Dassault Rafale Wallpapers

Dassault Rafale aircraft, Megawallpapers.org : The Rafale is a highly agile French twin-engined delta-wing multi-role fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Dassault use 'Omni Role' as a marketing term in an effort to differentiate the aircraft from other 'multi-role' fighters which have primary and secondary roles. Dassault also use the term to indicate the ability to switch from one role to another during a single sortie - a 'Swing Role' capability first seen in the F/A-18 Hornet (and shared by Gripen and Typhoon). Rafale is being produced both for land-based use with the French Air Force and for carrier-based naval operation with the French Navy. It has also been actively and aggressively marketed to a variety of export customers. Rafale is widely regarded as the outstanding achievement of France's leading aircraft manufacturer. [br]Variants Dassault aircraft: [br]Rafale A: This was a technology demonstrator that first flew in 1986, as described above. It has now been retired. [br]Rafale D: Dassault used this designation (D for discret or stealthy) in the early 1990s for the production versions for the Armée de l'Air, to emphasize the new semi-stealthy features they had added to the design. [br]Rafale B: This is the 2-seater version for the Armée de l'Air; delivered to EC 330 in 2004. [br]Rafale C [br]This is the single-seat version for the Armée de l'Air; delivered to EC 330 in June 2004. [br]Rafale M: This is the carrier-borne version for the Aéronavale, which entered service in 2002. The Rafale M weighs about 500 kg (1,100 lb) more than the Rafale C. Unusually for a carrier-based plane, it does not have folding wings. This was to save money by increasing commonality with the land-based Rafales. Very similar to the Rafale C in appearance, the M differs in the following respects: [br]- Strengthened to withstand the rigors of carrier-based aviation [br]- Stronger landing gear [br]- Longer nose gear leg to provide a more nose-up attitude for catapult launches [br]- Deleted front center pylon (to give space for the longer gear) [br]- Large stinger-type tailhook between the engines [br]- Built-in power operated boarding ladder [br]- Carrier microwave landing system [br]- "Telemir" inertial reference platform that can receive updates from the carrier systems. [br]Rafale N: The Rafale N, originally called the Rafale BM, was planned to be a 2-seater version for the Aéronavale. Budget constraints and the cost of training extra crew members have been cited as the grounds for its cancellation.

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