India - Air Force Dassault Ouragan IC554
Per Voetmann
Andrei Shmatko
Image ID: 1457622
Views: 274
Operator: India - Air Force - IC554
Aircraft: Dassault - Ouragan
Airport: India - Delhi - Indira Gandhi Intl (DEL / VIDP)
Category: Main database
Photo taken on 2021-10-10 by Arjun Sarup [Contact]
Camera setting: NIKON D500, 1/40s, f/5.6 at 22mm ISO 160
Andrei Shmatko
Image ID: 1457622
Views: 274
Operator: India - Air Force - IC554
Aircraft: Dassault - Ouragan
Airport: India - Delhi - Indira Gandhi Intl (DEL / VIDP)
Category: Main database
Photo taken on 2021-10-10 by Arjun Sarup [Contact]
Camera setting: NIKON D500, 1/40s, f/5.6 at 22mm ISO 160
Photographer's remark
(19.4.2022, 23:30 CET)
This Ouragan or Toofani (Hindi: Hurricane) is among the first four flown to India. Juxtapositioned side by side at IAF Museum Palam, one can see design commonality in the cruciform-tail design between the Ouragan and Mystère IVA. The Ouragan has a split rudder with a trim tab on the upper section. Its airbrake as visible opens to 70⁰ and the tailplane is swept back at 24°. By comparison, the Mystère has all-moving tailplanes swept back at 42°, the increased sweep increasing the critical Mach number.
