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| The first West European aircraft capable of exceeding
M=1.0 in level flight to attain quantity production
status, the Super-Mystere shared only a common design
origin with the Mystere fighter series, being an entirely
new type. The first prototype, designated Super-
Mystere B1 and powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon RA 7R with an afterburning thrust of 4330kg, was
flown on 2 March 1955, and the first of five SNECMA
Atar-powered pre-production Super-Mystere B2s followed
on 15 May 1956. Production was ordered for the
Armee de l'Air, the first series Super-Mystere B2 flying
on 26 February 1957, and a total of 180 being built of
which 36 were procured by Israel in 1958. The Super-
Mystere B2 was powered by an Atar 101G-2 or -3 of
3375kg dry thrust and 4460kg
with maximum afterburning. Armament consisted of
two 30mm cannon and 35 internally-housed 68mm
rockets (the latter being discarded at an early service
stage), external loads including two Sidewinder AAMs,
two 400-500kg bombs or rocket pods.
Two examples were completed as Super Mystere B4s
in 1958, these having Atar 9B engines rated at
6000kg with afterburning. During
Israeli service, the Super-Mystere B2s were re-engined
with a non-afterburning Pratt & Whitney J52-P-8A
turbojet of 4218kg. In 1977, 18 of these
aircraft were sold by Israel to Honduras where the last
surviving examples were withdrawn from service in
1989.
| MODEL | Super Mystere B2 |
| ENGINE | 1 x SNECMA Atar 101G-2/-3 turbojet, 4460kg of reheat thrust |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 10000 kg | 22046 lb |
| Loaded weight | 6932 kg | 15283 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 10.52 m | 35 ft 6 in |
| Length | 14.13 m | 46 ft 4 in |
| Height | 4.55 m | 15 ft 11 in |
| Wing area | 35 m2 | 376.74 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 1195 km/h | 743 mph |
| Ceiling | 17000 m | 55750 ft |
| Range | 870 km | 541 miles |
| Range w/max.fuel | 1790 km | 1112 miles |
| ARMAMENT | 2 x 30mm cannon, 1000kg of weapons |
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| Paul Scott, 27.03.2015 16:00 Excellent French aircraft but with aerodynamics copied from North American's F-100 Super Sabre reply | | Remy, e-mail, 05.12.2011 21:16 The SMB 2 in tiger paint scheme in the above photo belongs to Escadron de chasse 1 /12 Cambrésis and was taken at Cambrai-Epinoy BA103 Air Force Base during the 1972 NATO Tiger Meet. reply | | Chinoy, e-mail, 05.01.2010 11:06 My father flew one of these into Pakistan in 1965.
He was shot down over Pakistan. And lived to tell the tale. reply | | I Balaban, e-mail, 30.12.2009 21:23 What Avionics was employed in this aircraft? reply | |
| | Eduardo Sosa, e-mail, 22.10.2007 19:02 one of these planes is in permanent exposition at the national air museum of Honduras. reply | | Eduardo Sosa, e-mail, 22.10.2007 19:01 one of these planes is in permanent exposition at the national air museum. reply |
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