Hi mate,
Good job. Bravo.
Only some details :
On first profile, N° 272 on the fin is the serial number of the plane. "2" doesn't indicate the Escadrille. At the time (1986) this F1 belonged to
EC 1/5 "Vendée" (not Île-de-France) the two escadrilles were not distinct one from another although the airplanes wore the two badges (1ère escadrille's badge, on the right side, being a "Cigogne" (stork), the so-called "Cigogne de Saint Galmier". This plane has been coded : 5-NG (1986), 5-AU (1988), 13-SQ (1995) and finally 30-SQ (1997).
Mirage F1s of the first batch (N°1 to 103) without the in-flight refueling device were shorter by 25 cm.
Plane N° 632 is a F1CR (Recce airplane, serial numbers from 601 to 664) and not a F1CT (the 54 F1CTs wearing serial numbers of former Mirage F1 as these planes were obtained through modifications from N° 219 to N°282 but not in order, the demonstrator being N° 227, the first modified being N° 273 and the 54th being 262, There are gaps (N° 222, 224, 240, 250, 263, 269 was the first F1CR-601, 277 being the F1CR-602). The camouflage sheme for MF1CT is of the "wrapped-around" type.
MF1C-244, coded 5-OQ belonged to EC 2/5 "Île-de-France".
ECM or LF detectors appeared on F1 N°79 onwards apart from N°46, the sole F1 below N° 79 having received this system.
During flypast on July 14th, 2014 in Paris, MF1s will make their last flight after... 40 years of service in the Armée de l'air.
Cheers,
Jicehem
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