4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SuperMystereB2: moi-même· Public domain
- 2. Berlin Gatow Luftwaffenmuseum Dassault Super Mystere B.2 01: [[User:Ad Meskens| Ad Meskens You are free to use this picture for any purpose as long as you credit its author, Ad Meskens . Example: © Ad Meskens / Wikimedia Commons If you use this work outside of · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Super Mystere Hatzerim 2901101: Oren Rozen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Two Super Mystère B.2 jets: MSGT Herbert Cintron· Public domain
what is it?
The Dassault Super Mystère is a French supersonic fighter-bomber and was the first Western European supersonic aircraft to enter mass production.
How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 10.5 m wingspan
base stats
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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- Top speed is 9.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.5 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Can fly 1.9× 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
- 1955-03-02
- introduced
- 1958
- retired
- 1977
- status
- retired
- number built
- 180
- role
- fighter-bomber
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Dassault Aviation
- engines
- 1× SNECMA Atar 101G-2
- crew
- 1
- length
- 14.1 m
- wingspan
- 10.5 m
- height
- 4.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 10 t
- top speed
- 1,195 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 17,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1172028, Wikipedia: Dassault Super Mystère (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.