Dassault MIRAMIRAMIRAMIRAGEGEGEGE By Craig Clarkstone Parkjet Construction Guide Versions Mirage III, Kfir and V © 2017 Craig Clarkstone. All rights reseved IIIC Mirage History The Dassault Mirage III is a family of single-seat, single-engine, fighter aircraft produced by Dassault Aviation for the French Air Force and widely exported. Prominent operators included Argentina, Australia, South Africa, Pakistan and Israel, as well as a number of non-aligned nations.[1] Though an older design, the second-generation fighter is a fairly maneuverable aircraft and an effective opponent in close-range dogfighting.[2] In French service it was armed with air-to-ground ordnance or R.550 Magic air-to-air missiles.[1] The versatility of the design enabled production of trainer, reconnaissance and ground-attack versions, as well as the Dassault Mirage 5, Dassault Mirage IIIV and Atlas Cheetah variants.[3] IIIE A Mirage III was the first Western European combat aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in horizontal flight Designers Notes I had never realised just how many variations of the Mirage there were until I started this project. I started by simply typing in ‘Mirage’ into Google until I found the design that IIIR represented the Mirage I had in my mind. Having studied the mirage family of aircraft, I think that it would be fun to design various parts of the family of mirage planes, by designing a common fuselage shape, and have a selection of noses, tails, exhaust, canards and wing variations to be able to build the mirage you prefer. IIIS The Mirage 2000 is slightly different, so I’ll prepare a separate build guide Canard Kfir If you enjoy this design please help me to fund my next project and send a donation for $10 to Paypal address :- Canard
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