Fan trainer from the mid eighties

And then of course there was the ducted fan Islander, G-FANS-

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=G-FANS&distinct_entry=true

http://www.thai-aviation.net/military%20-%20fantrainer.htm

This is the link for the Royal Thai Air Force.

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45476&highlight=Optica

Hello newbie, sorry hopefully1 🙂 , check the search facility and you will find the answer to the Optica question.

Thankyou all, this was the plane, now to start googling. Does anyone know, was this plane purely military or was it also ment for the civilian market.If so are any still flying?
As for the optica (sorry I knew of that one I should have said.)are any of these still flying or is it still in prodction anywhere?

Can anyone offer me any links or information on the fan trainer from the eighties.I saw it at Fanborough around the time of the Dehavilland Canada Dash “something” incident. It was designed to be a tandem trainer powered by a ducted fan.
Any links reguarding any other ducted fan aircraft would also be greatfully recieved.

This obtained from the F’boro 86 Guide & Program…

Regards,
Flyingkiwi2

And don’t forget our own home grown fan machine! 🙂

Here is the plane in flight. About 26 examples were supplied to the Royal Thai Air Force.

The Fantrainer certainly displayed at the 1986 show.

Is this the one? RFB Fantrainer, built in Germany. I think the Farnborough crash you mention was the Buffalo demonstrator, rather than one of the Dashes.

German design?

Roger Smith.