Fouga Magister | Behind the Wings
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- Fouga Magister | Behind the Wings
Join host Matthew Burchette as he takes his first jet ride in a French-built Fouga Magister! Introduced in the early 1950s, this two seat trainer transitioned pilots from propeller-driven trainer aircraft to full-fledged jets. Walk around this unique warbird and hear from pilot Richard Baker as they soar above the Colorado Air & Space Port.
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Host:
Matthew Burchette
Creator, Producer:
Ben Theune
Camera:
Scott Hennelly, Shahn Sederberg
Editor:
Scott Hennelly
Music:
Joakim Karud - / joakimkarud
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I love this guy's enthusiasm oh, but you can tell he's the kind of person that would have that much enthusiasm if he was a curator of a cupcake Museum. Always nice to meet happy people who spread happiness around
13:1 glide ratio. Never thought I would hear THAT applied to a trainer jet.
Meaning it still can fly if the engine switch off
Rudy Tahang yes just like any other aircraft can but it’s quite efficient unlike say the Space Shuttle
@@rudytahangchannel2229 meaning it will glide 13 meters when it falls 1 meter? (im really asking cause dont know..) Fouga was underpowered from beginning, but i have heard from ppl that trained with it, that also made it very good trainer, because pilot HAD to fly in a way the plane keeps its energy. Still this can do nice loops etc, though its like glider. BUT if it lost its glidespeed -> you were in somekind of trouble, more or less. :) (no restoring "superpowers")
@@lasselahti4056Not so underpowered with the Marborè IV. But very slow to obtain full power from iddle (something like 8 seconds).
So you need to anticipate thrust inertia.
These birds were what the french aerobatics team Patrouille de France (= blue angels) had as their platform in the 1970s or so...
Thanks for the inspiration and keep on trucking (from France)!
the Thubderbird rather tho, la patrouille de france is the french air force and not the navy like the blue angels. L'ecole de l'air ( air force academy) based at BA 701 Salon de provance, also used these jets along with cap 10, my dad and one of my uncle flew those jets during there flight training.
The Patrouille de France are like the Thunderbirds because blue Angels are affiliated at the us navy and the Patrouille de France are affiliated at the french air force.
I'm french and i dont understand all of this Chanel but i love that
Irish Aircorp flew these until 1997! We even had a display team the Silver Swallows. Airfix makes a 1/72 version with marking for the Irish version.
Irish Aircorp flew these until 1997! We even had a display team the Silver Swallows. Airfix makes a 1/72 version with marking for the Irish version.
The Irish Air Corps ones were actually some of the few Super Magisters with a more powerful marboré VI engine instead of the usual marboré II engine along with more advanced avionics.
I would have loved to see the silver swallows back in the day, it's a shame the government wouldn't replace the Fougas with new jets. Hopefully they're not going to be the last combat jets to be flown by the Air Corps.
Nice to see a foreign bird on the show
If only all my teachers at school had this guy's ability to explain things so clearly and in an interesting manner!
Cool aircraft. Love the "V" tail.
i like how old man/veteran 's explanation always easy to understand
I've always thought the Magister was a very nice looking jet...awesome
As a french subscriber of your channel. Happy to see a french plane!
“Would you be amenable to a quick flight?”
“No...
...let’s go!”
Threw me off for a second 😂
I don'ta think ita means what he think ita means.
I took a ride in one of these 2 weeks before AFBT, 18 years ago. Was very fun doing rolls and loops. I'll always appreciate that fellow from Elkhart Indiana for a memory I'll never forget.
Irish Air Corps used to fly these with there display team “Silver Swallows”. I think they were retire in the late 1990s.
Yes the Air Corps had 6 Fouga Magisters, 4 of which formed the "Silver Swallows" display team. The were also part of the Light Strike Squadron. Sadly after they were retired they were never replaced and to this day the Irish Air Corps has no jet fighter aircraft.
The Fouga Magister was used by the Salvadoran Air Force in the early 80’s and it saw action throughout the civil war. It had two 30 caliber machine guns in the nose and it could carry bomb under the winds.
In Finland they had the machine guns and Matra Rockets packs for Fouga.
Excellent. The Irish Air Corps had six Fouga’s in the 1970’s, 80’s and early 90’s.
No word about the periscope?, weird rescue handle, nose-strake? so many nice details on them..
The periscope was for the instructor who occupied the back seat. The things that look like a stakes is an antenna. The external canopy release is not that odd.
I think also the Irish CM 170's had the Marbore 6 engines (1100 lbs thrust instead of 880)
The Israeli Air Force used Fouga Magisters in combat during the Six Day War in 1967. They weren't used in the famous airfield attacks that annihilated the Arab air forces on the first day of the conflict; instead they were used in the close air support and battlefield interdiction roles. Israeli Magisters suffered relatively heavy losses to anti-aircraft fire. These losses were made worse by the fact that the plane didn't have ejection seats. The Magister was produced in Israel as the IAI Tzukit which served until it was finally retired in 2008.
