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1956
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When the French Air Force asks for a multi-role aircraft, the Mirage II interceptor prototype is halted, and the fabulous Mirage III is born. Ultimately over 1500 are manufactured, 80% for export.
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1956
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Breguet Alizé (tradewind) carries torpedoes, mines, depth charges, rockets and missiles. It will remain operational into the 1990's.
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DASSAULT'S FIRST BUSINESS JET DESIGN
The Méditerranée, created on paper in 1954, featured two jet engines under the wing. Few realize that the engines as will as the airframe were a Dassault design, based on the Armstrong-Siddeley Viper (which Dassault produced under license), but with an added compression stage to produce over 3,000 lb of thrust. Outboard of the engines, underwing fuel pods provided a range of about 1,500 nm. The idea was abandoned for reasons of cost and fuel consumption. Though ahead of its time, the Méditerranée did lead to later developments. |
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