French Super Étendard Naval Air Operations

A very interesting video from the French Navy and their Aviation branch. Here with French Air Carrier the "Charles de Gualle" and their Naval Air Operations, that includes footage from the Naval fighter the Super Etendard. Also in this video we can see how the french Super Etendard navy pilots perform take offs and landigs during Naval Air Operations and qualifications. Check out the last 30 secs of the video, enjoy it!!! General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 14.31 m (45 ft 11½ in) Wingspan: 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) Height: 3.86 m (12 ft 8 in) Wing area: 28.4 m² (306.7 ft²) Empty weight: 6500 kg (14330 lb) Max takeoff weight: 12000 kg (26455 lb) Powerplant: 1× SNECMA Atar 8K-50 turbojet, 49.0 kN (11025 lbf) Performance Maximum speed: 1180 km/h (637 knots, 733 mph) at low level Range: 1820 km[33] (983 nmi, 1130 mi) Combat radius: 850 km (460 nmi, 530 mi) with one AM39 Exocet missile one wing pylon and one drop tank on opposite pylon, hi-lo-hi profile Service ceiling: 13700 m (44900 ft) Rate of climb: 100 m/s[34] (19700 ft/min) Wing loading: 423 kg/m² (86.3 lb/ft²) Thrust/weight: 0.42 Armament Guns: 2× 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA 552 cannons with 125 rounds per gun Hardpoints: 4× unde-rwing and 2× under-fuselage with a capacity of 2100 kg (4600 lb) maximum Rockets: 4× Matra rocket pods with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each Missiles: 1× AM-39 Exocets Anti-shipping missile or 1× Air-Sol Moyenne Portée nuclear armed missile or 2× AS-30L or 2× Matra Magic Air-to-air missile Bombs <b>...</b>
France Navy Air Carrier Naval Super Etendard Operations Charles De Gualle sasty 73
































