A Breguet 1001 <i>Taon</i> in flight. The <i>Taon</i> (en: Gadfly, but also an anagram of NATO or the French version OTAN) was designed to meet a 1953 NATO requirement. It was a small mid-wing monoplane with swept wings and tail surfaces and retractable tricycle undercarriage, powered by a Bristol Orpheus BOr.3 turbojet. The company was contracted to build three prototypes, the first aircraft flying on the 26 July 1957. The second aircraft incorporated improvements and had a slightly longer fuselage. Development was discontinued and only two aircraft were built due to unsatisfacoty performance.
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circa 1958 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1958-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News October 1959 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1959/Oct59.pdf">[1]</a>, p. 20.