Dassault Mirage F1

what is it?

The Dassault Mirage F1 is a French fighter and attack aircraft designed and manufactured by Dassault Aviation. It was developed as a successor to the Mirage III family. During the 1960s, Dassault commenced development of what would become the Mirage F1 as a private venture, alongside the larger Mirage F2.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 8.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 2,338 km/htop speed
• size 16.2 tmax take-off weight
• built 730made 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 60 years ago, in 1966.
• 🏎️Top speed is 18.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 💥Faster than sound: up to Mach 1.9 (sea-level speed of sound ≈ 1,235 km/h).
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🏔️Can fly 2.3× 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

1966-12-23

introduced

1973

status

still flying

number built

730

role

fighter aircraft

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Dassault Aviation

engines

1× SNECMA Atar 9K-50

crew

1

length

15.3 m

wingspan

8.4 m

height

4.5 m

max take-off weight

16.2 t

top speed

2,338 km/h

range

—

ceiling

20,000 m

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