Dassault Mystère

what is it?

The Dassault MD.452 Mystère is a 1950s French fighter-bomber. It was a straightforward development of the successful Dassault Ouragan.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 13.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 1,060 km/htop speed
• range 885 kmwithout refuelling
• size 7,500 kgmax take-off weight
• built 166made 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 75 years ago, in 1951.
• 🏎️Top speed is 8.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 13.1 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.7× 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

1951-02-23

introduced

1954

retired

1963

status

retired

number built

166

role

fighter-bomber

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Dassault Aviation

engines

1× SNECMA Atar 101D

crew

1

length

11.7 m

wingspan

13.1 m

height

4.3 m

max take-off weight

7,500 kg

top speed

1,060 km/h

range

885 km

ceiling

15,250 m

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