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Type: Fighter aircrafts
- Period: 1970/1980
- Country: France
- SKILL: 3
- Model Dim.: 24,5 cm
- Box Dim.: 345 x 242 x 48 mm
ORIGINAL MOULDS FROM ESCI - SUPER DECALS FOR 3 VERSIONS - COLOR INSTRUCTIONS SHEET
The Alpha Jet advanced trainer is the result of a collaboration project between the French and German aviation industries. Developed by Dassault Aviation and Dornier Flugzeug-Werke, the most relevant features were the swept wing layout and the twin-engine solution with the adoption of SNECMA turbofans able to provide a maximum speed of 1,000 km/h. and the tandem two-seat cabin. It was a compact and highly maneuverable plane, ideal to perform its main role as an advanced trainer. However, it was also used as a light ground attack plane. The Alpha Jet could be armed with a 27 mm (or 30 mm) gun in a centerline pod and thanks to its four hard points, it could load and use air-to-air and air-to-surface weapons. It entered service at the end of the 1970s and is still used by numerous military air forces. The French Armée de l’Air is using the Alpha Jet to equip the official display team, Patrouille de France.