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The Nord 1500 Griffon was a French experimental ramjet-powered light interceptor aircraft. It was intended to be able to operate from grass fields, and was planned to have a max speed of Mach 2. It never entered production, and only two prototypes were produced.
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"Nord 1500 Griffon II, Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace, Le Bourget, Paris. (8256549081).jpg" by Roland Turner from Birmingham, Great Britain,en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nord_1500_Griffon_II,_Musee_de_l%27Air_et_de_l%27Espace,_Le_Bourget,_Paris._(8256549081).jpg, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)
"03-Griffon-équipe.png" by Vazken Andréassian, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:03-Griffon-%C3%A9quipe.png, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)
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The Nord 1500 Griffon was a French experimental ramjet-powered light interceptor aircraft. It was intended to be able to operate from grass fields, and was planned to have a max speed of Mach 2. It never entered production, and only two prototypes were produced.
SOURCE:
Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_1500_Griffon, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) - the text has been remixed and shortened
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Images in the Public Domain.
"Nord 1500 Griffon II.jpg" by Jean-Christophe BENOIST, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nord_1500_Griffon_II.jpg, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
"Nord 1500 Griffon II, Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace, Le Bourget, Paris. (8256549081).jpg" by Roland Turner from Birmingham, Great Britain,en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nord_1500_Griffon_II,_Musee_de_l%27Air_et_de_l%27Espace,_Le_Bourget,_Paris._(8256549081).jpg, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)
"03-Griffon-équipe.png" by Vazken Andréassian, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:03-Griffon-%C3%A9quipe.png, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)
"05-Griffon-équipe.png" by Vazken Andréassian, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:05-Griffon-%C3%A9quipe.png, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)
"Griffon-équipe2.png" by Vazken Andréassian, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Griffon-%C3%A9quipe2.png, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)
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