T-tail Fouga

[pym]

http://airsports.fai.org/aug2000/aug200002.html

Can anyone explain the Fougas pictured on that page with T-tails? I cant find any reference to this configuration on the internet. It looks like an  extensive modification. They also appear to have a Hunter type inlet. Very odd  

[IAS]

It's not a Magister it's a MS 760 Paris.

The Paris was the same vintage as the Magister and I believe the same engines but had side-by-side seating, a number were converted to 3/4 seat excutive jets after disposal by the FAF.

IAS

[Fouga23]

as IAS said, it's a completely different aircraft. the only Fouga with a T-Tail was the number two prototype. It was later converted to the butterfly tail we know now.

[pym]

Thanks for the info, that website just confused me  '>

The Fouga Magister is a far more attractive aircraft than the Paris. (I was wondering what had possessed someone to mangle the Fouga)

By the way Fouga23, I understand that the Magister uses a unique oil for its Marbore engines and that nobody is making it anymore, will this lead to their grounding or are their alternative oils that can be used?

[Fouga23]

I've heard one US owner that had trouble with the oil, but that was years ago. I think it's easely available. AT least our AF doens't seem to have problems with it. the oil used is AIR3515A (nato code O-136, but AIR3512 (O-138) can be used al an alternative