Dassault Mirage III Australian procurement - Wikipedia
Dassault Mirage III Australian procurement was a transaction between the French and Australian governments which led to the procurement of the French designed delta wing jet aircraft, the Mirage III, for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). In the late 1950s the Australian government announced its intention to modernize its air force with ...
Dassault Mirage III - Wikipedia
The Dassault Mirage III (French pronunciation: [miʁaʒ]) is a family of single/dual-seat, single-engine, fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aircraft company Dassault Aviation. It was the first Western European combat aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in horizontal flight, [1] which it achieved on 24 October 1958. [2]
At the time of the RAAF order the choice of engine for the Mirage III was between the French SNECMA Atar 9C or the Rolls-Royce Avon turbojets, the latter already in RAAF service powering both the Sabre and the Canberra, albeit in non-afterburning form.
Dassault Mirage III Australian procurement - Wikiwand
Dassault Mirage III Australian procurement was a transaction between the French and Australian governments which led to the procurement of the French designed delta wing jet aircraft, the Mirage III, for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). In the late 1950s the Australian government announced its intention to modernize its air force with ...
GAMD-DASSAULT MIRAGE III · The Encyclopedia of Aircraft …
May 19, 2019 · At this time the Australian Government was showing interest in the Mirage III as a replacement for the CAC-built Sabre in Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) service, so Dassault fitted a pre-production Mirage IIIA with a Rolls Royce Avon …
Aircraft Nut: Aussie Mirage III's: The Mirage III O - Blogger
Jun 19, 2014 · Selected to replace the Avon Sabre as the RAAF's fighter aircraft in 1960, the Mirage was the first aircraft in RAAF service capable of flying at twice the speed of sound. Entering operational service during 1965, the Mirage served as the front-line fighter until 1988, making the aircraft the longest-serving fighter in RAAF history.
Series 3 RAAF Aircraft - Australian Military Aviation History
Series 3 RAAF Aircraft. A brief overview of the French Mirage III, developed in the 1950 and used by the RAAF for many years. Includes footage of three different Mirage III's, from Hunter Fighter Collection, Fighter World, and HARS.
A3-115 is a two seat operational trainer variant of the Mirage IIIO interceptor, one of 16 delivered to the RAAF. It was delivered to the RAAF in December 1973, the second last of the Australian Mirages. During its RAAF career A3-115 served with 2 Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) and with 77 Squadron at RAAF Williamtown, and also with the Aircraft
Dassault Mirage IIIO (A3-72, 77Sqd, RAAF)
MODEL: Dassault Mirage IIIO (A3-72, 77Sqd, RAAF) ROLE: Fighter. TIME PERIOD: 1963-. ENGINES: one SNECMA Atar 9C afterburning turbojet of 6200kg thrust. WING SPAN: 8.22m. LENGTH: 15.03m. MAXIMUM TAKE OFF WEIGHT: 13,699kg.
GAF Mirage IIIO A3-45 - Moorabbin Air Museum
GAF Mirage IIIO A3-45. With the CA-27 Sabre coming to the end of its service life in 1960, the Australian Government announced that the RAAF would receive the Dassault Mirage III0, the first truly supersonic fighter aircraft that the RAAF would operate.