Dassault Flamant

Dassault MD.315 Flamant
Type:	Transport and training aircraft
Design country:	France
Manufacturer:	Dassault Aviation
First flight:	July 6, 1947
Commissioning:	1948
Production time:	1948-1953
Number of pieces:	approx. 345

The Dassault MD.315 Flamant is a light twin-engine transport aircraft produced by the French manufacturer Dassault Aviation , which was developed for the French air force shortly after the end of the Second World War .

History and construction

The development work on a light transport aircraft for use in the French colonial areas began in 1946 under the designation MD.303 as a further development of an earlier project for an eight-seat liaison aircraft, the Marcel Bloch MB-30 . The prototype of the MD.303 flew for the first time on February 26, 1947 and was powered by two suspended 6-cylinder in-line Béarn 6D engines. The aircraft is designed as a low-wing aircraft with a double tail unit and has a retractable nose wheel landing gear. The production version was equipped with a hanging 12-cylinder V-engine Renault 12S . The first Flamant was delivered to the French Air Force in 1949 . The aircraft was used for pilot training, navigation training, light transport, maritime surveillance and as a light attack aircraft. During the Algerian War, the machine was equipped for light attacks with North SS.11 and AS.11 anti-tank missiles or with machine guns, bombs and missiles. The Flamant remained in service until 1981.

variants

Trainer Dassault MD.311 Flamant at the ILA 2010

Dassault MD.312 Flamant transport aircraft at ILA 2010

• MD.303: prototype, 1 built
• MD.311: Bombardier, navigation and reconnaissance trainer with glazed bow, 39 copies
• MD.312: six-seat transport and liaison aircraft, 142 pieces
• MD.312B: a prototype with a simple tail unit and shortened fuselage, 1 piece
• MD.312M: Liaison aircraft for the French Navy , 25 copies
• MD.315: ten-seat transport aircraft, 137 pieces
• MD.316X: an MD 315 was converted to two 14-cylinder double radial engines SNECMA 14X Super Mars with 611 kW each for test purposes
• MD.316T: a prototype with a simple tail unit and two 7-cylinder Wright R-1300 -CB7A1 radial engines with 597 kW each

Military users

•  Cambodia - MD.315
•  Cameroon - MD.315
•  France
  • French Air Force (MD.315, MD.312, MD.311)
  • French Navy (MD.312)
•  Madagascar - MD.315, MD.312
•  South Vietnam - MD.312, MD.315
•  Tunisia - MD.312

Technical specifications

Dassault MD.315 Flamant

Parameter	Data
crew	2
Passengers	10
length	12.50 m
span	20.70 m
height	4.50 m
Wing area	47.20 m²
Empty mass	4250 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	5800 kg
Cruising speed	300 km / h
Top speed	380 km / h
Service ceiling	8000 m
Range	1200 km
Engines	2 × 12-cylinder V-engines Renault 12S 02-201 with 433 kW each

See also

• List of aircraft types

Web links

Commons : Dassault Flamant  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ COIN: French Counter-Insurgency Aircraft, 1946-1965 Pt.1
2. ^ Leonard Bridgman (Ed.): Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953-54. Jane's, London 1953.