December 28, 2006 at 5:39 am
Was looking through a bookstore today and came across a book with a rather different looking Mirage 5 (At least i think it was a 5)…..
The picture was a head-on shot and showed the aircraft was fitted with either retractable or variable-geometary nose canards…. very similier to those fitted to the TU-144…. though on a small scale of course….
These canards also featured small flaps……
The Mirage had a small nose cone…. and what appeared to be a forward looking camera housing or possibly a laser range-finder window in a canoe fairing just behind the radome….
The picture had no caption at all!….. and no mention in the text surrounding it…..
There were no strakes on the air-intakes so it wasnt a Mirage NG……
Any ideas anyone ?????