SNECMA Atar 101

ATAR 101
An ATAR 101G3 from a Super Mystère B2 on display.
Type Turbojet engine
National origin France
Manufacturer SNECMA
Designer Hermann Östrich[1]
First run 26 March 1948[1]
Major applications SNCASO S.O.4050 Vautour
Variants SNECMA Atar

The SNECMA ATAR 101 is a French axial-flow turbojet engine built by SNECMA. It was derived from engines and design work carried out at BMW in Germany during World War II, and extensively developed though a progression of more powerful models. The name is derived from its original design group, Atelier Technique Aéronautique de Rickenbach employing Hermann Östrich and many of the wartime BMW gas turbine design group as well as other German engine design teams.[1] The ATAR 101 powered many of the French post-war jet aircraft, including the Vautour II, Étendard IV, Super Mystère B2, and the Mirage III-001, prototype of the Mirage III series.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Kay, Anthony L. (2007). Turbojet: History and Development 1930–1960: Volume 2: USSR, USA, Japan, France, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Crowood Press. ISBN 978-1-86126-939-3.
  2. ^ Gunston 1989, p. 160.