{"product_id":"mirage-iiic-southern-hemisphere-fighter","title":"Mirage IIIC \"Southern Hemisphere Fighter\"","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px;\"\u003eSpecial Hobby 1\/72. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tab3\" class=\"tab act\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"longdesc box\" itemprop=\"description\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tab3\" class=\"tab act\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"longdesc box\" itemprop=\"description\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tab3\" class=\"tab act\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"longdesc box\" itemprop=\"description\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px;\"\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eDassault Mirage III\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003cspan class=\"IPA-label IPA-label-small\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eFrench pronunciation:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"IPA nowrap\" lang=\"fr-Latn-fonipa\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/French\" title=\"Help:IPA\/French\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(30, 145, 207); text-decoration: none;\"\u003e[miʁaʒ]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e) is a family of single\/dual-seat, single-engine,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fighter_aircraft\" title=\"Fighter aircraft\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(30, 145, 207); text-decoration: none;\"\u003efighter aircraft\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edeveloped and manufactured by French aircraft company\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dassault_Aviation\" title=\"Dassault Aviation\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(30, 145, 207); text-decoration: none;\"\u003eDassault Aviation\u003c\/a\u003e. It was the first Western European combat aircraft to exceed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mach_number\" title=\"Mach number\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(30, 145, 207); text-decoration: none;\"\u003eMach 2\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein horizontal flight, which it achieved on 24 October 1958.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px;\"\u003eIn 1952, the French government issued its specification, calling for a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Light_fighter\" title=\"Light fighter\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(30, 145, 207); text-decoration: none;\"\u003elightweight\u003c\/a\u003e, all-weather\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interceptor_aircraft\" title=\"Interceptor aircraft\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(30, 145, 207); text-decoration: none;\"\u003einterceptor\u003c\/a\u003e. Amongst the respondents were Dassault with their design, initially known as the Mirage I. Following favourable flight testing held over the course of 1954, in which speeds of up to Mach 1.6 were attained, it was decided that a larger follow-on aircraft would be required to bear the necessary equipment and payloads. An enlarged Mirage II proposal was considered, as well as MD 610 Cavalier (3 versions), but was discarded in favour of a further-developed design, powered by the newly developed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Snecma_Atar\" title=\"Snecma Atar\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(30, 145, 207); text-decoration: none;\"\u003eSnecma Atar\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eafterburning\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turbojet\" title=\"Turbojet\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(30, 145, 207); text-decoration: none;\"\u003eturbojet\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eengine, designated as the Mirage III. In October 1960, the first major production model, designated as the Mirage IIIC, performed its\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maiden_flight\" title=\"Maiden flight\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(30, 145, 207); text-decoration: none;\"\u003emaiden flight\u003c\/a\u003e. Initial operational deliveries of this model commenced in July 1961; a total of 95 Mirage IIICs were obtained by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Air_Force\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"French Air Force\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(30, 145, 207); text-decoration: none;\"\u003eFrench Air Force\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eArmée de l'Air\u003c\/i\u003e, AdA). The Mirage IIIC was rapidly followed by numerous other variants. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"Mirage_IIIC_and_Mirage_IIIB\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; font-size: 23px;\"\u003eMirage IIIC \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px;\"\u003eThe first major production model, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eMirage IIIC\u003c\/i\u003e, first flew in October 1960. The IIIC was largely similar to the earlier IIIA, being less than a half meter longer and featuring a full operational fit. The Mirage IIIC was a single-seat interceptor, with an Atar 09B turbojet engine, featuring an eyelid type variable exhaust. The Mirage IIIC was armed with twin 30 mm\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DEFA_cannon\" title=\"DEFA cannon\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(30, 145, 207); text-decoration: none;\"\u003eDEFA cannon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efitted in the belly with the gun ports under the air intakes. Early production Mirage IIICs had three stores pylons, one under the fuselage and one under each wing; another outboard pylon was soon added to each wing, for a total of five, excluding a sleek supersonic tank which also had bomb-carrying capacity. The outboard pylon was intended to carry an\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AIM-9B_Sidewinder\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"AIM-9B Sidewinder\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(30, 145, 207); text-decoration: none;\"\u003eAIM-9B Sidewinder\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eair-to-air missile, later replaced by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matra_R.550_Magic\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Matra R.550 Magic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(30, 145, 207); text-decoration: none;\"\u003eMatra R.550 Magic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand was also armed with the radar guided\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matra_R.530\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Matra R.530\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(30, 145, 207); text-decoration: none;\"\u003eMatra R.530\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMissile on the center line pylon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px;\"\u003eA total of 95 Mirage IIICs were obtained by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_Air_Force\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"French Air Force\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(30, 145, 207); text-decoration: none;\"\u003eFrench Air Force\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eArmée de l'Air\u003c\/i\u003e, AdA), with initial operational deliveries in July 1961. The Mirage IIIC remained in service with the AdA until 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"test_product_longdesc\" itemprop=\"description\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"Mirage_IIIC_and_Mirage_IIIB\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; font-size: 23px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn11.bigcommerce.com\/s-hmlqrqdpah\/images\/stencil\/1280x1280\/products\/109507\/148186\/sph72534b__78713.1772824765.jpg?c=1\u0026amp;imbypass=on\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" alt=\"SPH72534 1:72 Special Hobby Mirage IIIC 'Southern Hemisphere Fighter' -  Sprue Brothers Models LLC\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 1000px; width: 665px; height: 443.333px; margin: 0px;\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cimg id=\"fancybox-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.specialhobby.eu\/out\/pictures\/z8\/img_5593_result_z8.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cimg id=\"fancybox-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.specialhobby.eu\/out\/pictures\/z10\/img_5595_result_z10.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 9px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Special Hobby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57994346987904,"sku":"SH72534","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1601\/9328\/files\/SH72534.jpg?v=1777443656","url":"https:\/\/pienoismallimarketti.fi\/products\/mirage-iiic-southern-hemisphere-fighter","provider":"Pienoismallimarketti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}