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The Dassault Mirage IIIV (three Victor) was a French vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) prototype fighter aircraft of the mid-1960s.
The Mirage IIIV model followed the Dassault Mirage III and featured eight small vertical lift jets straddling the main engine. The design was in response to a NATO specification for a VTOL strike fighter. One of the two aircraft built was destroyed in an accident and the project was abandoned; the surviving aircraft is on public display. | Rob Vogelaar