To answer a question on a French forum, I found in my files this photo of a stealth plane concept presented in 1996 during an exhibition on 50 years of ONERA. But nothing was said about the year of its building.
I have a picture of a trainer model, most likely in ONERA. The article is from Icare 1976 but is is an ad for a different French magazine called Aviation Magazine. It was the time supercritical wings were explored. It is not an alpha jet but I can't put my finger on it. Perhaps it is a Breguet/Dassault model?
Related to that Gullhyver project was ALBATROSS (Aile Laminaire hauBAnée à Traînée Réduite par OptimiSation multidiSciplinaire) - another truss-wing design but with rear-fuselage mounted turbofans. A more detailed study of potential arrangements for large turbofans was NOVA (NextGen ONERA Versatile Aircraft).
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