I wish I get to fly this beautiful piece of art 😍
I love these videos. As a youth I grew up with 2 Fougas in the hangar next door. I always had access to hang around these planes. One was painted in Batwing livery, the other had E.T. on the side. I'd love to know where they are now.
I remeber my first flight on this machine in Gevry years ago, it is an impressive machine for its age, also the V shaped rudders gives it a rather modern look. I believe it's still in service in southern americas as a ground attack jet.
Love these vids.
Excelente aeronave, la fuerza aerea salvadoreña tenia, son muy buenos, ahora hay uno volando aun en los airshows de El Salvador, gran aeronave gracias por el video
Excellent. A 'BAM' - free video!
😆😆😆😆😆🤣🤣
Great video as usual!
Love it! I'm thinking about buying one!
We had one up at Paine Field for years. Saw it fly many times.
I appreciate your videos.
I saw this over the summer after that classic cars and warbird event at KFTG because I train out of Front Range Flight school right behind where that was shot. I saw this sitting on the ramp and wondered what the heck it was and that was months ago! So cool to finally have my questions answered. It's too bad you guys didn't get out from under the Bravo shelves there and let it rip, but I can't imagine that's a cheap aircraft to operate, so getting a free ride is neat regardless.
I've seen one these before. One of the aviation schools has one sitting out front. Very cool.
such a fun airplane!
I enjoyed it love it keep it up guys...
Id love to see the t-33 in an episode
dream commuter!!
What a nice bird.
I saw the fouga with the "Patrouille de France" before they switched to the german "Alpha jet".
The Alpha Jet is half german . It was developed by Dornier and Breguet (later AMD-BA) .
This airplane is so new the canopy still has its shrink wrap. ; )
For every flight, how many hours of maintenance does it require and how hard are parts to find? Great job Matt.
I've seen an all black painted example at the Offutt Air Show, several years ago, and Matthew, here's a cool fact for you: The engines that power this aircraft were also built under licence by Continental as the J69 which powered the Cessna T-37 Tweety Bird primary trainer, that gave rise to the nicknsme: "World's biggest Dog Wistle".
Unsung hero of the Six Day War!!!!
There is one "alive" one also stored in Airoplane(forces more or less) museum of Kymi, Finland. Fouga was also jettrainer in Finnish airforce back in the days, at the times we got Drakens and Mig-21´s. Was littlebit of "jump" from vampires and fougas to 2 mach with 21´s ... Well you can imagine.
Needs more views
get the fougatta here
Among other Air Forces the Israelis employed this little baby in a training role graduating class after class of future jet fighter aces of the Air Wars in the Middle East. Additionally the bird was used in a CAS role by this same Air Force bringing some ordinance in the process to bear.
If the T-33 was the transition to the Mach- capable jets in the US you can hardly find a single Air Force in Europe and much of the rest of the world who didn't use this bastard to put wings on many a fast jet pilots' chest!!!.
Lucky you Matthew. You managed to ride a venerable legend this very time!!!.
Theres one of these hidden away in a private hangar at CYQG :)
Wow
An aircraft you may be interested to see is the Concorde prototype at IWM Duxford in the UK
Please also do one for an A29 Tucano
Nice
cool aircraft, wanna get me one of those..
L71, cal city is a CM170 base. Fun plane, under powered on take off but once it gets going
What a cute little jet! Looks like a blast! :D
Only 800lb thrust.
Do an episode on the L-39 Albatros! Would be tight!
Hope the Fouga TShirt fits ;)
The CM170 Fouga Magister was th main trainer of the Israeli Air Force for more then 50 year. During the time the plane gone through major upgrades include changing the engines from Marbore 2 to Marbore 6 with extra power. During the 80's The plane upgraded To Tzukit at Israeli Aviation Industries. Main systems upgraded: Hydraulics, liquid Oxygen instead of gas, computerized engines starting, modernized cockpits and much more. It was also the plane used by IAF aerobatic team. During 1967 6 Days War the Israeli Fougas Used as an attack planes equiped with 2 0.3 machine guns in the nose and rockets under the wings.
Strange aircraft, going to try to do a good job with the scale model i order, Also, nice Ferris Bueller reference at the end, jaja.
I want one
You should do a Ah 1 cobra gunship, you did a huey gunship, doing the cobra would be awesome, love your content
Had no idea such a platform existed
Tanguy & Laverdure
U guys should do the Fairchild republic A-10 thunderbolt II
He was so busy goshing and wowing that he missed out on some of the finer details on the Fouga; periscope, manual wind-out cold air scoops, seats made of pressed plywood, gyro or non-gyro gunsight, 880 lbs of thrust PER engine and the -2 had 1050 lbs per engine; 90 minute normal endurance,could carry a wide variety of rockets,bombs and missiles and even this particular aircraft still had it's pylons fitted. Able to operate off grass or dirt runways. Long combat history in Asia, Africa and the Middle East and South America. A delight to fly and a real pleasure to fly in.
What background music are you guys using
And now spitfire
BANGLADESH AIRFORCE HAD THIS BIRDS AND ITS AWESOME
Ok preparing to hear the news they selling this bird 😂
@@rudytahangchannel2229 i am not talking abt this particular one i was talking abt when it was mass produced that the time they got it but its all retired now
Ah how pity
Whats wrong with the Windows?
