Dassault Ouragan

what is it?

The Dassault M.D.450 Ouragan (French: Hurricane) is a French fighter-bomber developed and produced by Dassault Aviation. It has its origins in a private venture by Dassault to produce an all-French aircraft which would make use of jet propulsion, which subsequently would receive orders from the French Air Force. The Ouragan holds the distinction of being the first jet-powered French-designed combat aircraft to enter production, and thus played a key role in the resurgence of the French aviation industry following the Second World War.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 13.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 940 km/htop speed
• size 7,900 kgmax take-off weight
• built 450made 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 77 years ago, in 1949.
• 🏎️Top speed is 7.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 13.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.5× 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

1949-02-28

introduced

1952

retired

1980

status

retired

number built

450

role

fighter-bomber

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Dassault Aviation

engines

1× Rolls-Royce Nene Mk.104B

crew

1

length

10.7 m

wingspan

13.2 m

height

4.1 m

max take-off weight

7,900 kg

top speed

940 km/h

cruise speed

750 km/h

range

—

ceiling

13,000 m

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