Dassault Mirage F1: boeken - historie, techniek en inzet
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Dassault Mirage F1: Flying with air forces around the world
Dit prachtige Duke Hawkins fotoboek presenteert uitvoerig de Dassault Mirage F1, o.a. in dienst bij de luchtmachten van Frankrijk, Spanje en Irak. Ook foto's van de Mirage F1's die in de USA worden gebruikt door Draken International. Het boek bevat niet alleen actiefoto's, maar ook vele "walkaround" foto's die de details van het toestel uit verschillende hoeken tonen. Hoofdstukken over cockpit, romp, bewapening en onderhoudswerkzaamheden.
De serie "Aircraft in Detail" ontstond uit de samenwerking tussen piloten, vliegtuigtechnici en modelbouwers. Dit deel (nr. 10) over de Dassault Mirage F1 is geïllustreerd met een groot aantal kleurenfoto's van zeer hoge kwaliteit, waarvan de meeste nooit eerder zijn gepubliceerd.
Auteur:
Robert Pied, Nicolas Deboeck
Uitvoering:
84 blz, 23.5 x 24 x 0.5 cm, softcover
Illustraties:
rijk geïllustreerd met kleurenfoto's
Uitgever:
HMH Publications (B, 2019)
Serie:
Aircraft in Detail (10)
EAN:
9782960248890
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.