{"id":2168,"date":"2026-10-06T10:54:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/aircraft\/arsenal-vg-90\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T07:01:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:01:23","slug":"arsenal-vg-90","status":"publish","type":"aircraft","link":"https:\/\/jfmwebsie.xyz\/my_website2\/aircraft\/arsenal-vg-90\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal VG 90"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Arsenal VG 90<\/strong> was a French <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carrier-based_aircraft\">carrier-based<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turbojet_engine\">jet-engined<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interceptor_aircraft\">interceptor<\/a> developed in the late 1940s. It was intended to compete for an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A%C3%A9ronavale\">A\u00e9ronavale<\/a> (French Naval Aviation) contract and first flew in 1949. It set a speed record for a French aircraft the following year, but both of the completed <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prototype\">prototypes<\/a> were destroyed in fatal crashes and the program was cancelled in 1952 before the third prototype was finished. The A\u00e9ronavale contract was eventually awarded to a license-built British aircraft. The remains of the last VG 90 were <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scrap\">scrapped<\/a> in 1978.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Development and description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the end of World War II, A\u00e9ronavale had only two small <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aircraft_carrier\">aircraft carriers<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Biter_(D97)\"><em>Dixmude<\/em><\/a>, which was loaned by the Americans, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_aircraft_carrier_Arromanches\"><em>Arromanches<\/em><\/a>, which had been leased from the British, but planned to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laid_down\">lay down<\/a> its own larger PA-28 design in 1947. All of its aircraft were <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reciprocating_engine\">piston-engined<\/a> and had been rendered obsolete by the advent of jet-propelled aircraft during the war. The French lacked an indigenous <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turbojet\">turbojet<\/a> design and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/License-built\">licensed<\/a> the British <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rolls-Royce_Nene\">Rolls-Royce Nene<\/a> to facilitate their development of jet-propelled aircraft. A\u00e9ronavale issued a requirement for a jet-powered interceptor on 29 March 1946 and then issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Request_for_proposal\">request for proposal<\/a> on 8 June. The aircraft had to exceed a speed of 900 km\/h (559 mph) at all altitudes, have a climb rate in excess of 25 m\/s (82 ft\/s) at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sea_level\">sea level<\/a>, and an armament of three 30-millimeter (1.2 in) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autocannon\">autocannon<\/a> with the possibility of carrying bombs or unguided <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air-to-ground_rocket\">air-to-ground rockets<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arsenal_de_l&apos;A%C3%A9ronautique\">Arsenal de l&#8217;A\u00e9ronautique<\/a>&#8216;s proposal was derived from its earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arsenal_VG_70\">VG 70<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Research_aircraft\">research aircraft<\/a> and its related VG 80 carrier-based fighter proposal. The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SNCAC_NC_1080\">SNCAC NC 1080<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nord_2200\">Nord 2200<\/a> were the other competitors for the contract for 90 aircraft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arsenal VG 90 was a French carrier-based jet-engined interceptor developed in the late 1940s. It was intended to compete for an A\u00e9ronavale (French Naval Aviation) contract and first flew in 1949. 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