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Ecuadorian AF Mirage50EV
Mirage 50
The Atar 09K-50 engine, however, was still a good idea, and fit of this engine led to the next Mirage variant, the Mirage 50, during the 1970s. The uprated engine gave the Mirage 50 better take-off and climb characteristics than its predecessors. While the Mirage 50 also incorporated new avionics, such as a Cyrano IV radar system, it did not prove popular in export sales, as the first-generation Mirage series was becoming obsolescent.
Chile ordered a quantity of Mirage 50s, receiving both new production as well as updated Armee de l'Air Mirage 5s. The Chilean aircraft were later modernized along the lines of the IAI Kfir as the ENAER Pantera. The Pantera incorporates fixed canards and other aerodynamic improvements, as well as advanced avionics. These aircraft have an extended nose to accommodate some of the new systems.
In 1990, Dassault upgraded a batch of Venezuelan Mirage IIIEs and 5s to the Mirage 50 spec, with the upgrades designated Mirage 50M.
Mirage 50
The Atar 09K-50 engine, however, was still a good idea, and fit of this engine led to the next Mirage variant, the Mirage 50, during the 1970s. The uprated engine gave the Mirage 50 better take-off and climb characteristics than its predecessors. While the Mirage 50 also incorporated new avionics, such as a Cyrano IV radar system, it did not prove popular in export sales, as the first-generation Mirage series was becoming obsolescent.
Chile ordered a quantity of Mirage 50s, receiving both new production as well as updated Armee de l'Air Mirage 5s. The Chilean aircraft were later modernized along the lines of the IAI Kfir as the ENAER Pantera. The Pantera incorporates fixed canards and other aerodynamic improvements, as well as advanced avionics. These aircraft have an extended nose to accommodate some of the new systems.
In 1990, Dassault upgraded a batch of Venezuelan Mirage IIIEs and 5s to the Mirage 50 spec, with the upgrades designated Mirage 50M.
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HF-73 was cancelled when its only prototype crashed supposedly due to engine failure, Anglo-English Jaguar was purchased to do its role.
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The Novi Avion (English: New Aeroplane) was a 4th-generation, supersonic multi-role combat aircraft of cropped delta-canard planform, designed by Vazduhoplovno Tehnicki Institut (VTI) of Yugoslavia but cancelled just before production began in 1991.
The Novi Avion most closely resembled the French Rafale, although it was smaller and had only one engine. It was designed to fill many roles, including air superiority, interception, reconnaissance, ground attack, and anti-ship attack. Maximum speed was just under Mach 2. Super-maneuverability at both supersonic and subsonic speeds was a priority, and a major portion of the airframe was to be composed of composites.
The design was to incorporate a number of features to lower its radar cross section, although it would not have been a true stealth aircraft. The aircraft was to carry an advanced ECM/ECCM suite. It was an all-Yugoslav design, not based on any foreign plane, although France was providing some assistance with the design of the most complex parts that Yugoslavia had no experience with, such as a multipurpose radar.
The engine was to be the French Snecma M88, the same engine used in the Rafale. Most of the weapons it would have carried would probably have been either French weapons, or built with French assistance.
The Novi Avion most closely resembled the French Rafale, although it was smaller and had only one engine. It was designed to fill many roles, including air superiority, interception, reconnaissance, ground attack, and anti-ship attack. Maximum speed was just under Mach 2. Super-maneuverability at both supersonic and subsonic speeds was a priority, and a major portion of the airframe was to be composed of composites.
The design was to incorporate a number of features to lower its radar cross section, although it would not have been a true stealth aircraft. The aircraft was to carry an advanced ECM/ECCM suite. It was an all-Yugoslav design, not based on any foreign plane, although France was providing some assistance with the design of the most complex parts that Yugoslavia had no experience with, such as a multipurpose radar.
The engine was to be the French Snecma M88, the same engine used in the Rafale. Most of the weapons it would have carried would probably have been either French weapons, or built with French assistance.
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Chengdu J-9 was a designation assigned to a Chinese interceptor aircraft that never progressed beyond initial studies. The J-9 was scrapped in favour of the Shenyang J-8, which was a safer technological bet for the limited Chinese aviation industry of the 1960s and 1970s. The J-9 designation is frequently confused with the much later Chengdu FC-1 fighter which is sometimes informally referred to as J-9 by aviation enthusiasts.http://dc307.*******.com/img/Z1qBLSNb/0.9121166545670875/j-10-crankeddelta.jpg
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PZL TS-16 Grot (POLAND)
An ambitious project relatively unknown in the west, the Grot (arrowhead) was an indigenous Polish fighter. The TS-16 was a single-engine, high-wing plane oriented towards ground attack.
Design work began in 1958 and the first flight was in 1961. Single-seat combat and two-seat trainer versions were envisioned. The plane was successful but cancelled none the less in 1964. Its likely the USSR applied political pressure to kill the project. The Soviet warplane industry used PZL as a dumping ground to license-build trainers and transports freeing up factory space at home, and the USSR likely was not thrilled at having this resource replaced by a competitor to MiG and Sukhoi.
The plane was to have twin engines, however the planned SO-2 turbojet was not ready in time so a single RD-9B taken from the MiG-19 Farmer was used on the prototype instead.
Internal armament was two 23mm guns. Four (or six) planned pylons would have been compatible with FAB- and BETAB- series bombs, UV- series rocket pods, or AA-2 "Atoll" air-to-air missiles.
An ambitious project relatively unknown in the west, the Grot (arrowhead) was an indigenous Polish fighter. The TS-16 was a single-engine, high-wing plane oriented towards ground attack.
Design work began in 1958 and the first flight was in 1961. Single-seat combat and two-seat trainer versions were envisioned. The plane was successful but cancelled none the less in 1964. Its likely the USSR applied political pressure to kill the project. The Soviet warplane industry used PZL as a dumping ground to license-build trainers and transports freeing up factory space at home, and the USSR likely was not thrilled at having this resource replaced by a competitor to MiG and Sukhoi.
The plane was to have twin engines, however the planned SO-2 turbojet was not ready in time so a single RD-9B taken from the MiG-19 Farmer was used on the prototype instead.
Internal armament was two 23mm guns. Four (or six) planned pylons would have been compatible with FAB- and BETAB- series bombs, UV- series rocket pods, or AA-2 "Atoll" air-to-air missiles.
