Dassault Mystère IV

what is it?

The Dassault MD.454 Mystère IV is a 1950s French fighter-bomber aircraft, the first transonic aircraft to enter service with the French Air Force. It was used in large-scale combat in the Israeli Air Force during the 1967 Six Day War.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 11.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 1,110 km/htop speed
• range 915 kmwithout refuelling
• size 9,500 kgmax take-off weight
• built 410made 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 74 years ago, in 1952.
• 🏎️Top speed is 8.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.1 m: about 2 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

1952-09-28

introduced

1953

number built

410

role

fighter-bomber

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Dassault Aviation

engines

1× Hispano-Suiza Verdon 350

crew

1

length

12.9 m

wingspan

11.1 m

height

4.6 m

max take-off weight

9,500 kg

top speed

1,110 km/h

range

915 km

ceiling

15,000 m

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