Dassault Mirage F1 (1973) : livres - histoire et technique
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Dassault Mirage F1: Flying with air forces around the world (Duke Hawkins)
Ce livre Duke Hawkins présente aves des magnifiques photos le Dassault Mirage F1, en service avec les forces aériennes de France, d'Espagne, d'Irak et d'autres pays. Il y a également des images des Mirage F1 utilisés aux États-Unis par Draken International. Cet album contient non seulement des images d'action, mais également de nombreuses images "de visite" montrant les détails de l'avion sous différents angles. Chapitres sur le cockpit, le fuselage, l'armement et les travaux de maintenance.
La série "Aircraft in Detail" est née de la collaboration entre pilotes, techniciens aéronautiques et modélistes. Ce tome (n° 10) sur le Dassault Mirage F1 est illustré d'un grand nombre de photographies en couleurs de très haute qualité, pour la plupart inédites.
Auteur :
Robert Pied, Nicolas Deboeck
Présentation :
84 pages, 23.5 x 24 x 0.5 cm, broché
Illustration :
abondamment illustré avec des photos en couleurs
Editeur :
HMH Publications (B, 2019)
Série :
Aircraft in Detail (10)
Dassault Mirage F1: Flying with air forces around the world
The Mirage F1 emerged from a series of design studies performed by French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation. Having originally sought to develop a larger swept wing derivative of the Mirage III, which became the Mirage F2, to serve as a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) propulsion testbed akin to the Dassault Mirage IIIV, however, it was soon recognised that the emerging design could function as the basis for a competent fighter as well. Both the Mirage F2 and a smaller derivative, referred to the Mirage F3, received substantial attention from both Dassault and the French Air Force, the latter being interested in its adoption as a long-range fighter bomber as a stopgap measure prior to the adoption of the envisioned Anglo-French Variable Geometry (AFVG) strike aircraft.
Parallel with the Mirage F3 study, which was intended to serve as an interceptor aircraft, Dassault decided to study a single-seat derivative which featured the all-French Snecma Atar 9K-50 turbojet engine. The Spanish Air Force was the second Mirage F1 customer, and purchased a total of 91 machines of different variants from 1975, equipping a total of four squadrons, during the period 1998-2000. The survivors were upgraded to Mirage F1M standards, and were phased out of service in June 2013, but about 22 of them were given a new lease of life after beinjg acquired by Draken International to be used as aggressors in the US.
