboprop light transport prototype would be due to fly in September 1968......

The article comes from the 15th May 1968 issue of Aviation Magazine International......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Stargazer]

Can't resist translating this one...

"You may think that swallows depart in autumn? Not at all, that's when they arrive!
DASSAULT's SWALLOW will fly this coming September."

 

[Caravellarella]

Can't resist translating this one...

"You may think that swallows depart in autumn? Not at all, that's when they arrive!
DASSAULT's SWALLOW will fly this coming September."

;D Somehow I can't imagine Handley-Page being so poetic about their HP-137 Jetstream......

 

[Grey Havoc]

;D

 

[Stargazer]

You never know, Terry, you never know... ;D
Here's what I would have done if I'd worked for H-P at the time...

"DREAMS DO COME TRUE.

A small passenger transport that is both affordable and economical with excellent handling and performance?
That is the dream of any regional airline. Today the dream can finally come true.
Introducing the Jetstream, a revolutionary small-size transport aircraft for business and local transport.

Handley Page Jetstream
The stuff of dreams."

 

[Caravellarella]

You never know, Terry, you never know... ;D
Here's what I would have done if I'd worked for H-P at the time...

"DREAMS DO COME TRUE.

A small passenger transport that is both affordable and economical with excellent handling and performance?
That is the dream of any regional airline. Today the dream can finally come true.
Introducing the Jetstream, a revolutionary small-size transport aircraft for business and local transport.

Handley Page Jetstream
The stuff of dreams."

Oh PULLEASE! :

 

[Grey Havoc]

lol

 

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls, here is an article in French about the Avions Marcel Dassault MD-320 Hirondelle turboprop light transport prototype......

The article comes from the 1st & 15th June 1968 issue of Aviation Magazine International......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls, here is a short article in French about the Avions Marcel Dassault MD-320 Hirondelle turboprop light transport prototype illustrated by a builder's model. It is part of a much larger article on general aviation trends......

The article comes from the 1st & 15th June 1968 issue of Aviation Magazine International......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls, here is a picture with a caption in French of the Avions Marcel Dassault MD-320 Hirondelle turboprop light transport prototype as it nears completion at Mérignac......

The article comes from the 1st August 1968 issue of Aviation Magazine International......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls, here is a contemporary SARMA (Société Anonyme de Recherches et Mécaniques Appliquée) advertisement featuring a picture of the Avions Marcel Dassault MD-320 Hirondelle turboprop light transport prototype......

The advertisement comes from the 1st October 1968 issue of Aviation Magazine International......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls, here is a contemporary notice in French proclaiming that the first flight of the Avions Marcel Dassault MD-320 Hirondelle turboprop light transport prototype had not been delayed by political and industrial unrest earlier in the year......

The notice comes from the 15th October 1968 issue of Aviation Magazine International......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[Caravellarella]

Dear Boys and Girls, here is a picture with a caption in French of the Avions Marcel Dassault MD-320 Hirondelle turboprop light transport prototype; now in a modified configuration (alongside its contemporary; the Handley-Page HP-137 Jetstream). The engine nacelles have been raised in relation to the wing leading-edge and they now exhaust over the wing trailing edge (the original nacelle design had a ventral exhaust). The picture was in a much larger article about general aviation trends......

The picture comes from the 1st May 1969 issue of Aviation Magazine International......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[hesham]

From Aviation magazine 1968.