At the time when the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Norway were shopping to replace their F-104s, Dassault answered by incorporating the then new M53 engine into an F1 airframe. To appeal to European tastes the European flag was painted on the fin. Pic made with a 500mm mirror lens.

After the Mirage IIIV VTOL fighter project, Dassault built a swept-wing prototype powered by one P&W TF30 engine, the Mirage IIIF2 or Mirage F2 (centre). The planned single-seat, TF30-engined Mirage F3 interceptor was abandoned in favour of the variable-geometry Mirage G, however. The TF30-powered Mirage IIIG prototype is seen in the background. Eventually the twin-engined Mirage G8 got cancelled too in 1973 and the smaller and simpler, Atar 9K-50-engined Mirage F1, in the foreground, became the Mirage III's successor instead. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie

The Mirage 3NG (for Nouvelle Generation) first flew in December 1982. It was a rebuilt from a Mirage 3R. It had canards, LERX and an air-tanking receptacle. No orders were placed.

CEV-operated aircraft. Prototype.

Heavily corroded after a long time stored out in the open

Only one example of the Mystere IV N was built. It was designed as a two seat night fighter version of the Mystere IV, but now with apparent nose radome. The French Air Force chose to buy 60 North American F-86K nightfighters instead!

Prototype of the Alouette II, here in the service of the CEV.

CEV-modified Mirage IIIE. Note the modified contour of the nose cone.

The unsuccessful Mirage 4 replacement dubbed Super Mirage 4000 by Dassault

Prototype of the Alphajet with a non-standard nose

Atlantic New Generation prototype in the manufacturer's colours at the Paris Air Show.

Prototype of the Epsilon with the logo of the original producer, Aérospatiale, on the fin.

This is the only Nord 2504 Noratlas built. It first flew on 17 Nov 1958, and was handed over to the Aéronautique Navale on 24 Jun 1959. It was intended to be the first of 24 aircraft for them, but the remaining 23 were cancelled. N° 01 was withdrawn from use on 1 Aug 1987 and donated to Escadrille Pégase in Jun 1988. The Noratlas was flown to Aix - Les Milles on delivery on 26 Jun 1988 as F-GFTS, and painted with "1958 - 30 Ans - 1988" titles on the nose (still visible in this photo). On 19 Jan 1989 it had registration F-AZNA reserved, but this was not taken up. None of the plans for this aircraft became reality, and as it turned out it would never fly again. It was eventually broken up in 2013. Note the jetpods on the wing tips.

This US Coast Guard Gulfstream II was a familiar sight at Heathrow at the time. It became N890TJ. Scanned from a slide.

ex German AF 4105