In the aftermath of World War 2, as the dust settled on its ruins, France emerged from the shadows of occupation. The nation was eager to reestablish its military prowess following a dark period in its history.
A new era was dawning, and with it came a revolutionary aircraft: the Sud-Ouest Vautour.
This sleek machine was a force to be reckoned with, with some design similarities to the Soviet Yakovlev Yak-28 but a soul entirely of its own.
As the crown jewel of France’s Cold War arsenal, the Vautour instilled fear in the hearts of Soviet strategists. Its seemingly portly appearance belied its raw power, and it served the French Air Force with distinction for an impressive 15 years.
But although the Vautour had its share of shortcomings, another Air Force eventually transformed the aircraft into a lethal night fighter and a fearsome attack aircraft, securing its rightful place in aviation history…
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@5:45 1958-1970 is not “several decades”, not even two!
The more I see of these dark Documentaries, the more convinced I am that the "creator" is a moron. He repeatedly says things that are false and the video footage is not relevant. For example of the latter when talking about the engines on the Voitour he blatantly inserts footage of a reciprocating (piston) engine. It's like he thinks the viewer is too stupid to notice the deliberate gaffe nor does he care. It shows that he doesn't understand the concept of continuity nor that of proper information. He needs to be taken off the air and go back to flipping burgers at Burger King.
30mm not 20
'the french struck fear into….. '
Hahahahahahahahaha no they've definitely never done that to anyone
Saw these planes in real life. 1959 to 61. They had the brown blue camuflage but also bare metal. In August 68 near Ramat David there was a raid against Jordan and viewed them and Skyhawks depart and later on return a Skyhawk did a victory roll. Again at that time there was a flyby at the Tel Aviv beach it being airforce day and these two types were the only participants.
Those Yaks R wickedly vicious-looking 2-holers. And the Mirage IV is no slouch
Not as cool looking as the German ME 262
Yeah, i think Russians were wearing only brown pants, to hide their fear 😅😅😅
What is the name of the tune thats playing at 10:05 mark
Your title says, "The Plane that No One Dared to Face," so what was it about the airplane that made it so formidable that no enemy would dare face it? It looked like and average, even substandard fighter bomber to me.
bomber version… i wanna be the guy in the nose hehe m/
Wow, Vatours fought off MiGs that hadn't even been invented yet. I think you meant they fought off MiG-15s or -17s, not MiG-23s.
Instead of 2 x 30 mm DEFA cannons, the Vautour IIA and IIN have 4 x 30 mm DEFA cannons..
@3:57 when talkin about the initial test they use the sapphire in one, but is the one at 357 a non jet engine with a prop shaft on it?
10 seconds of footage played over and over is not a video!
The French were eager to re-establish their military prowess? Are these the same French that got their asses kicked in WW1, WW2 AND Indochina? Is losing considered military prowess? We all know how much the world fears the French military…wait, they don't. LOL
I’ll have to go back and watch again, I missed that part why “no one dared to face” this one
An aircraft capable of taking off with a full payload? 4:10 Amazing!
Impressive that they were able to make improvements so it could take off with a full load.
"completing the two person crew was a pilot" .. well.. that's good