The French Dassault <i>Mirage</i> I in flight. This first prototype of the <i>Mystère-Delta</i>, without afterburning engine or rocket motor and with an unusually large vertical stabilizer, flew on 25 June 1955.
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circa 1956 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1956-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News September 1956 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1956/Sep56.pdf">[1]</a>, p. 23.