__NOTOC__ The Fouga CM.10 was an assault glider designed for the French Army shortly after World War II, capable of carrying 35 troops, later converted as a powered transport.

Design & Development

The CM.10 was a high-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration with fixed tricycle undercarriage. Flight trials with the glider prototypes were of mixed results with the first prototype crashing on 5 May 1948 whilst being flown by

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. A production order for 100 was placed with Fouga, but cancelled after only 5 gliders had been built. Undaunted, Fouga adapted the design as an airliner, adding two

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piston engines. Two of the production CM.10 gliders were converted to the powered version, CM.100-01, the first prototype (registration ''F-WFAV''), was first flown on 19 January 1949, but no order resulted for this aircraft. It was later tested with Turbomeca Piméné turbojets mounted on the wingtips as the CM.101R-01. The second aircraft, which was converted as CM.101R-02, (registration ''F-WFAV''), was first flown on 23 Aug 1951.

Variants

;CM.10 :The original assault glider design, two prototypes built; CM.10-01, first flight 7 June 1947 at

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, crashed on 5 may 1948 whilst on trials at

; CM.10-02 was first flown in late 1948. Production orders for 100 were cancelled after five gliders were built. ;CM.100 :Two CM.10 production gliders powered by two

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engines in nacelles on each wing. ;CM.101R :The two CM.100s fitted with auxiliary Turbomeca Piméné turbojets on the wing-tips. ;CM.103R A proposed military transport derivative with Turbomeca Marboré wing-tip auxiliary turbojets.

Specifications (CM.100)

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