The only prototype of the Super Mirage 4000
Posted by Money_Outside1209@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 23 comments
From wikipedia :
The Dassault Mirage 4000 (sometimes called the Super Mirage 4000) is a French prototype twinjet fighter aircraft developed by Dassault-Breguet from their Mirage 2000.
Emotional-Essay-5684@reddit
Beautiful airplane and livery
Is that canards or just front horizontal stabilizer? On image 9 it looks like one whole piece attached to the fuselage
KS_Gaming@reddit
Oh lol is that actually a thing
HortenWho229@reddit
I’m 99% sure it’s not. A fixed stabiliser has to be behind the centre of mass
PerceivedUnheroic679@reddit
They're not fully controlled canards, they have a few different orientations for different parts of the flight but they don't have pitch authority
Money_Outside1209@reddit (OP)
Those are canards indeed !
Spiritual_Priority79@reddit
Damn, for something so Fr*nch it sure is beautiful
Dry_Complaint_3569@reddit
You sexy MF🎶
Aware_Style1181@reddit
An All-time beautiful combat aircraft!
type_E@reddit
In a different timeline the pinnacle of French fighter technology would continue taking appearances after the Mirage
Electrical-Risk445@reddit
Can see its DNA in the Rafale, especially the aft section.
imtourist@reddit
Are Mirage jets as quirky as Citroen is for autos?
vulcanbluesteel@reddit
It looks like a single seat Concorde
Calimhero@reddit
Dropped because way too ambitious (AKA expensive).
Pity, it could have been a legendary plane.
Squrton_Cummings@reddit
It's even pointier than a normal Mirage.
atape_1@reddit
Shame it never made it into production.
The youtube channel " Found And Explained" recently posted a very good video on it, well worth a watch.
GeckoV@reddit
This would have been quite formidable, probably up there with F-15 and Su-27
no_username_68@reddit
I thinks that was dassault goal when designg the Mirage 4000 , they wanted to propose a french alternative to the f15
Gr_dt@reddit
I’ve been to that museum before!
Gr_dt@reddit
I also have a book on the USAF that has some drawings of the C-47 and they are of the one there
elejelly@reddit
Ah musée de l'air et de l'espace my beloved.
Harry_The-Bastard@reddit
She was too pure for this world
juginposti@reddit
'What am I, a mirage? Where's my fokken drink?'
thetiredtypist@reddit
🎶 Autoroute vers la zone dangereuse 🎶 intensifies