Mirage IIIV?

[dsawan 624]

Anyone ever thought of making one of these. Interesting story as some of the parts were used in British harrier.

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Mirage_IIIV

[Wrench 9,850]

you mean the Dassault Ballsac???

 

completely impractical; no war load, no range, what use would it be???

 

wrench

kevin stein

Edited November 23, 2010 by Wrench

[Fubar512 1,350]

you mean the Dassault Ballsac???

 

They actually named an aircraft after someone's scrotum?

[Svetlin 545]

Nope, they certainly did not do that

Balzac instead of Ballsac and it comes from Honoré de Balzac, as far as I know.

 

On the other hand if the plane was practicly no good and was named after someone's scrotum, does that mean they implicated that man's scrotum was no good either??? What a way to leave a historical mark...

[Fubar512 1,350]

Nope, they certainly did not do that

Balzac instead of Ballsac and it comes from Honoré de Balzac, as far as I know.

 

On the other hand if the plane was practicly no good and was named after someone's scrotum, does that mean they implicated that man's scrotum was no good either??? What a way to leave a historical mark...

 

I was poking fun at Wrench's spelling of the name....

[Spinners 15,986]

Didn't one prototype gain notoreity by killing two different test pilots (after being rebuilt after the first chute) ?