Fouga Jet N434F

 FOUGA MAGISTER CM-170

   MY FOUGA WAS MANUFACTURED IN FRANCE IN 1963. THE FOUGA MAGISTER IS PICTURED IN FRENCH SQUADRON COLORS AND WAS USED BY THE FRENCH AIR FORCE AS AN ADVANCED JET TRAINER AND LIGHT ATTACK AIRCRAFT.  IN IT'S MILITARY COMBAT ROLE IT WAS FITTED WITH UNDERWING EXTERNAL ORDINACE PODS CARRYING ROCKETS AND BOMBS.  TWO 7.6 MILLIMETER MACHINE GUNS WERE MOUNTED ON THE NOSE. THE FOUGA WAS USED IN COMBAT AS A GROUND ATTACK JET IN THE ISRAEL, 6 DAY WAR, THE CONGO AND IN SOUTH AMERICA.

 THE FOUGAS WERE RETIRED FROM MILITARY SERVICE IN THE LATE 1990'S.  SEVERAL, AMONG MINE WERE COMPLETELY OVERHAULED AND EXPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES.  THE FOUGA JETS WERE  THEN DISARMED,  INSPECTED AND RETRO-FITTED FOR CIVILIAN USE.

THE AIRCRAFT IS WELL KNOWN FOR IT'S EXCELLENT HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS AND TWIN ENGINE SAFETY.  THE JET HAS TWO PLACE SEATING IN TANDEM WITH INDEPENDENT CANOPIES AND DUAL FLIGHT CONTROLS.  THE FOUGA HAS AN EXCELLENT PRESSURIZATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR CREW COMFORT AND HYDRAULIC BOOSTED FLIGHT CONTROLS FOR QUICK RESPONSIVNESS.

I FLY THE JET YEAR ROUND AND BASE IT AT (KENW) KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.  KENOSHA IS 15 MILES SOUTH OF MILWAUKEE AND 50 MILES NORTH OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.