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A supersonic interceptor fighter aircraft with Egyptian design and production, 3 aircrafts were produced as research models and the model was successfully tested.
The aircraft was using the E-300 Egyptian engine, which was tried in 1964 and achieved great success..
It was a fighter aircraft capable of intercepting other fighters, armed with two missiles for confrontation, and even capable of carrying a tactical-nuclear missile.
The big achievement was that the Cairo 300 was very stable and had precise control.

HA-300 - 300-القاهره
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The Egyptian engine E-300, which was produced for the Egyptian fighter CAIRO-300, 18 of it were produced.. the first experiment of the engine on the ground was in July 1963 and his first flight was on March 7 of 1964 on the third model of Cairo-300, where he was able to reach to a speed of 1.2 Mach..

- General specifications: -
- Length: - 4.3 meters
- Diameter: - 0.84 m
- Weight: - 860 kg
- propulsion: - 32.4 KN dry and 47.2KN with after burner

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HA-300
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HA-200
: The first Egyptian jet aircraft (1962)
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Looks like older brother of JF-17.
 
Looks like older brother of JF-17.
The same jet was produced by India .. "marut".. it was a failed,under powered German design..

That both Egyptians and Indians (who were allies.. being part of soviet block) discontinued.
 
The same jet was produced by India .. "marut".. it was a failed,under powered German design..

That both Egyptians and Indians (who were allies.. being part of soviet block) discontinued.
Both design were sold by Russia no doubt they may have provided some blue prints for JF-17 along with engine.
 
Wings are too small compared to Jf-17.
Yep but still resembles it lot,

I am not making fun of JF-17 just stunned by resemblance.

JF-17 is successful project and still grooming and I hope it will become F-16 for PAF.
 
Yep but still resembles it lot,

I am not making fun of JF-17 just stunned by resemblance.

JF-17 is successful project and still grooming and I hope it will become F-16 for PAF.
ok
 
Looks like older brother of JF-17.

Does not look like JF-17.

Cairo 300 perhaps was designed keeping in mind single role of interception.
 
A supersonic interceptor fighter aircraft with Egyptian design and production, 3 aircrafts were produced as research models and the model was successfully tested.
The aircraft was using the E-300 Egyptian engine, which was tried in 1964 and achieved great success..
It was a fighter aircraft capable of intercepting other fighters, armed with two missiles for confrontation, and even capable of carrying a tactical-nuclear missile.
The big achievement was that the Cairo 300 was very stable and had precise control.

The Egyptian engine E-300, which was produced for the Egyptian fighter CAIRO-300, 18 of it were produced.. the first experiment of the engine on the ground was in July 1963 and his first flight was on March 7 of 1964 on the third model of Cairo-300, where he was able to reach to a speed of 1.2 Mach..
- General specifications: -
- Length: - 4.3 meters
- Diameter: - 0.84 m
- Weight: - 860 kg
- propulsion: - 32.4 KN dry and 47.2KN with after burner
Designer Willy Messerschmitt
After World War II, Willy Messerschmitt was prohibited as a German citizen from undertaking any further research or development related to the German military, including the manufacture of aircraft, until 1955. He therefore moved to Spain [still under dictator Franco] where he joined Hispano Aviación and started designing an ultralight fighter aircraft in 1951. The development was very slow and Messerschmitt was able to build only a delta-shaped plywood glider without a tail. Towed by a CASA 2.111, the test flight for the glider was not completed due to instability and the airplane did not become airborne. Due to funding problems and the resultant long development time, Spain abandoned the project in 1960.
Egypt then acquired the design. The design team, headed by Messerschmitt, moved to Helwan, Egypt, to continue its work on the HA-300, which now stood for Helwan Aircraft 300. Ferdinand Brandner, an Austrian jet engine expert, was also invited to develop a turbojet for the new fighter. Egypt aimed to produce a lightweight supersonic, single-seat fighter that could join the Egyptian Air Force as an interceptor.
India also helped in the funding of the Egyptian E-300 jet engine in exchange for using it as a new powerplant for its HF-24 Marut.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helwan_HA-300

Austrian engineer Ferdinand Brandner, who had worked as a Soviet prisoner on the development of the Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop, the powerplant of the Tupolev Tu-95 bomber, moved to Egypt to lead a team to design an engine to power the Helwan HA-300 jet fighter that was simultaneously being designed by a team of Germans led by Willy Messerschmitt.
The new engine underwent bench testing in 1963, and was flight tested under the wing of an Antonov An-12, before being installed in a HAL HF-24 Marut for high speed testing, in which form it flew on 29 March 1967. The E-300 was installed in the third HA-300 prototype (the first two were powered by Bristol Siddeley Orpheus engines), it flew at least one time and successfully, but the programme of HA-300 was abandoned in May 1969.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandner_E-300

See also http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/egypt/ha-300.htm

