Keywords: SNCASE SE-212 Durandal in flight 1956.jpg The SNCASE SE-212 Durandal in flight The Durandal was a French jet and rocket mixed-power fighter aircraft which first flew on 20 April 1956 Designed in parallel with the lightweight fighter-bomber projects destined for the 1953 NATO Fighter Competition that resulted in the winner the Fiat G 91 and a number of also-rans The SE-212 arose out of the same thinking but devolved into a dedicated point-defence interceptor Despite promising results in tests the project was cancelled U S Navy Naval Aviation News September 1956 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1956/Sep56 pdf p 23 1956 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy SNCASE SE-212 Durandal |