Dassault Étendard IV

what is it?

The Dassault Étendard IV is a transonic carrier-borne strike fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aerospace company Dassault Aviation. Development of the Étendard originally commenced during the 1950s. Despite not having attracted the interests of either the French Air Force or any of the NATO air forces, a more powerful proposal had attracted the interest of the French Navy.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 9.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 1,099 km/htop speed
• range 3,300 kmwithout refuelling
• size 10.2 tmax take-off weight
• built 90made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 68 years ago, in 1958.
• 🏎️Top speed is 8.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.6 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 3,300 km: 18× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.8× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1958

introduced

1962

retired

1991

status

retired

number built

90

role

strike fighter

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Dassault Aviation

engines

1× SNECMA ATAR 08B

crew

1

length

14.4 m

wingspan

9.6 m

height

3.9 m

max take-off weight

10.2 t

top speed

1,099 km/h

range

3,300 km

ceiling

15,500 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.