Chagnes Microstar

[Deltafan]

I discovered this plane today (the search on SPF gave me nothing either)

The Chagnes Microstar is a French twin-tail delta canard twin-jet (2 x Microturbo 90 kgp ) derivative of the Rutan VariViggen SP with a pusher propeller. He flew from 1979 to 2007, flying 216 hours for a total of 361 flights.

A two-seater, 5.80 m long and 7.46 m wide, it weighed 545 kg empty and had a maximum speed of 400 km/h and a range of 400 km.

https://minijets.org/fr/100-150/microturbo-trs-18-046/microstar-variviggen-jet/

 

[Stargazer]

I discovered this plane today

I'm surprised you never saw it before...

For the record it's been on my website for over 15 years!
http://stargazer2006.free.fr/derivatives/pages/microstar.htm

 

[Deltafan]

I'm surprised you never saw it before...

For the record it's been on my website for over 15 years!
http://stargazer2006.free.fr/derivatives/pages/microstar.htm

I'm surprised too. This is typically the kind of plane I'm looking for (and, what's more, French) and I've completely missed it in the almost 30 years since I got re-interested in aviation... And yet I have known the Minijets site for a very long time...