South
African Air Force
Dassault Mirage III CZ
No 2 Squadron - South African Air Force
Type: Single seat
interceptor
Manufacturer: Dassault
(France)
Wing Span: 26.97 ft. /
8.22 M
Length: 49.31 ft. /
15.03 M
Height: 14.76 ft. /
4.50 M
Wing Area: 374.58 Sq ft. /
34.80 Sq M
Weight Empty: 11,667 lb. /
5,292 Kg
Weight Takeoff: 26,015 lb. /
11,800 Kg
Powerplant: 1 x Snecma Atar
9B turbojet w/afterburner 5.5lt fuel a second
Max Thrust: 13,225 lb. /
6,001 Kg
Military Thrust: 9,370 lb. /
4,250 Kg
Max Speed At Cruising Level: Mach 2.1 @
40,000ft (12,000mt)
Radar: Thomson-CSF
Cyrano Ibis fire-control radar.
Combat Radius: 760 miles /
1220 km
Armament: Two DEFA 30mm
Canon, Matra R.530 and AIM-9 Sidewinder
air-to-air missiles.
Runway Required: Take off and
land on 2600ft / 800mt
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| Dassault
Mirage
III CZ - 2 Squadron - South African Air
Force - Air Force Museum - Air
Force Base - Zwartkop. |
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| Dassault
Mirage
III CZ - 2 Squadron - South African Air
Force - No 813 - South African Museum of
Military History - Johannesburg - South
Africa |
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Dassault
Mirage III CZ - 2 Squadron - South
African Air Force - No 813 -
South African Museum of Military
History - Johannesburg - South Africa
- Front View |
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| Mirage III
CZ - View of Canopy and top of the
ejection seat. |
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| Mirage III
CZ - View of Tailpipe |
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| Dassault
Mirage III CZ - 2 Squadron - South
African Air Force - No 800 The only
flying example in the world today,
(Maintained by 85 Combat Flying School
for the SAAF museum - AFB Hoedspruit). |
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| Dassault
Mirage III CZ - 2 Squadron - South
African Air Force - Air
Force Museum - Air Force Base -
Zwartkop - View of the nose. |
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