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don't think so, Belgian Fouga's are red, so is the one giving rides at the avation factory




They had a bit of a bad rep in Belgium , something like 16 crashes in the entire time, but keep in mind they were both training planes, for new fast jet pilots.. but also used as planes for acrobatic demo team, and used a lot as shuttle/hour planes, like officers needing a ride to another airbase, or having to do hours for profficency while on staff duty (similar to how T33 and T38's were used in the USA). And it was not unusual for some to do a bit of hotdogging while they went up for just a casual flight.. things were different in the cold war

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/48259

"Crashed.
Air plane was making a fatal loop a low altitude along N4 road between Overijse and Tombeek.
The Fouga Magister crashed in a private garden a few steps from a house. The person living there was really lucky, he just returned back from his garden to his house a minute before the crash. Cdt Thierry Cloeckaet was killed."

There is no Airbase near Overijse, so you know that was not an approved training exercise, at all. Pilot probably had a GF down there..


So all in all , 16 crashes, over 30+ years, all uses.. It was probably not the plane that caused most of those



Always thought they were cool looking birds, we regulary saw em in Ypres during summer, as that was like a route from airbases inland, to the airbase at the coast..
They would fly to AFB De Panne before lunch.. have muscles and fries dinner... and then fly back... thats how they get their proficiency flying hours ...

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