Aeroplane Monthly 1998-12 / M.Oakey, T.Harmsworth - News

The Sud-Ouest SO.6000 Triton was France’s first Jet aircraft; this is the third example, flown in 1948.

Air-Britain Archive 1993-01 / Extracts. Paris 1946 (4)

The SO.6000-01 Triton (shown) became the first French jet to fly, on 11.11.46. It was powered by a Jumo 004B-2 engine and had a "shark mouth" chin intake. The Paris Show aircraft -03 was soon developed to take the Hispano-Suiza built RR Nene with which a number of French experimental designs were to be powered, and in this form it was fitted with "ear" intakes just ahead of and slightly above the wing leading edge root, becoming F-WFKY. The two seat side-by-side layout was intended to allow it to be used as a jet trainer, but although this would have been useful for test pilot conversion it was not developed further for this purpose.

Air-Britain Archive 1993-01 / Extracts. Paris 1946 (4)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-WFDH

Later, chin and ear intakes were used together and SO.6000-04 F-WFDH was operated in this form with the Nene (photo). Planned during the Occupation, the Triton became an important jet development aeroplane and F-WFKY was saved for posterity in the Musee de l'Air.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-WFKY

S.O.6000 Triton стал первым французским реактивным самолетом. На фотографии - третий прототип, оснащенный ТРД Nene. Размах крыла составлял 9,96 м.

Air-Britain Archive 1992-02 / Extracts. Paris 1946 (1)

The SNCAC NC800 Cab in the foreground was a mockup for an air taxi to carry four passengers seated in pairs facing each other with the pilot's cockpit above and behind. The 240 hp 6-cyl in-line 6Q engines were to be mounted side by side driving a pair of 2 blade counter-rotating propellers. No undercarriage was apparent and "le Cab" appeared to be an uncompleted project which never flew as nothing more was heard of it. On the left, F-BBFP was the all-metal NC702 Martinet with two 590 hp 12-cyl inverted vee Renault 12S-00 engines driving Ratier 3 blade controllable pitch propellers. The NC702 was the German Siebel 204A built by SNCAC during the war with the Renault engines in place of the Argus and its production was continued postwar.
Top left is the SO M1 swept-wing glider aerodynamic development airframe which led to the Derwent powered SO M2, this becoming the first French aircraft to achieve 1000 km/hr (621 mph) in level flight. From these were developed the SO 6020 series jet fighters and France's first jet bomber the SO 4000 of which the twin Nene prototype flew only once before being abandoned.
Top centre is the twin-finned SO 30R, the 02 second prototype Bellatrix (two Gnome-Rhone 14-cyl 2 row 14R radials driving 3-blade c/s propellers) later registered F-WAYB. The production version was the SO 30P and 45 were built.
Top right is the first French jet plane the SO 6000 Triton, which was designed as a test bed for the Rateau GTS 65 turbojet. It was first flown 11.11.46 with a Jumo 004B-2 and proved suitable as a jet engine test bed. With its side by side cockpit seating it was also adapted for jet training.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Siebel Si.204 - ГерманияGermany - 1941SNCAC NC.800 Cab - ФранцияFrance - 1947Sud-Ouest SO.30 Bretagne - ФранцияFrance - 1945Sud-Ouest SO.4000 Vautour - ФранцияFrance - 1949

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

A Drawing of the S.O. 6000 Two-seat Jet-propelled Monoplane.