Looks like there is some kind of protection foil on them?
nice, im building a scale model of one of these right now
Amerlite which model company because I built the Airfix 1/72 scale a couple of years ago nice little kit
@@thewildsimon1418 yeah, its the airifix one, i just finished adding the decals, now its just weathering and small parts left
We might need to fly a sortie to you place if your not a long term viewer lol
At 3:26 seconds you ask how much horse power the jet engine puts out. The correct term be pounds of force (lb/f) when you are talking about a jet engine, right?
This chucklehead of a presenter doesn't seem to know much about aircraft in general. I'm glad the videos are shorter now because I can barely stand his goofiness for more than five minutes.
More simply we talk about "thrust".
Depending where you come from it's lbs, kg or kN 😋
Maybe he's more into piston engines? Anyhow, it's not detrimental to the video
What's the hourly cost to operate the Fouga?
Just when you thought you seen it all......
You didn't mention the periscope.
That is a cool little plane. I'm a huge fan of the P-80 and this plane looks a bit like it.
Finnish Airforce had 80 Fouga-Magisters 1958-88. 62 of them were build by Valmet in Finland by licence from France.
I remember the distingtive sound of Fouga. Later on 80-ties they were replaced by BEA Hawk trainers.
FAF sold by auction Fougas after 1988. Many of them were bought to USA. Only two were bought by private use Finland. Few years ago I needed to watch up when I heard the Fouga sound. It is distingtive and different compared sound of the F/A-18 that fly over nearly daily.
Here some flying by former retired, now private owned ex. FAF Fouga in Finland over Rissala airfield.
czcams.com/video/UHfVlfUR_jg/video.html
And here formation flying by two private Fouga's.
czcams.com/video/dFLrgH6A2fU/video.html
I’ve seen one fly at an airshow. And I know where there is one parked at an airport.
what happened to its canopy glass?
tombmaster972 shitty window tint
Siege of Jadotville!!!
Yep the Katangese Air Force used them as fighters and attack aircraft. Personally I prefer the Areo L39.
Do a CT 133 or a CT 114
mr bones working as hard as ever to pay of his mortgaged lower half! good day to u sir!
Looks is strange as it sounds. Definitely cool though
I swear I saw that plane, with gear down, low over central Vermont in September. I googled "jets with ruddervators" and this plane was all over google images.
1952 trainer OTAN and Fouga = Gliders Firm Later POTEZ firm
No I was lol
la pose du film pour les vitres teinté est trés mal posé cela perturbe la visibilité mais la décoration du fouga est top
Richard's despise towards the host couldn't be more obvious
It sits lower than my truck…
Why is it considered an experimental aircraft?
Rupert Harrison it probably means he uses non-FAA certified parts. Probably impossible to get certified parts for an old bird like that. Their are some restrictions when you turn a certified aircraft into an experimental.
@@adamjhuber My understanding it was a use rather than parts designation.
so low to the ground
One of the most noisy aircraft ever made ! This bird has made so many people deaf !
A marvellous plane however !
Why is it marked experimental??
Probably was purchased after decomission so it had to be registered as a privately built airplane.
First
If a V tail is more efficient than a standard configuration ( vertical & horizontal ), then All aircraft should have them.
I suppose you're trading stability for efficiency with the V tail.
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD : the tail looks as if it's fixed at about 30° L & R. But what if the V tails were moved to a 45° angle?
@@overbank56 I think you would lose pitch authority. The control surfaces would act better as rudders but be worse elevators.
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD: Darn!
@@overbank56 The tail volume ratio would be lower and the longitudinal stability decreased .
What on earth is up those canopies? They look in terrible condition.
Martin Strümpfer probably not a part you can buy anymore.
In the 1967 Six-Day War, 44 Fougas were used by 147 Squadron as a close support aircraft, attacking targets on the Sinai front during the first day of the war, when Israel's more capable combat aircraft were deployed on Operation Focus against Arab air bases.They were then deployed against Jordanian forces, including armour, on the West Bank. Fougas reportedly destroyed over 50 tanks and over 70 other armoured vehicles, helping in holding back Jordanian armour which had been advancing towards Jerusalem. The Magister proved effective in the close support mission, albeit sustaining heavy casualties in the process, with seven aircraft and six pilots recorded as having been lost (wikipedia) when God is on your side even a fouga magister can becomes a bird of prey ☝️😎🇮🇱
The whining is very loud and similar to that of the CESSNA T-37 TWEET
Roberto Lopez T-37 has the same Turbomeca Marbore engines as the Magister. Continental built them under licence for the T-37.
Unattractive yet strangely beautiful.
A "foreign" aircraft... Such choice words.
cool video but the pilot was not very interesting and offered little decent insight. Perhaps he was nervous cos of cameras?
Why the long hair? Very unprofessional, compared to the displined pilots. Great show, but thumbs down to the host.
Lmao who cares about his air.
If you can't get over his appearance, ask yourself some questions
What age you are from?
You need to get out more ..
Ok Abe Simpson