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Type: Fighter bomber |
| Manufacturer:
Dassault |
| Service:
1952 - 1961 |
| First
Flight: 28 February 1949 |
| Production:
433 |
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The Dassault M.D.450 Ouragan was a 1940s French jet fighter-bomber aircraft. While technologically unremarkable, the Ouragan played a key role in resurgence of the French aviation industry after World War II.
In July 1949, French Air Force ordered 15 pre-production aircraft (later reduced to 12), which were eventually used for evaluation of various engines (including SNECMA Atar), armament schemes, and payloads. On 31 August 1950, Dassault received an order for 150 production Ouragans, with an additional 200 ordered in the following years.
The first production Ouragan flew on 5 December 1951. The type entered service with the French Air Force in 1952. In French service, the Dassault Mystere IV completely replaced the Ouragan by 1961.
India and Israel also purchased the Ouragan. El Salvador purchased some Israeli aircraft between 1973 and 1978. These were retired over the next decade and the were the last Ouragan aircraft to be operational.
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| TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS ( M.D.450B) |
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General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 10.73 m (35 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 13.16 m (43 ft 2 in)
- Height: 4.14 m (13 ft 7 in)
- Wing area: 23.8 m (256.2 ft)
- Empty weight: 4 142 kg (9,132 lb)
- Loaded weight: 7 404 kg (16,323 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 7 900 kg (17,416 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 x Rolls-Royce Nene 104B centrifugal compressor turbojet, 22.2 kN (4,990 lbf)
- Aspect ratio: 7.3
Performance
- Never exceed speed: Mach 0.83
- Maximum speed: 940 km/h (508 knots, 584 mph) (Mach 0.76) at sea level
- Cruise speed: 750 km/h (405 knots, 465 mph)
- Combat radius: 450 km (245 nm, 280 mi)
- Ferry range: 920 km (500 nm, 570 mi)
- Service ceiling 13 000 m (42,650 ft)
- Rate of climb: 38 m/s (7,480 ft/min)
- Takeoff distance: 783 m (2,570 ft)
- Landing distance: 910 m (2,985 ft)
Armament
- 4 x 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon, 125 rounds/gun
- Underwing hardpoints for 16x 105 mm (4.1 in) Brandt T-10 rockets or eight rockets and 2x 458 l (121 US gal) napalm tanks or 2x 454 kg (1,000 lb) bombs
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