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The Turbomeca Astafan is a single-spool variable-pitch turbofan engine developed from the Turbomeca Astazou. Despite successful flight-testing an efficient quiet and clean design (compared to turbojets and conventional turbofans) and some commercial interest the Astafan never entered series production. The engines were only flown on the Fouga 90 prototype and Turboméca’s two test aircraft.