Dassault Mirage 4000: The Forgotten Giant of French Aviation That Never Took Off. The history of aviation is littered with projects that never broke through and reached full production.

The Mirage 4000 made historic improvements in the use of lightweight carbon composite materials. Dassault says it was the world's first aircraft to have part of its tail ...

Summary: The Dassault Mirage 4000, despite its advanced design and high capabilities, failed to enter full production, making it a notable example of unrealized potential in aviation history.

The Mirage 4000 was a larger and more powerful version of the Mirage 2000, designed as a multirole strike fighter aircraft. It was designed to compete with fighter jets like the American F-15 in ...

By the turn of the 1980s, the Mirage 4000, like the F-20 Tigershark, was relegated to museum service, on display at the Paris Air and Space Museum next to the Paris–Le Bourget Airport.