Martin B-26G-11-MA Marauder 43-34584 ...

[Mark Allen M]

Martin B-26G-11-MA Marauder 43-34584 (Lend-Lease to French AF Sep 1944) ... which would end up being converted by Dassault as a testbed for the SNECMA ATAR 101 jet engine, registered F-WBXM, and which first flew on Oct 9, 1950. Re-registered F-ZVLA, WFU May 14, 1958 per J Bougher.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNECMA_Atar_101

[tom d. friedman]

leave it to French aviation to asthetically uglify & ruin the gorgeous lines of the b-26!! only kidding!! :vom : viva la france!! any info as to performance??

[tom d. friedman]

[Scott Rose]

The think I find weird is the grafting it onto the fuselage. Most test beds I've seen use a podded engine.
Is this for intake work?
Is the engine accessible from inside the fuselage?

[JohnB]

The intakes look like T-33 or F-94 units....or what would happen if a B-26 landed on a Lockheed.

[Rick65]

I wonder what they did to protect the fuselage behind the jet.

[raconnel]

I found this profile of the installation.



Richard

[Scott Rose]

It looks like they route the exhaust through the tail. Interesting.

[seagull61785]

I thought the same thing Scott.

If they added an afterburner it might add at least 5 knots to the old girl's top speed. Maybe?

Barry