Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle (project)
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The Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle was a French conceptual design for a medium-range supersonic airliner developed in the early 1960s that later contributed to the joint Anglo-French Concorde program.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle (project) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10531144 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle (project) Context triple: [Rolls-Royce Olympus, usedInAircraft, Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle (project)]
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A.
Aérospatiale N 262
The Aérospatiale N 262 is a French twin-turboprop regional airliner developed in the 1960s for short-haul passenger and utility transport.
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B.
Avions Marcel Dassault
Avions Marcel Dassault was the original name of the French aerospace company founded by Marcel Dassault, renowned for designing and producing military and civil aircraft.
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C.
Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon
The Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon is a large, twin-engine, heavy-lift military transport and anti-submarine helicopter developed in France in the 1960s.
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D.
Dassault Super Mystère
The Dassault Super Mystère is a French-built 1950s jet fighter-bomber notable as one of the first Western European supersonic aircraft to enter operational service.
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E.
Dassault Ouragan jet fighter program
The Dassault Ouragan jet fighter program was France’s first domestically designed and mass-produced jet fighter initiative, marking a major step in the postwar revival and modernization of the French aerospace industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle (project) Target entity description: The Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle was a French conceptual design for a medium-range supersonic airliner developed in the early 1960s that later contributed to the joint Anglo-French Concorde program.
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A.
Aérospatiale N 262
The Aérospatiale N 262 is a French twin-turboprop regional airliner developed in the 1960s for short-haul passenger and utility transport.
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B.
Avions Marcel Dassault
Avions Marcel Dassault was the original name of the French aerospace company founded by Marcel Dassault, renowned for designing and producing military and civil aircraft.
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C.
Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon
The Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon is a large, twin-engine, heavy-lift military transport and anti-submarine helicopter developed in France in the 1960s.
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D.
Dassault Super Mystère
The Dassault Super Mystère is a French-built 1950s jet fighter-bomber notable as one of the first Western European supersonic aircraft to enter operational service.
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E.
Dassault Ouragan jet fighter program
The Dassault Ouragan jet fighter program was France’s first domestically designed and mass-produced jet fighter initiative, marking a major step in the postwar revival and modernization of the French aerospace industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concept aircraft design
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supersonic airliner project ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory | supersonic transport (SST) ⓘ |
| aircraftType | medium-range supersonic airliner ⓘ |
| airframeConfiguration | slender delta wing ⓘ |
| airlineMarketTarget |
European medium-haul routes
ⓘ
trans-Mediterranean routes ⓘ |
| collaborationContext | Franco-British supersonic transport studies ⓘ |
| contributedToProgram | Anglo-French Concorde program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| designFeature |
afterburning engines (planned)
ⓘ
area-ruled fuselage ⓘ high-altitude cruise ⓘ ogival delta wing concept ⓘ |
| designGoal |
commercially viable supersonic transport
ⓘ
reduced flight time on medium-range routes ⓘ |
| designOrganization | Sud Aviation design bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designPhase | conceptual design only ⓘ |
| designPhaseOutcome | superseded by joint Concorde configuration ⓘ |
| designRange | medium range ⓘ |
| designRole | conceptual basis for French contribution to Concorde ⓘ |
| developer | Sud Aviation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developmentStartDate | early 1960s ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early European SST concept leading to Concorde ⓘ |
| influenced | Concorde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedCruisingSpeed | supersonic ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
civil airliner
ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ |
| manufacturerPredecessor | Sud Aviation Caravelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sud Aviation Caravelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfPrototypesBuilt | 0 ⓘ |
| programCancellationReason | integration into joint Anglo-French SST project ⓘ |
| programOutcome | merged into Concorde design effort ⓘ |
| programType | government-industry research program ⓘ |
| propulsionType | turbojet ⓘ |
| regulatoryContext | French government-sponsored SST studies ⓘ |
| relatedCompany | Aérospatiale (later successor to Sud Aviation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedIndustry | French aerospace industry ⓘ |
| relatedProject | BAC 223 (Concorde British design studies) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
cancelled project
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never built ⓘ |
| successor | Aérospatiale–BAC Concorde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technologyContribution |
aerodynamic data for Concorde
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structural design concepts for Concorde ⓘ supersonic performance studies ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1960–1962 (approximate study period) ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle (project) Description of subject: The Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle was a French conceptual design for a medium-range supersonic airliner developed in the early 1960s that later contributed to the joint Anglo-French Concorde program.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rolls-Royce Olympus