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02/28/2008. The 2200 was designed conform a French naval specification for a shipboard fighter, the prototype was first flown on December 16, 1949. It was fitted with catapult points and arrester but lacked folding wings and armament. On June 24, 1950, it was damaged, and while repaired it also received an AI-radar scanner over the air intake, redesigned and larger vertical tail surfaces, and other refinements as visible in the Final version. It resumed flying on May 24, 1951, however, the next year the de Havilland Sea Venom was chosen as the new shipboard fighter. The sole 2200 was abandoned in June 1954. |
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