The HAL HF-24 Marut was an Indian fighter-bomber aircraft of the 1960s. It was developed by Hindustan Aircraft Limited (HAL), German aircraft designer Kurt Tank was responsible for being the lead designer of the aircraft. The Marut holds the distinction of being the first Indian developed jet aircraft, and also being the first Asian jet fighter to go beyond prototype/test phase, and into successful production and active service (outside Russia/Soviet Union). On 17 June 1961, the type conducted its maiden flight; on 1 April 1967, the first production Marut was officially delivered to the IAF.
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However, as HAL lacked the necessary experience in both developing and manufacturing frontline combat fighters, it was clear that external guidance would be invaluable; this assistance was embodied by Kurt Tank, a German aircraft designer who had designed numerous combat aircraft of the Luftwaffe while at Focke-Wulf during the Second World War.[4] Kurt was invited to relocate to India to establish and head the project to produce what would become India's first indigenous fighter aircraft. Upon arrival, he set about directing design work for the prospective fighter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_HF-24_Marut

Willy Messerschmitt
Kurt Tank (Focke Wulf)
Ferdinand Brandner (Junckers, S.S. Standartenführer)
All Luftwaffe designers.

After the war, Tank spent two decades designing aircraft abroad, working first in Argentina and then in India, before returning to Germany in the late 1960s to work as a consultant for Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB). For Argentina, Tank developed the FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Tank
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMA_IAe_33_Pulqui_II

Messerschmitt design the HA-200 trainer for Franco's Spain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispano_HA-200
 
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Designer Willy Messerschmitt
After World War II, Willy Messerschmitt was prohibited as a German citizen from undertaking any further research or development related to the German military, including the manufacture of aircraft, until 1955. He therefore moved to Spain [still under dictator Franco] where he joined Hispano Aviación and started designing an ultralight fighter aircraft in 1951. The development was very slow and Messerschmitt was able to build only a delta-shaped plywood glider without a tail. Towed by a CASA 2.111, the test flight for the glider was not completed due to instability and the airplane did not become airborne. Due to funding problems and the resultant long development time, Spain abandoned the project in 1960.
Egypt then acquired the design. The design team, headed by Messerschmitt, moved to Helwan, Egypt, to continue its work on the HA-300, which now stood for Helwan Aircraft 300. Ferdinand Brandner, an Austrian jet engine expert, was also invited to develop a turbojet for the new fighter. Egypt aimed to produce a lightweight supersonic, single-seat fighter that could join the Egyptian Air Force as an interceptor.
India also helped in the funding of the Egyptian E-300 jet engine in exchange for using it as a new powerplant for its HF-24 Marut.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helwan_HA-300

Austrian engineer Ferdinand Brandner, who had worked as a Soviet prisoner on the development of the Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop, the powerplant of the Tupolev Tu-95 bomber, moved to Egypt to lead a team to design an engine to power the Helwan HA-300 jet fighter that was simultaneously being designed by a team of Germans led by Willy Messerschmitt.
The new engine underwent bench testing in 1963, and was flight tested under the wing of an Antonov An-12, before being installed in a HAL HF-24 Marut for high speed testing, in which form it flew on 29 March 1967. The E-300 was installed in the third HA-300 prototype (the first two were powered by Bristol Siddeley Orpheus engines), it flew at least one time and successfully, but the programme of HA-300 was abandoned in May 1969.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandner_E-300

See also http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/egypt/ha-300.htm

The HAL HF-24 Marut was an Indian fighter-bomber aircraft of the 1960s. It was developed by Hindustan Aircraft Limited (HAL), German aircraft designer Kurt Tank was responsible for being the lead designer of the aircraft. The Marut holds the distinction of being the first Indian developed jet aircraft, and also being the first Asian jet fighter to go beyond prototype/test phase, and into successful production and active service (outside Russia/Soviet Union). On 17 June 1961, the type conducted its maiden flight; on 1 April 1967, the first production Marut was officially delivered to the IAF.
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However, as HAL lacked the necessary experience in both developing and manufacturing frontline combat fighters, it was clear that external guidance would be invaluable; this assistance was embodied by Kurt Tank, a German aircraft designer who had designed numerous combat aircraft of the Luftwaffe while at Focke-Wulf during the Second World War.[4] Kurt was invited to relocate to India to establish and head the project to produce what would become India's first indigenous fighter aircraft. Upon arrival, he set about directing design work for the prospective fighter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_HF-24_Marut

Willy Messerschmitt
Kurt Tank (Focke Wulf)
Ferdinand Brandner (Junckers, S.S. Standartenführer)
All Luftwaffe designers.

After the war, Tank spent two decades designing aircraft abroad, working first in Argentina and then in India, before returning to Germany in the late 1960s to work as a consultant for Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB). For Argentina, Tank developed the FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Tank
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMA_IAe_33_Pulqui_II

Messerschmitt design the HA-200 trainer for Franco's Spain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispano_HA-200
Yes I know about the designer and the Spanish connection too.. and also the modifications that Egyptian Aerospace Engineers applied to it.. like enlarging the wings and whatever that implies in modifications to the original design.. Because Egypt was working at the same time on local air-to-air missiles and engines..
 
Egypt has Rafales.Thats good enough.
 

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