The SNCASO SO.1310 Farfadet was an experimental French convertiplane of the 1950s.
The SO.1310 was a compound gyroplane featuring a tip-jet driven, three-bladed rotor, a fixed wing and a turboprop engine driving a nose-mounted propeller.
First flown on 8 May 1953 the aircraft achieved transition to forward flight on 1 July of that year.
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