SNCASE  SE535   Mistral    No.10049

                              

                                     This aircraft is probably not a true Mistral, but is most likely one of the 67 Goblin powered
                                     Vampire FB Mk. 5s built by SNCASE under licence from de Havillands in the late 1940s.
                                     Sud-Est later went on to produce another 183 Nene powered machine FB.53s which were
                                     designated the SE 535 Mistral.   Seen below is the No.4 machine, still labeled as a D.H.100
                                     FB.53.  The name Mistral was not applied until well into SNCASE's production run.