 |
|
|
|
MANUFACTURER
|
Dassault
|
|
TYPE
|
Mystere IVa
|
|
SERIAL NUMBER
|
121 8-MY
|
|
COUNTRY
|
France
|
|
ROLE
|
Jet Fighter-Bomber
|
|
LENGTH
|
42 ft 2 in
|
|
WING SPAN
|
36 ft 6 in
|
|
HEIGHT
|
15 ft 1 in
|
|
MAX SPEED
|
696mph
|
|
MAX ALTITUDE
|
49,200 ft
|
|
RANGE
|
570 miles
|
|
ENGINE
|
1x Hispano-Suiza Verdon (Rolls Royce Tay) giving 6,277 lbs of thrust
|
|
CREW
|
1. Pilot
|
|
|
|
|
|
HISTORY
|
|
This aircraft was supplied to France as part of the American’s Mutual Aid Defence Plan and first flew on 31st January 1956. It served with Escadre de Transformation ET1/8 of 8eme before being flown to RAF Sculthorpe in August 1981. In 1982 it was dismantled and brought to the museum by road.
|
|
